| ANIMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Animal Science & Technology |
Animal Nutrition
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Our research has traditionally focused on designing optimum feeding strategies for ruminants (specially for the buffalo) in order to improve the reproductive and productive efficiency and the quality of milk and meat. |
Aquaculture in RAS
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Artificial diets to improve the quality of fish fillet and reproductive biology of fish and molluscs reared in Recirculating Aquaculture System. |
Biomass production
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The aim of this research group actually is to study the potential of microalgae for different use: larval rearing, bioenergy, cosmetic, nutraceutic. |
Biotechnology and environment
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The wastewater treatment (for nitrogen and phosphorus removal) is associated with CO2 capture for algal biomass valorization. The research is also addressed to study the use of gametes and embryos for environmental applications and cryopreservation. |
On-farm animal welfare assessment
| The aim of the research is to develop, on scientific basis, a monitoring system for assessing animal welfare at farm level that can be used as certification system, for comparing different husbandry systems or as advisory/management tool for the farmer. The welfare monitoring system will include structural and technical parameters and indicators that measure the actual welfare state of the animals in terms of their behaviour, health, performance and disease-resistance. |