Research of Agricultural Biosystems Engineering On this page Agricultural Biosystems Engineering presents their current research projects. Click on the links to find out more about the individual projects. Prevalence, causes and prevention of bruises in Chilean beef cattle at slaughter, and its implication for animal welfare - The main objective of this research is to identify and quantify generic measures that indicate the capability of individual animals (at a particular... Airborne transmission of pathogens and the relation to dust in livestock production - Airborne transmission of pathogen is suspected as one of the mechanisms for disease spreading between livestock farms. In a whole process of airborne... Optimal management of energy resources in greenhouse production systems - Greenhouse horticulture is a large consumer of fossil energy. Therefore, targets are set to reduce the use of fossil energy and CO2-emission by 45% in... Improving the agro-environmental value of cattle straw manure - Considerable amounts of nitrogen (N) are lost during each phase of the manure management chain (animal housing, manure storage and manure application)... Ecological impact of organic egg production - In 2006 organic Dutch egg production has grown to a number of 863.000 laying hens. According to the ecological principle of the International... Design methods for sustainable production systems - Hanneke’s research is about the design of sustainable animal husbandry systems. Automation for Poultry Production - As a result of the current change to loose-housing systems with more freedom for the animals, also working methods and management strategies are... Moving beyond manure - Integrating cropping systems and manure products and management to reduce environmental impact. Previous1234 Twitter Whatsapp Linkedin Email