The sustainable provision of enough nutritious food for a growing world population is pushing the food system towards finding new approaches to agriculture (Ockenden, et al., 2017). While the demand of animal products is rising (Armanda, Guinée, & Tukker, 2019), the negative effect on the climate, soil, …

The hoof is the foundation of the horse and, as the saying goes, ‘no foot, no horse’. This age-old phrase accurately describes the importance of humans taking proper care for horse’s hooves when horses do not live in the wild. Though hoof care has been important since the domestication of horses, it …

De Topro Dry bolus biedt een langdurige afgifte (60 dagen) van sporenelementen en vitamines aan vee. In samenwerking met Van Hall Larenstein is er onderzoek gedaan naar de vreet- en herkauwactiviteit van melkkoeien. De resultaten staan in deze whitepaper. Het onderzoek is uitgevoerd door Simone Oudenampsen, …

The overall objective of project OC/EFSA/AMU/2018/01 was to support EFSA to develop in-house capacity to collect, appraise and synthesize evidence coming from literature sources in the context of food and feed scientific assessment. This objective had to be reached by offering 3 different types of training …

Animals can alter their foraging behavior through associative learning, where an encounter with an essential resource (e.g., food or a reproductive opportunity) is associated with nearby environmental cues (e.g., volatiles). This can subsequently improve the animal’s foraging efficiency. However, when …

This article discusses practical research, that was realized under the supervision of children’s mental health organization ‘STERKR’. STERKR is known for its comprehensive approach and for including the child’s close environment in therapy. However, dramatherapist Smits found such an approach lacking …

The growing interest in vegan and vegetarian diets around the world, gave the vegan and vegetarian food alternative sector a significant boost. This happened also in the Netherlands. As especially vegans try to distance themselves from all animal products, it is important thatthe Dutch consumer understands …

Application of animal manure to soils results in the introduction of manure-derived bacteria and their antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) into soils. ResCap is a novel targeted-metagenomic approach that allows the detection of minority components of the resistome gene pool without the cost-prohibitive …

1. Dynamic conditions in nature have led to the evolution of behavioural traits that allow animals to use information on local circumstances and adjust their behaviour accordingly, for example through learning. Although learning can improve foraging efficiency, the learned information can become unreliable …

Het horen, zien of ruiken van een roofdier kan stress veroorzaken bij prooidieren, zo blijkt uit onderzoek. Die stress zorgt voor negatieve veranderingen in het gedrag van het prooidier, en zou effect kunnen hebben op de voortplanting. Er is nog maar weinig bekend over het effect van meerdere roofdieren …