LABORATORY FOR ANIMAL NUTRITION 
            AND ANIMAL PRODUCT QUALITY
                     Ruminant Nutrition and Microbial Metabolism
                          Prof. Veerle Fievez
                      Monogastric Nutrition and Management
                          Prof. Joris Michiels
                         Meat and Carcass Quality
                         Prof. Stefaan De Smet
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                                                     RUMINANT NUTRITION                                                                         Ruminant Nutrition
                                                     Milk based tests  to diagnose metabolic disorders                                                    and Microbial 
                                                     Developing natural rumen by-pass technologies                                                           Metabolism
                                                     Dairy diet formulation in the tropics using locally available feeds
                                                     MICROBIAL METABOLISM                                                                        Prof. Veerle Fievez
                                                     Mitigation of rumen methane & ammonia emissions through nutritional strategies                             we aim at 
                                                     Microbial fatty acid metabolism, characterizing bacteria involved in the metabolism 
                                                     of unsaturated fatty acids                                                                     contributing to a 
                                                                                                                                                          responsible & 
                                                     IN VITRO SIMULATION OF RUMEN AND POST-RUMINAL DIGESTION                                        sustainable food 
                                                     Well-designed in vitro simulation technologies complementary to animal studies                  production with 
                                                     For screening purposes& to gain mechanistic insights                                       healthy productive 
                                                                                                                                                                    animals
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            Monogastric                 GUT MATURATION IN SUCKLING AND WEANED PIGLETS
            Nutrition and               Effects of early nutritional and management interventions on gut maturation
            Management                  Animal and dietary factors affecting gut oxidative status and relation to gut 
                                        function 
            Prof. Joris Michiels        DIGESTION AND NOVEL FEED INGREDIENTS
                                        Toolbox to study digestive physiology and microbiome
            we aim at                   Investigating the potential of novel feed sources (insects, seaweeds, microbial 
            understanding the           protein)
            feed - gut                  FEED ADDITIVES TO IMPROVE GUT HEALTH
            interaction to 
            improve nutrient            Understanding modes of action of phytochemicals
            use efficiency,             Adding functionality to essential oils and medium chain fatty acids by design
            animal 
            performances, and           NUTRITIONAL APPROACHES TO REDUCE HEAT STRESS IN BROILERS
            gut health                  Oxidative stress in the pathology of heat stress in finisher broilers and use of 
                                        antioxidants
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                                                     HEALTH VALUE OF MEAT                                                                    Meat and Carcass Quality
                                                     Optimizing the fatty acid composition of meat 
                                                     Digestion of meat and the role of meat in the diet
                                                     Dipeptides (carnosine and anserine) in meat                                                  Prof. Stefaan De Smet
                                                     MEAT QUALITY
                                                     Eating and technological quality of meat                                              we aim at contributing to 
                                                     Colour, lipid and protein oxidation in meat and meat products                         an improved meat supply 
                                                     Proteolysis and endogenous meat enzyme activities
                                                                                                                                               chain providing healthy 
                                                     CARCASS COMPOSITION and CLASSIFICATION service (CBKc)                                               and tasteful food
                                                     Carcasscomposition and value
                                                     Carcass classification training and support
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