Wageningen University – Animal Nutrition Group

Wageningen University – Animal Nutrition Group

PO Box 338,6700 AH Wageningen
De Elst 1, 6708 WD Wageningen,NL                                                                                            

Contact
Joost van den Borne
joost.vandenborne@wur.nl
31(0)317482912

Research line
Health and Disease

Topics
Measuring post-absorptive processes in animals, e.g. nutrient oxidation, nutrient fluxes (such as entry rates, turnover and nutrient cycling). Nutrients of study include glucose, amino acids, urea, short chain fatty acids, long chain fatty acids and lactate
Measuring digestive processes, incl. gastric emptying, passage rates of labeled ingredients,
urea recycling (ruminants), uric acid recycling (poultry), absorption rates of short chain fatty acids (ruminants), fermentation.

Isotopes
¹³C, ¹⁵N

Instruments
GC/C/IRMS, SIRIS, EA/C/IRMS