The pigs’ section of animbio
National institute for research and development in animal biology and nutrition ibna
Balotesti, romania
Institute: The pigs’ section of animbio
Institution type: Public & private
Funding: H2020- research infrastructures
Type of Facility: Fattening trials
Type of housing: Experimental pig farm
External events: Yes (prior agreement needed)
Livestock type: Pigs
Number of livestock: 80 no of pigs
Feeding/digestibility trials comprise proximate analysis of the feedstuffs, daily caretaking, feeding animals, weighing animals, measuring feed intake, scoring fecal consistency, blood sampling, fecal, urine and/or digesta sampling, biochemical microbiota analysis, vfa analysis and general support (experimental design, data analysis and interpretation).
Parameters specific to immuno-nutrition, mycotoxins, meat quality, oxidative stability research can be determined: inflammatory immune markers (cytokines, immunoglobulins), antioxidant capacity / response, protein & gene expression of immune markers, proximate & fine chemical analysis of meat (fatty acids profile, minerals, lipid &protein degradation metabolites, etc.).
Feed mill