KAPOSVÁR UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ANIMAL SCIENCE Hungary Department of Animal Nutrition Head of department: Prof. Dr. L. Babinszky H-7401 Kaposvár, P.O. Box 16. Phone: Fax:

STAFF Scientists8 Technical assistants3 Others4 Total15 DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION

STUFF Dr. R. Pósa E. Magyar Dr. V. Halas Dr. J. Tossenberger Prof. Dr. L. Babinszky P. Molnár I. Völgyi T. Gura Dr. R. Tóthi E. Antal R. Kovács I. Rábai Dr. Cs. Szabó B. Csobolyó Dr. K. Németh O. Ulbert Z. Garbacz

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION

Animal house Number Experimentsof animals 1.Conventional digestibility studies (faecal digestibility of nutries) 1.1 Growing and fattening pigs Pregnant sows Weaned piglets Sheep Rabbits Poultry36

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION Animal house (continued) 2. Ileal digestibility of nutrients (using cannulated animals) 2.1 Growing and fattening pigs Weaned piglets Poultry (rooster, layer, turkey, goose)36 3. Ruminal fermentation and digestibility of nutrients in different parts of the intestinal tract (using cannulated animals) 3.1 Sheep Dairy cow 6

4. Model broiler performance test1200 (individual weighing) 5. Model turkey performance test480 (individual weighing) 6. Layer Nutritional immunology studies with rats120 DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION Animal house (continued)

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION

RE-ENTRANT CANNULATION TECHNIQUE IN PIGS Abdominal wall Caecum Colon Ileum

SINGLE T-CANNULATION TECHNIQUE IN PIGS Abdominal wall Ileum Colon Caecum

PVTC CANNULATION TECHNIQUE IN PIGS Caecum Colon

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION

FACEAL DIGESTIBILITY (Cannulated {Colostomised} bird) Urether Cannula Caecum Ileum Colon Cloaca

ILEAL DIGESTIBILITY (Cannulated bird) Urether Cannula Caecum Ileum Cloaca Colon

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION

THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY (CT) IN ANIMAL NUTRITION RESEARCH

CT SCANNING OF PIG

CROSS-SECTIONAL CT IMAGE OF A PIG TAKEN AT THE LOIN Skin Backfat m. longissimus dorsi Backbone intestines

Y= *V m RMSE=633 R 2 =0.79 where: Y : protein content of empty body, g V m : volume of muscle tissue, cm 3 Y= *V f RMSE=1029 R 2 =0.97 where: Y : fat content of empty body, g V f : volume of fatty tissue, cm 3 THE ACCURACY OF PROTEIN AND FAT CONTENT PREDICTION IN 105 KG PIGS USING CT MEASURED TISSUE VOLUMES

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION SOME IMPORTANT RESEARCH PROJECTS Carried out at the Department of Animal Nutrition 1.Pig nutrition Development of a new in vivo (computer tomograph) measuring method top improve lean meat production and protein deposition in pigs (collaboration with Institute of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology at University of Kaposvár) Amino acid requirement of growing pigs as determined by the measurement of ileal digestibility of amino acids

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION (continued) Alternatives to antibiotics (probiotics, oligosaccharides, organic acids, exogenous enzymes, plant extracts, a.s.o.) Investigation of phosphorus metabolism of weaned piglets in aspect of rearing intensity Mathematical modelling of growth in pigs

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL NUTRITION (continued) 2. Poultry nutrition Effect of dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on meat quality in broileres Investigation of phosphorus metabolism of layers and broilers Alternatives to antibiotics Determination of the digestibility of nutrients by different methods in roosters and layers