A5057228787- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Energy, Environment, Agriculture Analysis
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Animal Virus Infections Studies
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Forest Management and Policy
- Animal health and immunology
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Gut microbiota and health
- Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Urban and Freight Transport Logistics
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education
- Data Analysis with R
Wageningen University & Research
2016-2025
Animal Welfare Institute
2016-2023
Eindhoven University of Technology
2002
Utrecht University
2002
Until today, anti-microbial drugs have been the therapy of choice to combat bacterial diseases. Resistance against antibiotics is growing concern in man and animals. Stress, caused by demanding environmental conditions, can reduce immune protection host, influencing onset outcome infectious Therefore psychoneuro-immunological intervention may prove be a successful approach diminish impact diseases use. This study was designed investigate effect social enrichment on disease, referred as...
Conventional pig housing and management conditions are associated with gastrointestinal pathophysiology disease susceptibility in early life. Developing new strategies to reduce both therapeutic prophylactic antibiotic use is urgent for the sustainable swine production globally. To this end, methodology providing effective environmental enrichment could be a promising alternative approach usage, as it has been proven positively influence welfare immune status infections. It is, however,...
This study determined the effects of increasing ambient temperature (T) at different relative humidity (RH) and air velocity (AV) levels on physiological productive responses dairy cows. Twenty Holstein cows were housed inside climate-controlled respiration chambers, in which climate was programmed to follow a daily pattern lower night higher day T with 9°C difference, excluding from sun radiation. Within our 8-d data collection period, gradually increased 7 21°C during (12 h) 16 30°C h), an...
The focus of this study was to identify the effects increasing ambient temperature (T) at different relative humidity (RH) and air velocity (AV) levels on heat loss from skin surface through respiration dairy cows. Twenty Holstein cows with an average parity 2.0 ± 0.7 body weight 687 46 kg participated in study. Two climate-controlled chambers were used. experimental indoor climate programmed follow a diurnal pattern T night being 9°C lower than during day. Night gradually increased 7 21°C...
During the transition phase, dairy cows are susceptible to develop postpartum diseases. Cows that stay healthy or recover rapidly can be considered more resilient in comparison those An indication of loss resilience will allow for early intervention with preventive and supportive measures before onset disease. We investigated which quantitative behavioral characteristics during dry period could used as indicators reduced after calving, using noninvasive Smart Tag neck leg sensors (Nedap...
In many intensive dairy regions in northwest Europe, a decline grazing is observed. the Netherlands, proportion of cows with access to pasture declining, as well time spent per cow. The seen an unwanted trend by stakeholders and is, thus, under debate amongst farmers, chain, society. Therefore, public–private partnership was initiated encourage providing farmers usable means improving their systems. involved from farming community, feed industry, agrotechnical industries, advisory services,...
Housing of pigs in barren, stimulus-poor housing conditions may influence their immune status, including antibody responses to (auto-)antigens, and thus affect protection, which will the onset outcome infection. In present study, we investigated effects environmental enrichment versus barren on level natural (auto-)antibodies (NA(A)b) isotypes (IgM IgG) binding keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), myelin basic protein (MBP), phosphorycholine conjugated bovine serum albumin (PC-BSA) co-infected...
The behaviour of an animal is closely linked to its internal state. Various metrics can be calculated from activity data. Complex patterns within or between individuals, such as cyclic and synchrony, inform on the biological functioning, health status, welfare animal. These are now available thanks sensors that continuously monitor individual animals over long periods. Data processing calculations, however, should clarified harmonised across studies for results comparable. We present...
A large variety of clinical manifestation in individual pigs occurs after infection with pathogens involved porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC). Some are less prone to develop symptoms. The variation impact and the recovery capacity an animal measures its resilience. In this paper, we examined which ones a range animal-based factors (rectal temperature, body weight, skin lesion scores, behavior, natural antibody serum levels, levels white blood cells, type T granulocyte subsets) when...
Summary Motion of the navicular bone might play a role in development disease horses but is difficult to asses. In present study, 3‐dimensional motion this was determined using roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis. Tantalum pellets were inserted, vitro , bones 6 forelimbs mature Shetland ponies and kinematics measured during vertical loading up 2 kN. The motions coffin joint limited flexion/extension, there no substantial out‐of‐plane motions. There only little flexion between bone, which...
We investigated whether environmental enrichment applied at different life stages of pigs affects the susceptibility to and severity disease by studying immune cell functions around weaning during nursery, effects infection in