Projects and publications by Wageningen Livestock Research

Current projects

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  AquaServ

  April 1, 2024 - The overarching objectives of AQUASERV are to bring together, enhance, integrate and customise aquaculture related Research Infrastructure facilities through the provision of transnational access (TNA), to significantly further scientific advance and promote and facilitate the implementation of European Common Fisheries Policy, the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Sustainable Blue Economy and the European Green Deal.
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  HeatSense: Data-driven climate change adaptation in poultry

  January 1, 2024 - Climate change, especially heat waves, can negatively impact poultry, now and in the future. This project investigates short- and long-term data-driven solutions for climate adaptation, through the development of an automated cooling system based on bird behaviour and investigation of between-individual heat stress response differences, to assess potential for breeding for heat tolerance.
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  Global Methane Genetics program

  January 1, 2024
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  Sex and Age in eel using DNA methylation

  January 1, 2024 - The main eel-WOT task is to provide the EU with an estimation of Silver eels reaching the Sea. EU-DG MARE uses this estimation for validating ‘how well’ each national Eel management plan (‘aalbeheerplan’) is performing in reducing eel mortality. To estimate silver eel escapement a sex specific age based model is used which translates the yellow eel abundance into numbers of migrating silver eel.
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  A common WUR Data Infrastructure Building Blocks Framework

  September 1, 2023 - The aim of the project is to develop the data sharing 9-block framework (Innopay/iShare) into a practical guideline for data sharing infrastructures at the WUR, using the projects funded in this call as use-cases. The result of the project is the development of a best practice guideline for the application of the data sharing 9-block framework of Innopay/iShare in projects that are typical for the area of life sciences at WUR.
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  WLR FAIR

  September 1, 2023 - Within WLR, heterogeneous data from different sources are collected and utilised in research projects. The aim of this project is to develop and integrate a new approach within WLR, where FAIR data storage is an integral part of research projects from the outset. Additionally, existing databases will be linked to iRODS to automate the provision of data for research projects, including metadata. This integration will build upon the existing WLR data infrastructure, and data stored in iRODS will be searchable to showcase its capabilities.
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  OptiLac

  July 1, 2023 - By Brigitte de Bruijn
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  CRYOCHICK - Innovative cryopreservation methods for chicken germplasm

  April 10, 2023 - Poultry genetic improvement towards climate adaptation and sustainable farming requires maintainance of the existing genetic diversity within and between breeds. Gene banks can assist in conserving this diversity and reintroducing important traits into current poultry lines. CRYOCHICK focuses on the development of effective cryopreservation methods for ex-situ of male and female chicken germplasm.
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  Breeding Black Soldier Fly for healthier and sustainable aquaculture feed

  April 1, 2023 - The aim of this project is to understand the genetic variation of Black Soldier Fly (BSF) and use this knowledge to breed a healthy, efficient, high performing population and improve the production and nutritional quality of BSF.
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  BRIDGE + : Building Rural Income through Inclusive Dairy Growth in Ethiopia

  January 1, 2023 - BRIDGE+ aims to support ‘take off’ for the dairy value chain, supporting the introduced innovations to create systemic transformation.