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Projects

Projects of Chair of Animal Nutrition

Ongoing projects

  • Contract with Torma POÜ, ARIB (F160015VLVS) Elaboration of the dry period feeding strategy for high genetic merit dairy herd (2016-2020), head of project M. Ots
  • COST project Synergy for preventing damaging behaviour in group housed pigs and chickens (2016-2020) coordinators D. Arney and R. Leming
  • Milk Cluster, ARIB (L170267VLST) Youngstock feeding strategies for effective and sustainable reproduction of dairy herds (2017-2019), head of project M. Ots
  • Agricultural Registers and Information Board (F170013VLVV, F170014VLVV) Conference „Healthy Animals and Healthy Food“ organising and proceedings publication (2017-2019), head of project R. Gross
  • Horizon 2020 (V150052VLVS) Data Driven Dairy Decisions 4 Farmers (2016-2019), head of project D. Arney
  • LIFE 2015 (V160156VLVS) Climate Change Adaptation: Sustainable adaptation of typical EU farming systems to climate change (2016-2019), head of project R. Leming
  • Interreg (V170229VLST) Advanced manure standards for sustainable nutrient management and reduced emissions (2017-2019), head of project A. Kaasik
  • European Union (EU 48686) Healthy Food subproject (L15122VLVS) Resource-effective production of milk with elevated nutrient density (2015-2019), head of project M.Ots
  • Ministry of Rural Affairs (8T160085VLVS) Health and welfare traits of beef and sheep under year round outside keeping conditions, working out animal based welfare indicators, seminatural grasslands as a source of feed for sheep and beef, recommendations for additional feeding (2016-2019), head of project P. Piirsalu
  • Ministry of Rural Affairs (8T160200PKML) Development of humus balance calculator and elaboration of NPK balance calculator on field and farm gate bases (2016-2019), head of project A. Astover
  • EMÜ development fund (8PM170151VLVS) Grazing behaviour of Estonian native sheep breeds and its effect on conservation of semi-natural communities (2017-2019), head of project D. Arney
  • Ministry of Education and Research IUT 8-1 (B08002VLBS) Fertility and health in dairy cattle (2013-2018), head of project A. Valdmann,
  • COST project Dairy Care, 2014−2018, coordinators K. Ling and D. Arney
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (V170176VLVS) Swedish/Baltic cooperation for low bacterial resistance, animal welfare, human health, environment (2017-2018), head of project D. Arney

Finished projects

  • Contract with Aatmaa OÜ, ARIB (L170116VLVS) Nutritive value, fermentation quality and biosafety of maize silage while using different cultivation methods (2017-2018), head of project M. Ots
  • Contract with Anu Ait OÜ, ARIB (L170118VLVS) Elaboration of the starter feed for calves to promote performance, health and digestive tract development (2017-2018), head of project M. Ots
  • EMÜ development fund (8M160102VLLG) Increasing the international visibility of animal science responsibility areas, and increasing the international competitiveness of the Estonian University of Life Sciences through the organization of the annual conference of the EAAP (2016−2017), head of project H. Viinalass
  • Ministry of Rural Affairs (T15091VLVS) Animal welfare-associated risks for dairy cattle in Estonian uninsulated loose housing systems (2015-2016) head of project D. Arney
  • Ministry of Rural Affairs (T15090VLVS) Fur Animal Production Survey (2015-2016), head of project Piirsalu
  • Environmental Investment Centre (T14079VLVP) Determination of average chemical composition and emission of pollutants (ammonia and hydrogen sulphide) from biogas reactor fermented agricultural substrates (digestate) (2014-2016), head of project A. Kaasik
  • Ministry of Education and Research (T13044MSDS) Efficiency of main production resources in Estonian agriculture (2013-2016), head of project R. Värnik
  • Contract with Hermela Foods OÜ (T15097VLVS) Development of feed rations for horses based on hemp seed cake (2015), head of project Ots
  • Contract with Bio-Competence Centre of Healthy Dairy Products LLC (T13090VLVS) Sustainable nutritional strategies to produce compositionally designed milk and dairy products to promote human health (2013-2015), head of project Ots
  • Archimedes Foundation (T12158VLBS) Development of efficient animal reproduction technologies for the sustainable cattle breeding (2012-2015), head of project Ü. Jaakma
  • Agricultural Registers and Information Board (T14037VLVV, T12150VLBS) Conference „Healthy Animals and Healthy Food“ organising and proceedings publication (2012-2015), heads of project Ü. Jaakma and R. Gross
  • Ministry of Agricultural (T11007VLVS) Strategies for improving feeding dairy cattle in robotic milking systems (2011-2014), heads of project Kärt and M. Ots
  • Ministry of Agricultural (T11008VLVS) Possibilities to increase the efficiency of protein fed and to reduce nitrogen excretion on dairy farms using different technologies, including robotic milking (2011-2014), heads of project Ots and I. Jõudu
  • COST project (T10201VLVL) Innovative fundamental food-structure-property relationships to the design of foods for health, wellness and pleasure (2011-2014), coordinators M. Henno and I. Jõudu
  • Contract with Bio-Competence Centre of Healthy Dairy Products LLC (T9084VLVL) Sustainable nutritional strategies to produce compositionally designed milk to promote human health (2009-2013), heads of project Kärt and M. Ots