University of reading
- Main info
Centre for dairy research (cedar)
Reading, uk
- General info
Institute: University of reading
Institution type: Public
Funding: Smartcow
Type of Facility: Respiratory chambers, greenfeed, sf6, digestibility stall, feed intake (calan gates), temperature/humidity controlled environment
Type of housing: Intensive, Indoors, Outdoors grazing, intensive Indoors, free-range
External events: Yes
- Livestock info
Livestock type: beef (holstein*angus crossbred), Dairy cows (holstein), growing lambs, pigs (fattening - sows), poultry (broilers - laying hens)
Number of livestock: 600 dairy cows (holstein), 200 beef (holstein*angus crossbred), 150 growing lambs, 100 pigs (fattening, sows), 300 poultry (broilers, laying hens)
- Resources & Technologies
Ch4 (chambers, greenfeed, sf6), temperature/humidity controlled environment
Feed intake/efficiency, nutrient digestibility, capacity to process dmi samples, capacity to process milk samples, capacity of process meat samples, capacity to process digestive system samples
Health, behaviour & welfare sensors/cameras, metabolism facility, greenhouse gas measurement, digestion facilities, grazing studies equipment, behavioural monitoring
Biofluid analysis (nirs, nmr, gs, ms)
- Infrastructures
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