News by Wageningen Livestock Research
Take a look at the news and articles about our research into sustainable livestock farming.
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GHG emission in beef and leather production systems
- The European Roundtable for Beef Sustainability commissioned Wageningen University & Research to conduct a literature review on the environmental... -
Five questions about heat and its impact on livestock
- When temperatures rise, we humans look for some cooling. But how does this work for animals? What can farmers do to accommodate their livestock in... -
Free range indoor broiler chickens have better welfare on average
- Welfare of broiler chickens housed according to the requirements of the Better Life 1 star hallmark of the Dutch Animal Protection Organisation (free... -
Breeding climate-friendly dairy cows
- In the Netherlands, 75 percent of all methane that is emitted into the atmosphere in agriculture comes from ruminants. Animal breeding can help... -
Facilitating natural behaviour in alternative housing system promotes resilience in pigs
- Pigs that are reared in an alternative housing system with environmental enrichment, delayed weaning, and with group housing during lactation, seem to... -
Adoption of existing mitigation strategies can help meet livestock methane reduction targets by 2030
- Existing strategies, diligently applied, could mitigate livestock methane emissions enough to help the sector limit its share of global warming to the... -
Breed4Food seminar: Facing the challenges in the animal production system
- On Thursday April 7th about 70 participants were present in Ouwehands Zoo, with another 17 online, to mark the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd... -
Researchers mobilise to combat antimicrobial resistance
- How to prevent bacterial infections and reduce the need for antibiotics? Researchers from Wageningen University & Research, universities in... -
Mini intestines replace test animals
- What effects do food components have on the human body? Scientists at three Wageningen research institutes are working on a new way of answering that... -
Is genomic selection able to maintain genetic gain in the future?
- A recent study conducted by several researchers from Animal Breeding and Genomics (ABG) and the Laboratory of Genetics of Wageningen University &...