Horizon2020-Research and Innovation Framework Programme. Intelligent Fish feeding through Integration of Enabling technologies and Circular principle.
The project is implemented with the participation of nearly 20 consortium members. It is set to start in September 2018 and has a budget of 7 million EUR.
NVKP_16-1-2016-0009
Introducing an innovative and preventive detoxification process in the animal feed industry to reduce the mycotoxin content of feed ingredients during storage and preparation.
It is implemented in a consortium format. The aim of the project is to design an innovative and preventive detoxification process for the animal feed industry to reduce the mycotoxin content of feed ingredients during storage and preparation to replace the currently used method, which is based on binding or detoxifying mycotoxins already present in the animals’ organisms. The introduction of this new technology could help to minimise the mycotoxin contamination of feed ingredients and reduce the mycotoxin load in farm animals, leading to higher yields and better quality products. Apart from the economic benefits, the project can also contribute significantly to reducing food safety risks in Hungary.
KMR_12-1-2012-0075
Developing an optimal and complex feeding system for the period around parturition (a new development even from an international perspective), which, in the case of cattle, aids the optimal operation of their immune system, reduces the damages caused by a negative energy balance, helps to prevent/manage the complications of postpartum uterine involution, aids subsequent conception after calving and reduces the rate of late embryonic loss. In the case of Mangalica pigs raised in intensive farming, it helps to optimise ovulation rates, prevent losses in the last trimester and also stillbirths caused by non-infectious factors, and improve the success rate of early subsequent breeding.
Disadvantageous physiological and reproductive characteristics, due to genetic and generic traits (and their changes), observable in farm animals (including dairy cattle and Mangalica pigs) in Hungary and abroad not only impact production, but also negatively influence the health of the animals (their immune system, reproductive indicators, deteriorating biological condition, etc.). In addition, the currently used animal nutrition practice is outdated, since it failed to keep up with the latest extensive genetic developments, thus causing several physiological problems. The aim is to develop an optimal and complex feeding system for the period around parturition (a new development even from an international perspective), which, in the case of cattle, aids the optimal operation of their immune system, reduces the damages caused by a negative energy balance, helps to prevent/manage the complications of postpartum uterine involution, aids subsequent conception after calving and reduces the rate of late embryonic loss. In the case of Mangalica pigs raised in intensive farming, it helps to optimise ovulation rates, prevent losses in the last trimester and also stillbirths caused by non-infectious factors, and improve the success rate of early subsequent breeding.
We plan to develop new products with new compositions, produced with new technologies for the introduction of this innovative animal nutrition system, with product components which are currently used for feeding either in different compositions or not used at all. A reform approach is required to provide animal nutrition for the most sensitive transitional period, especially in light of the needs to shorten the dry period, which becomes possible and realistically feasible after conducting scientifically sound experiments, followed by developments based on the results of these experiments.
NKFP_07-A3-2008-0240
TTechnology and animal feed compositions, using the G-phase byproduct of biodiesel production.
The use of alternative energy resources is an important energy management goal in developed countries. According to the EU’s renewable energy directive, a certain percentage of fossil fuels must be replaced by alternative fuels (biodiesel, bioethanol), produced from plant-based sources.
Biodiesel production generates a significant amount of glycerol as a by-product, for which we already have industrial purification technologies, so it is an important and economically justified task to find the best ways to utilise the continuously accumulating glycerol.
Using purified glycerol in animal feeds is absolutely realistic from a physiological point of view, and glycerol, as a quickly absorbed energy source, is becoming widely used for feeding dairy cattle.
As members of a consortium, we wish to participate in the agricultural utilisation of renewable energy by-products. We are working on the purification of Glycerol-phase, available in large quantities as a by-product of biodiesel production, so that it can be used for animal nutrition. At the same time, we wish to consider all the related health, production technology, etc. aspects as well.
