News by Wageningen Livestock Research
Take a look at the news and articles about our research into sustainable livestock farming.
Read the news
-
Kinship and inbreeding in the Dutch Fjord population analyzed
- At the moment the inbreeding rate in the Dutch Fjord population is not alarming, but vigilance is necessary in order to keep the status quo. The... -
Smart farming: empowering livestock farmers with data
- Smart farming is developing at a rapid pace. Over the past 10 years, many new and affordable data collection technologies have appeared on the market.... -
Duplication in vitamin D gene leads to more mastitis
- Clinical mastitis is an inflammatory disease occurring in a lactating dairy cow. Due to its negative consequences, unravelling genetic variants... -
Impact of direct-maternal genetic correlations for beef cattle international evaluations
- International genetic evaluations in cattle allow comparing animals’ estimated breeding values between two or more countries. Genetic... -
First sniffers measuring methane on dairy farms
- The first sniffer has been installed on a dairy farm in the Netherlands this week. It was a great moment for researcher Yvette de Haas. This farm is... -
New software for evaluating genetic management in (small) populations
- Populations can suffer from high inbreeding rates and associated inbreeding depression, loss of diversity and expression of genetic defects. Centre... -
Five questions about chicken meat in supermarkets
- On Wednesday 11 August it was announced that by the end of 2023 at the latest all Dutch supermarkets will only sell fresh chicken with at least 1... -
Black soldier fly larvae can replace soybean meal in growing pigs
- Black soldier fly larvae (BSF) can replace soybean meal (SBM) as protein source in the diet for growing pigs. That was discovered by a... -
Higher activity in broilers with a good gait
- Activity of broilers is related to their gait, but activity recordings alone cannot fully distinguish between birds with a good or a suboptimal gait.... -
Not all genotypes are needed in final evaluations of preselected animals
- In animal breeding, preselection is often performed early in lives of the animals. To further evaluate preselected animals, genetic evaluation models...