ANIMAL FEEDING THEMATIC NETWORK

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

Creation and maintenance of a discussion, information and research forum on animal feeding and nutrition. This forum should allow to reach the specific objectives.

SPECIFIC OBJETIVES

  1. To make joint decisions and/or proposals for the corresponding organisms regarding the following matters: nomenclature and codification, sampling, nutritive evaluation, animal nutrition including additives, digestive pathologies and animal well-being, feeding systems, traceability and feed security, etc.
  2. To identify I+D+i needs in the agro-alimentary sector concerning animal feeding.
  3. To promote and to guarantee research projects with objectives corresponding with needs previously mentioned.
  4. To facilitate complementariness in case of coordinated projects.
  5. To carry out analysis and prospection of the available information.
  6. To develop information and technology transference mechanisms for all the agents implied in the sector. In this sense, the establishment of an INFORMATION NETWORK among different databases and webs of the implied agents will be caused. Logically the reserved information is excluded.
  7. To collaborate with others organizations and work groups at international level, with special emphasis in European and Latin American countries.
  8. To facilitate the mobility of researchers between the participant centers in the network.

Web page: REDALAN

NETWORK COORDINATOR

Alejandro Argamentería Gutiérrez

Asturias Regional Service of Agro-alimentary Research and Development (SERIDA)

PARTICIPANTS

Thematic Network of Ruminant Nutrition (RTNR): José Antonio Guada Vallepuga

Interprofessional Association for Agrarian Development (AIDA): Ángel Ruiz Mantecón

Spanish Foundation for Animal Nutrition Development (FEDNA): Carlos de Blas Beorlegui

Spanish Society for the Study of Pastures (SEEP): Adela Martínez Fernández

Spanish Confederation of Compound Feed Manufacturers (CESFAC): Isabel Martínez Toral

Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM): Julia Uriol y Bernabé

Feed Information Service (SIA): Augusto Gómez Cabrera

Confederation of Agrarian Cooperatives of Spain (CCAE): Alejandro Terriza Torres

Agro-alimentary Research and Technology Institute (IRTA): Joaquín Brufau de Barberá

Muriedas Agrarian Research and Training Center (CIFA Muriedas): Amelia Martínez Penagos

Mabegondo Agrarian Research Center (CIAM): Gonzalo Flores Calvete

Alameda del Obispo Agrarian Research and Training Center (CIFA Alameda): Víctor Ortíz Somovilla

National Association of Bovine Medicine Specialist of Spain (ANEMBE): Sergio Calsamiglia Blancafort