Research teams
Tissue growth and meat quality
Head: Bénédicte Lebret
Keywords: pig; muscle; adipose tissue; growth; carcass; meat quality; intramuscular fat; adipocyte; fatty acids; muscle fiber; myosin; hormones; differentiation; metabolism; gene expression; transcriptomics; proteomics; modelling; breeds; rearing system; rabbit.
Head: Jean-Yves Dourmad
Keywords: pig; piglet; sow; foetus; gestation; farrowing; lactation; weaning; reproduction; nutrition; metabolism; behaviour; welfare; hormone; pain; immune system; emotion; stress; feeding; housing, environment; pollution; pollutant; nitrogen; calcium; phosphors; copper; zinc; excretion; urine; faeces; mathematical modelling; livestock systems.
Nutrition and metabolism
Head: Jaap van Milgen
keywords: growing pig; sow; piglet; fetus; new-born; lactation; gestation; reproduction; farrowing; weaning; mammary gland; ovary; uterus; body composition; feed; feeding; nutrition; metabolism; raw materials; mathematical modeling; housing; temperature; feeding behavior; energy; amino acids; hyperprolific pigs; gonadotropic axis.
Head: Isabelle Luron
Keywords: intestinal mucosa; immunogenicity; inflammation; splanchnic metabolism; proteins; amino acids; exocrin pancreas; immunity.
Head: Charles-Henri Malbert
Keywords: electrophysiology; medical imaging; gamma-scintigraphy; micro-TEP, SPECT; CTscan; streotaxy; neuroanatomy; primary afferents; vagal afferents; myenteric nervous system; insulin; entero-pancreatic neurones; electro-stimulation.