Code
179V6716
Duration
01 October 2016 → 31 December 2020
Funding
Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal biology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary medicine
- Other veterinary sciences
- Other agricultural and food sciences
Keywords
feed use
pig farming
Project description
The general aim of this project is to improve the average feed conversion on Flemish pig farms by at least 0.1 units (from 2.94 in 2013 to at most 2.84 in 2020). This improvement could lead to a net saving on Flemish pig farms of € 25,720,000 / year, on the one hand caused by lower feed costs, and on the other hand due to lower manure costs as a result of reduced nutrient emissions (172,000 tons less manure / year).