Code
bof/baf/4y/2024/01/607
Duration
01 January 2024 → 31 December 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary nutrition
Keywords
cat
horse
obesity
GI health
sustainability
dog
nutrition
Project description
The project will focus on optimising the nutrition of dogs, cats and horses and includes 3 research themes:
1) nutrition and energy metabolism including research into the role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of obesity
2) nutrition and gastrointestinal health with, among other things, research into the role of nutrition in, for example, the gut-brain axis
3) Sustainability with, among other things, research into the use of insects in pet food.