Walloon agricultural research centre, cra-w
- Main info
Laboratoire d'analyse laitière, research infrastructures
Gembloux, belgium
- General info
Institute: Walloon agricultural research centre, cra-w
Institution type: Public
Funding: Interreg nwe, pigweb h2020
Type of Facility: Foss and delta instruments, animal health, breeding & genetics, carcass & meet quality, environment impact, field experiments, feed & feed technologies, housing & system trials, performance trials
Type of housing: Farm housing
External events: Yes
- Livestock info
Livestock type: Dairy cattle, Pigs
Number of livestock: 80 no of sows (belgian landrace, irish and german )and 200 no of pigs
- Resources & Technologies
Mir analysis of milk + phenotyping models (ch4, fatty acids, health biomarkers, n efficiency...), capacity to process dmi samples, capacity to process blood samples, capacity to process milk stamples, capacity to process diet/feed samples, capacity to process digestive system samples
Prrs-free
Feed distribution is done individually by computer-controlled automats (gestal fm®, jyga technologies - canada).
Scraper and cameras
- Infrastructures
The insemination room is the only area with no straw bedding, the gestation room includes a spacious and quiet resting area with accumulated straw bedding and 3 nedap® stations (limko sa), the maternity ward has 3 rooms with 9 boxes on a solid floor with straw bedding.
The fattening facility includes 3 rooms for a total of 40 boxes with 8 spaces that have a solid floor and straw bedding