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WUR is investing four million euros on self-learning models: a digital twins baby boom

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Digital twins are turning up all over the place: in the car industry, the transport sector and the construction business. And now WUR is expecting…

‘Prevent suffering among pets with a welfare assessment’

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Marijke Schop conducted experiments on animals in the course of her PhD…

Welfare of calves is not affected by farm-size

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Calves held on large farms are not better or worse off than…

Animal lovers – Animal etiquette according to WUR and UU

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The relationship between humans and animals is complicated. We love them and…

Farm rodents source of diseases

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Rats and mice on farms carry more unpleasant diseases than was previously…

Tackling sleeping sickness with zebra fish: Video footage reveals a deadly parasite’s strategy

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High-speed cameras have revealed for the first time how parasites that cause…

Zonder veerkracht geen dierenwelzijn

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Professor of Animals and Society Elsbeth Stassen retires on 21 November. She…

Tits lay eggs earlier in warm spring

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PhD candidate Irene Verhagen discovered that the temperature determines directly when great…

‘No evidence of mass seal deaths’

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It was big news last week: Stichting ReddingsTeam Zeedieren (RTZ), a sea…

Fish feed supplements get immune cells fit

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Nutritional supplements in fish feed, β-glucans, strengthen the immune system cells of…

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