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Feather-pecking app
Livestock feed company Voorgroep Zuid has developed a software programme for smartphones which assesses the risk of feather pecking in laying hens. The stresskip (stress chicken) a... -
‘Old cattle breeds are part of our cultural heritage’
The government wants a reduction in the Dutch dairy cattle population in order to cut phosphate emissions. This is a threat to traditional Dutch cattle breeds, which are already in... -
Wolf A28
A young wolf was run over near Veeningen in Drenthe at the beginning of March. His corpse was examined by Wageningen Environmental Research and Utrecht University. Where did he com... -
Student involved in hammerhead shark doc (video)
You may well see Wageningen Master’s student Guido Leurs swimming if you watch the National Geographic Channel next Sunday. That is when the documentary ‘Hunting the Hammerhead’ wi... -
Spying on mammals in your back garden (video)
What mammals are foraging in our back gardens? Starting last year, researchers from WUR and the Dutch Mammal Society have been using camera traps to investigate this. In the spring... -
Sensor predicts when a cow will calve
Using a chip in a cow’s ear tag, researchers can more precisely predict the moment of calving. -
Pandas receive support from scientists
The panda’s that are coming to Ouwehands Zoo, are also supplying work for Wageningen researchers. -
Only ritual slaughter or prohibit all slaughter?
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authorities (Nederlandse Voedsel- en Waren Autoriteit, NVWA) advises the government to prohibit the slaughter of animals that are not stu... -
How do you know an animal is unconscious?
Animals which lack rhythmic breathing, eyelid reflexes and corneal reflexes are unconscious. Slaughterhouse workers can use these three indicators to check whether the animals have... -
Noa and Fientje are serving science
For most people, the phrase ‘Wageningen animal research’ brings to mind pigs, cows, chickens and fish. But for the past four years cats and dogs have also been crossing the thresho...