Department of Animal Sciences

Activities

Activities per year 1986 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

• 949 Lecture/seminar/webinar
• 818 Oral presentation
• 358 Keynote talk
• 158 Participation in or organising a conference
• 411 More
  • 136 Editorial activity
  • 104 Examination
  • 75 Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
  • 29 Other
  • 21 Membership of committee
  • 16 Membership of council
  • 9 Publication peer-review
  • 9 Lecture/presentation as part of school engagement
  • 6 Membership of board
  • 4 Consultancy
  • 1 Hosting an academic visitor
  • 1 Visiting an external academic institution

Activities per year

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• Welcome and Introduction: Welcome on behalf of UU/WUR and ongoing research at the Utrecht University Clinic related to Gastrointestinal Health

  Penning, L. (Speaker), van den Boom, R. (Speaker) & Hendriks, W. (Speaker)

  13 Mar 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• A population balance model to predict size reduction using a hammer mill of eight commonly used feedstuffs in animal feed formulation: practical application and sensitivity analyses

  Rijpert, J. (Speaker)

  25 Apr 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Get a grip on guts: Understanding digestive physiology to optimize nutrition and feeding strategies

  de Vries, S. (Invited speaker)

  4 Mar 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Fokkerijonderzoek: Behoud van het Friese paard: Onderzoeksupdate: verminderde vruchtbaarheid deels genetisch verklaard

  Steensma, M. (Speaker)

  10 Jan 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Professional

• Cuttlefish-inspired suction cups for dynamic and versatile grip

  Amador, G. (Speaker), van Beusekom, G. (Contributor), Lankhof, Y. (Contributor), Klaassen van Oorschot, B. (Contributor), Zhang, B. (Contributor), Jess, L. (Contributor), te Lindert, S. (Contributor), Geelen, T. (Contributor) & Koehnsen, A. (Contributor)

  19 May 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Effects of dietary crude protein level on energy and nitrogen balance of lactating dairy cows during an immune challenge with lipopolysaccharide

  van Ruitenbeek, A. (Speaker), Alferink, S. (Contributor), van Knegsel, A. (Contributor), Bannink, A. (Contributor) & Dijkstra, J. (Contributor)

  4 Mar 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Organoids & IVGPT & In vitro methods

  Maxfield, M. (Speaker), Pellikaan, W. (Speaker) & Hendriks, W. (Contributor)

  13 Mar 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Potential of IgG from spray dried porcine plasma (SDPP) to bind bacterial pathogens associated with canine enteropathies

  Stellingwerf, I. N. (Speaker)

  25 Apr 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Identification of candidate lethal mutations affecting fertility in Friesian horses

  Steensma, M. (Speaker), Ducro, B. (Contributor), Doekes, H. (Contributor), Groenen, M. A. M. (Contributor) & Derks, M. (Contributor)

  4 Mar 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Evaluation of in vitro gas and methane production from chicory, plantain, and birdsfoot trefoil over regrowth weeks

  Cui, Z. (Speaker), Dijkstra, J. (Contributor), Holshof, G. (Contributor) & Pellikaan, W. (Contributor)

  4 Mar 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Gas and methane production from chicory, plantain, and birdsfoot trefoil at different regrowth stages: an in vitro study

  Cui, Z. (Speaker)

  25 Apr 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Potential of IgG from spray dried porcine plasma (SDPP) to bind bacterial pathogens associated with canine enteropathies

  Stellingwerf, I. N. (Speaker), Govers, C. (Contributor), Bosch, G. (Contributor), Hendriks, W. (Contributor) & van Neerven, J. (Contributor)

  4 Mar 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Flight dynamic of swarming malaria mosquitoes

  Cribellier, A. (Speaker), Poda, S. (Contributor), Roux, O. (Contributor) & Muijres, F. (Contributor)

  27 May 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Kalf bij de koe: maar hoe? Nationale en internationale ontwikkelingen

  Bokkers, E. A. M. (Speaker)

  11 Apr 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Flight dynamic of swarming malaria mosquitoes

  Cribellier, A. (Speaker), Poda, S. (Contributor), Roux, O. (Contributor) & Muijres, F. (Contributor)

  19 May 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Assessing Genotype by Environment interactions in Dutch dairy farms, between organic and conventional systems and across dietary concentrate levels

  Guennoc, E. (Speaker), Edens, M. (Contributor), Gilbert, M. (Contributor), Dijkstra, J. (Contributor) & Bovenhuis, H. (Contributor)

  4 Mar 2025

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• UVB Exposure as an Immunostimulant of the Yellow Mealworm: A Transcriptomic Approach

  Smith, M. B. (Speaker), Picard, C. (Contributor) & Oonincx, D. (Contributor)

  20 Jun 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Scientific impact, reflection and further outlook of the individual INSPIRE project

  Klein, C. (Speaker)

  12 Apr 2024 → 13 Apr 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Imaging for cell tracking

  Srinivas, M. (Speaker)

  13 May 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Effects of extended lactation length of dairy cows on development, metabolism and milk performance of their offspring

  Wang, Y. (Speaker), Ipema, A. (Contributor), Goselink, R. (Contributor), Burgers, E. (Contributor), Gross, J. (Contributor), Bruckmaier, R. M. (Contributor), Kemp, B. (Contributor) & van Knegsel, A. (Contributor)

  25 Apr 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Effects of periconception conditions of dairy cows on development, metabolism, and milk performance of their offspring

  Wang, Y. (Speaker), Saccenti, E. (Contributor), Goselink, R. (Contributor), Burgers, E. (Contributor), Gross, J. (Contributor), Bruckmaier, R. (Contributor), Kemp, B. (Contributor) & van Knegsel, A. (Contributor)

  15 Oct 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Diet composition influences probiotic and postbiotic effects on broiler growth, physiology and microbiota

  Jansseune, S. (Speaker), Lammers, A. (Contributor), van Baal, J. (Contributor), Blanc, F. (Contributor), Pinard-van der Laan, M.-H. (Contributor), Calenge, F. (Contributor) & Hendriks, W. (Contributor)

  24 Jun 2024 → 28 Jun 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Dose-dependent interaction of lipopolysaccharide and Lactobacilli-postbiotic on the transcriptome in HD11 cells

  Jansseune, S. (Speaker), Blanc, F. (Contributor), van Baal, J. (Contributor) & Lammers, A. (Contributor)

  18 Sept 2024 → 20 Sept 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• how predatory raptors hunt for flying prey?

  te Lindert, S. (Speaker)

  11 Nov 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Is there safety in numbers? Prey-predator interaction in insect swarms

  Cribellier, A. (Speaker)

  11 Nov 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Flight dynamic of swarming malaria mosquitoes

  Cribellier, A. (Speaker)

  1 Aug 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• How night-flying mosquitoes rapidly evade invisible looming objects

  Muijres, F. (Speaker)

  30 Jul 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Developing cell based assays to study trained immunity in chicken NK cells

  Jansen, C. (Speaker), van Haarlem, D. (Contributor) & Van Hal, C. (Contributor)

  19 Sept 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Collageen afwijkingen bij het Friese paard

  Steensma, M. (Speaker)

  12 Dec 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Automated real-time activity monitoring in animal experiments with various livestock species

  Doekes, H. (Speaker), de Jong, R. (Speaker), Adriaens, I. (Speaker) & Stockhofe-Zurwieden, N. (Speaker)

  3 Sept 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• The effect of NNT on lifespan and glucose tolerance of B6JRccHsd mice

  Yang, J. (Speaker), Song, J. (Contributor), Keijer, J. (Contributor) & Grefte, S. (Contributor)

  4 Sept 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Climate induced changes in North Sea plaice spawning behaviour: A market data analysis

  Ortiz Duran, A. (Speaker), van de Wolfshaar, K. (Speaker) & van der Meer, J. (Speaker)

  25 Nov 2024 → 28 Nov 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Early life management solution to improve resilience in slow-growing broilers

  Molenaar, R. (Speaker)

  12 Jun 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Quantification of 3D muscle fibre architecture in developing larval fish

  van Meer, N. (Speaker), van Leeuwen, J. (Contributor) & Lankheet, M. (Contributor)

  25 Apr 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Sustainable Beef Production in Indonesia: Integration of Oil Palm and Beef Cattle Production

  Shiddieqy, M. (Speaker), Oosting, S. (Contributor), van der Linden, A. (Contributor), Slingerland, M. (Contributor), Widi, T. S. M. (Contributor), Darsono, W. (Contributor) & Negara, W. (Contributor)

  25 Sept 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Behavioral Correlates of Migration in Bats: Do migration strategies predict responses to a novel environment?

  Snijders, L. (Speaker), Schabacker, T. (Contributor), Rizzi, S. (Contributor), Teige, T. (Contributor), Hoffmeister, U. (Contributor) & Voigt, C. C. (Contributor)

  29 Nov 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Professional

• Nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase (NNT) dysfunction impacts on lipid metabolism, and neuromuscular junction (NMJ) in M. gastrocnemius of 24-day-old mice

  Song, J. (Speaker), Bekkenkamp-Grovenstein, M. (Contributor), Carmone, C. (Contributor), Keijer, J. (Contributor) & Grefte, S. (Contributor)

  20 Jun 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Multi-breed multi-trait single-step genomic predictions for Holstein and Jersey including crossbred animals

  Bonifazi, R. (Speaker), Aivazidou, S. (Contributor), ten Napel, J. (Contributor), Schrauf Garcia, M. (Contributor), de Jong, G. (Contributor) & Vandenplas, J. (Contributor)

  19 May 2024 → 24 May 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Professional

• Genetic parameters and potential for improvement of tail and ear damage traits in pigs

  Hegedűs, B. (Speaker), Galoro Leite, N. (Contributor), Bolhuis, L. (Contributor) & Bijma, P. (Contributor)

  25 Apr 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Steering protein fermentation in pigs by feeding fermentable fibers

  Noorman, L. (Speaker), Bekebrede, A. (Contributor), de Vries, S. (Contributor), Kies, A. (Contributor) & Gerrits, W. (Contributor)

  12 Apr 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Can computer vision tracking algorithms predict high levels of tail damage in pigs through behavioural changes?

  Orsini, C. (Speaker), Huo, S. (Contributor), Bus, J. (Contributor), Guo, Q. (Contributor), Sun, Y. (Contributor), van der Zande, L. (Contributor), de With, P. (Contributor), Bijma, P. (Contributor), Reimert, I. (Contributor) & Bolhuis, L. (Contributor)

  25 Apr 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Predicting severe tail damage in pigs through group and individual activity changes using a computer vision tracking algorithm

  Orsini, C. (Speaker), Huo, S. (Contributor), Bus, J. (Contributor), Guo, Q. (Contributor), Sun, Y. (Contributor), van der Zande, L. (Contributor), de With, P. (Contributor), Bijma, P. (Contributor), Bolhuis, L. (Contributor) & Reimert, I. (Contributor)

  15 Oct 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Strategies to improve selection compared to selection based on estimated breeding values

  Pook, T. (Speaker), Hassanpour, A. (Contributor), Niehoff, T. (Contributor) & Calus, M. (Contributor)

  22 Jul 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Alternative Protein Sources in Broiler Diets: Effects on Bird Performance, Welfare and GIT Development

  Vingerhoets, T. (Speaker), van den Borne, J. J. G. C. (Contributor), Pellikaan, W. (Contributor) & Kwakkel, R. (Contributor)

  2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Livestream broadcast recording

  van Dixhoorn, I. (Keynote speaker), van Duinkerken, G. (Contributor), van den Ende, E. (Contributor), de Bruijn, B. (Speaker), de Vries, M. (Speaker), van Kernebeek, H. (Speaker), Vervelde, B. (Speaker) & Diersmann, M. (Speaker)

  29 Jan 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Professional

• Towards an adaptive expert-in-the-loop algorithm for early detection of problems in laying hen flocks

  van Veen, L. (Speaker), van den Brand, H. (Contributor), van den Oever, A. (Contributor), Kemp, B. (Contributor) & Youssef Ali Amer, A. (Contributor)

  10 Sept 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Exploring the potential of spatial behavior and vocalizations as indicators for deviations in commercial laying hens

  van Veen, L. (Speaker), van den Oever, A. (Contributor), Kemp, B. (Contributor) & van den Brand, H. (Contributor)

  15 Oct 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• The lubricating effect of lipids on pellet manufacturing

  Bastiaansen, T. (Speaker), Verge, G. (Contributor), Benders, R. (Contributor), Dijksman, J. (Contributor), Thomas, M. (Contributor), Hendriks, W. (Contributor), de Vries, S. (Contributor), Devant, M. (Contributor) & Bosch, G. (Contributor)

  12 Apr 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Feed, nitrogen and phosphorus-use efficiency in organic and conventional dairy farming systems in The Netherlands

  Edens, M. (Speaker), Peek, J. W. (Contributor), Guennoc, E. (Contributor), Bovenhuis, H. (Contributor), Gilbert, M. (Contributor) & Dijkstra, J. (Contributor)

  1 Sept 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Academic

• Smart dairy nutrition to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus excretion: insights from the Netherlands

  Dijkstra, J. (Invited speaker)

  12 Sept 2024

  Activity: Talk/presentation/lecture › Oral presentation › Professional