{"id":6524,"date":"2025-12-15T14:50:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schothorst.nl\/?page_id=6524"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:22:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:22:38","slug":"public-private-partnership-pecking-the-future","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schothorst.nl\/en\/our-services\/public-private-partnership-pecking-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Private Partnership: Pecking the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The European broiler production sector is challenged to balance animal welfare, environmental sustainability, and affordable meat prices. Although strategies such as circular feed ingredients, coccidiostat-free diets, and alternative management practices are promising, their trade-offs for animal health, performance, environmental impact, and economic viability are not yet fully evaluated.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The PPP \u201cPecking the Future\u2019\u2019 aims to evaluate these strategies and their trade-offs by focusing on four key areas:  

* Animal health, welfare and behaviour  
* Performance  
* Environment 
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Within the circular feed framework, the project will explore the use of insects and insect-based products to support a circular economy, focusing on valorising circular ingredients that are unsuitable for direct use in livestock feed and study their effects when fed to broilers.  <\/p>\n<\/div>

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In addition to classical animal-based measurements, advanced technologies, such as cameras, sound monitoring, and artificial intelligence, will be used to objectively assess broiler behaviour and welfare.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The goal: In the final phase, best practices will be integrated providing a practical decision-making tool for the industry, enabling stakeholders to make informed choices towards a sustainable and future-proof broiler production system. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Start project:<\/strong> 01\/01\/2025
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Vilomix B.V.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Utrecht University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sound Talks<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gebrs. Fuite B.V.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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IRTA Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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InnovaBiotics<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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APC<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aeres University of Applied Sciences<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Poultry Expertise Centre<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wageningen University & Research<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Schothorst Feed Research B.V.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The European broiler production sector is challenged to balance animal welfare, environmental sustainability, and affordable meat prices. Although strategies such as circular feed ingredients, coccidiostat-free diets, and alternative management practices are promising, their trade-offs for animal health, performance, environmental impact, and economic viability are not yet fully evaluated.   The PPP \u201cPecking the Future\u2019\u2019 aims to evaluate these strategies and their trade-offs by focusing on four key…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6532,"parent":3461,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6524","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schothorst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schothorst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schothorst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schothorst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schothorst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6524"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/schothorst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6706,"href":"https:\/\/schothorst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6524\/revisions\/6706"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schothorst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schothorst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schothorst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}