LABORATORY OF CHEMISTRY AND NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY

COLLECTIVE OF PHYSIOLOGY

• improve animal product (milk, meat, eggs) quality and safety according to the current regulations, processor demands and consumer preferences;
  expertise gained in projects on: improve the fatty acids profile, reduce the cholesterol level, functional foods, reduce the food chain contaminants, antioxidants, etc.;
• alleviate the environmental impact of animal production
  expertise gained in projects on: reduce nitrogen excretion in ruminants, reduce phosphorus excretion in poultry, reduce copper and zinc excretion in pigs, etc.;
• continuous revaluation of the nutritive value of the forage resources
  expertise gained in projects on: evaluation of the new lines/varieties of forage plants, evaluation of new by-products, or of by-products specific to Romania, etc.;
• development of functional foods beneficial to human health
  expertise gained in projects on: feeds formulation optimisation in terms of vitamin E/selenium/fatty acids ratio, to improve broiler carcass quality; optimization of the nutritional factors in order to produce consumer eggs enriched in ? : 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; increase milk level of polyunsaturated fatty acids;
• increase the efficiency of feed utilization
  expertise gained in projects on: research on the ruminal metabolism (proteolysis, microbial protein synthesis, acidosis), on the absorption processes in monogastric animals (vitamins, minerals), etc.;
• improve animal welfare
  expertise gained in projects on: effect of the temperature variations and methods of control; collateral effects of the intensive feeding; novel methods and techniques for poultry rearing making use of anolytes and catolytes to improve product quality and ensure sanitary veterinary protection;
• natural alternatives to the classical sources of minerals and vitamins
  expertise gained in projects on: interdisciplinary research on the use of morus sp. in poultry production;
• use of experimental animal models to study nutrition diseases in humans
  expertise gained in projects on: experimental model for the study of nutrient (Ca, B, phytosterols) availability and their influence on bone mineralization in pigs, scientific support for the study of osteoporosis; celiac disease: research on the incidence and diagnosis; provision of fortified flour products � medicine for the ,,long - life dietetic treatment.

COLLECTIVE OF CHEMISTRY

• rapid evaluation of the nutritive value of animal feeds
  expertise gained in projects on: methodological model for the control of the feeding qualities for fat-rich feed ingredients;
• development of chemical methods for feeds and animals foods quality checking expertise gained in projects on: development of the methods to evaluate the ingredients of the protein-vitamin-mineral concentrates for farm animals; development of a methodological design to measure the quality of the cereal grains used to manufacture concentrate feeds; quality evaluation of the protein-vitamin-mineral concentrates used in pig feeding; complex researches to determine biochemical markers specific to the regional dairy products
• establishment and development of a system of methods for the studies of digestibility and bioavailability of the nutrients from different feed sources
  expertise gained in projects on: development of a set for the evaluation of ruminant feeds; set of chemical methods for the fast evaluation of the soybean meal protein digestibility
• participation in interlaboratory surveys on the chemical composition of the forages
  experienta acumulata in teste de performanta:
• Trace elements determination (Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, Pb si Cd) from samples of medicinal herbs used in weaned piglets (10- 30 kg) feeding
• Measure the phosphorus from the monocalcium phosphate for veterinary use - 7/27.04.2008
• Design for interlaboratory analysis to determine Pb from the zinc oxide used as feed ingredient - 5/15.12.2006
• development and improvement of the methods to determine the polluting heavy metals in feeds
  experienta acumulata in teste de performanta: determination in mineral raw ingredients and in different plants
• quality checking of the feed ingredients and finished feeds manufactured in the pilot station of IBNA and by external beneficiaries