The purpose of FORFRA is to develop a new feeding concept for piglets that ensures weaning with optimal growth without development of diarrhea and without use of zinc oxide at medical levels and antibiotics. 

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The purpose of PorganiX is to establish the first, Danish organic core livestock for breeding purposes and create knowledge, so the organic farmer kan select the best gilts for organic breeding goals. 

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The PPILOW project aims to co-construct through a multi-actor approach solutions to improve the welfare of poultry and pigs reared in organic and low-input outdoor farming systems. 

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OK-Net EcoFeed aims at helping organic pig and poultry farmers in achieving the goal of 100% use of organic and regional feed.

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  The aim is to study whether increasing dietary fibres is a way to restore body fat more efficiently after weaning without concomitantly increasing the muscle mass of the sows too much. 

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The objective is to reduce the farrowing duration and in turn the piglet mortality via fewer stillborn piglets.

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 SOTRANS gains knowledge to formulate operational guidelines for pick-up and transport of cull sows – ensuring that challenges to animal welfare and carcass quality are minimized.  

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  SuperGrassPork will develop a system for organic pig production, where a large part of the feed protein comes from locally produced clover grass.

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The aim of the project is to optimize the energy and lysine supply to lactating sows.

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The principal aim of the VetBioNet infrastructure project is to establish and maintain a comprehensive network of pre-eminent high-containment (BSL3) research facilities, academic institutes, international organisations and industry partners that is dedicated to advance research on epizootic and zoonotic diseases and to promote technological developments.

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The aim of the project is to examine potential effects when farm animals are exposed to glyphosate residues via the feed. 

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  This project involves in vitro techniques simulating the digestive processes in the gastrointestinal tract of pigs in order to understand the actions of various arabinoxylan-degrading enzymes under conditions resembling that of the gastro-intestinal tract. 

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 The overall aims of the EFFORT project are to establish basic knowledge on nutrient
requirements of organic produced pigs, transfer the knowledge into new feed
formulations and feeding strategies and implement these strategies at practical
herds.

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the EU project will be looking on ways to increase the efficiency and sustainability of pig and poultry production.

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