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Nutreco's research relating to animals, feed ingredients and food is based in eight research centres. These centres are located in Canada, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain and focus on the nutrition, health and husbandry of pigs, poultry, rabbits, ruminants, calves and fish. Further research activities are directed to discover feed ingredients and to improve feed production technology. Nutreco Research Agriculture and Specialties
The Calf Research Centre is located in the Netherlands. At this research facility, trials are conducted with approximately 500 veal calves and calves for pink meat production. Milk replacers are the key focus of the research. Further research is conducted on topics such as feed ingredients, feed efficiency, meat quality, animal health and animal welfare. The research centre also has research facilities in Mexico.
The Food Research Centre (FRC) in Spain is active in developing meat processing technology, new product development and innovative packaging. Next to this, food safety is an important focus area of the FRC. The facilities include a pilot plant, a kitchen, a panel room for tasting trials and a microbiology laboratory. In addition, much research is done in cooperation with external scientific institutions. The Nutreco Ingredient Research Centre (IRC) in the Netherlands became fully operational early in 2009. The IRC assesses newly identified potential ingredients for feeds for pigs, poultry, ruminants and other species. The IRC evaluates the nutritional and functional content of these ingredients and any bioactivity that can contribute to animal health and product quality. There is a dedicated portfolio of projects to support growth of the feed additives business as they offer a potential to increase efficiency and sustainability in the use of feed raw materials. Further studies are directed to the strengthening of the dossiers from existing ingredients and feed technology. At MasterLab, the IRC has a dedicated laboratory for the screening of ingredients. Additionally, at the Research Feed Plant, the centre focuses on feed production technology.
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The Poultry and Rabbit Research Centre (PRRC) is located between Madrid and Toledo in Spain. It has the best facilities in Europe for research in broiler breeders, broilers, layers, turkeys and rabbits. There is a special unit for digestion studies and the research team is also active in optimising nutrition for animals in different housing systems. A feed pilot plant provides the various feeds needed for these research activities.
The Ruminant Research Centre (RRC) in the Netherlands has a resident research herd of 140 dairy cows. It has an integrated research team with expertise in dairy, beef and small ruminant nutrition. At the research facility individual feed intakes are monitored, including the separate intake patterns of concentrates and roughage, both during the dry period and lactation. The research is crucial in the development of products, concepts and nutritional models that provide state of the art nutritional solutions for our customers.
The Swine Research Centre (SRC) is located in Sint Anthonis (near Boxmeer) in the Netherlands, where it has modern housing facilities for a resident herd of sows, as well as for piglets and growing pigs. A special unit is equipped for physiological and digestion studies. Electronic pig identification and data collection systems are used to monitor individual feed intake behaviour, health and performance and to assess feeding regimes, from the piglet stage to finishing pigs.
Aquaculture The Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (Skretting ARC) is located in Stavanger, Norway, and focuses on the nutrition of fish. The Skretting ARC team is dedicated to increasing productivity, pushing boundaries and expanding aquaculture horizons, with a constant focus on sustainability. Skretting ARC is organised into three main research departments: Fish Nutrition, Feed Production and Fish Health, with two smaller departments for Food Safety/Quality Assurance and R&D in Chile. These are supported by four facilities: the ARC Fish Trials Centre at Lerang, Norway and in Mozzecane, Italy, the ARC Laboratory and the Feed Technology Plant. Skretting ARC comprises a team of 42 members with 13 nationalities. It collaborates with several universities and institutes across the globe.
Skretting ARC focuses in three ways on the improvement of sustainability in aquaculture and increasing production to help feed the world of tomorrow. These are; to reduce dependence on limited marine raw materials, to increase productivity of currently farmed species and to develop feeds for new farmed species. |