Current projects
Areas of Expertise:
Sustainable Livestock
Service:
Research & Development
The AFBI pig and poultry research programme has five main themes:
Themes
- The nutritional value of feed ingredients for pigs and poultry
- The nutritional needs of the pig or bird
- The environmental impact of pigs and poultry
- Production practices to optimise animal performance
- Animal welfare
Current research projects
- Determining the nutritive value of rapeseed meal for pigs (2013 - 2016)
- Maximising the performance of piglet from large litters (2013 – 2016)
- Matching nutrient requirements to the genetic potential of pigs (2015 – 2018)
- Determining the current nutrient loading in poultry manure (2015 -2017)
- Optimising sow and growing pig performance using wet feed systems (2013 – 2016)
- Improving the feed use efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of pigs (ECO FCE(external link opens in a new window / tab)) (2013 – 2018)
- Adopting high welfare systems for sows and growing pigs (2015 - 2018)