IRTA monells, IRTA alcarras, IRTA mas bové, evam
- Main info
Institut de recerca i tecnologia agroalimentàries irta
Girona, spain
- General info
Institute: IRTA monells, IRTA alcarras, IRTA mas bové, evam
Infrastructure/facility: Research institute, Evam – estació de vacum de monells/platform for studies on dairy cow feed efficiency
Institution type: Public & private
Funding: H2020- research infrastructures
Type of Facility: Swine experimental farm, body composition, environment impact, field experiments, housing & system trials, performance trials, experimental farm
Type of housing: Experimental pig farm, pig research barn (piglets and fatteners), barn housing
External events: Yes (prior agreement needed)
- Livestock info
Livestock type: Dairy, Pigs
Number of livestock: 528 pigs, 352 pigs, 100 sows and 416 pigs spread across the 3 sites
- Resources & Technologies
Behaviour & welfare, animal health, body composition, breeding & genetics, carcass & meet quality, environment impact, field experiments, housing & system trials, performance trials, necropsy room, experimental feed mill plant, laboratory facilities
Individualized animal control, sow unit, capacity to process DMI samples
Automatic feeders, climate, and animal behaviour monitoring, post-weaning unit, capacity to process blood samples
Fattening unit, capacity to process meat samples
Digestibility unit
- Infrastructures
Brill software
NIR system (foss)
- References