CERZOO Ltd – Research Center for Livestock and Environment (CERZOO srl – CENTRO DI RICERCHE PER LA ZOOTECNIA E L’AMBIENTE)
General information
Country:
Italy
Research Facility/installation:
CERZOO
Farm type:
Both
Stakeholder type:
Public/Private partnership
Address:
Via Castellarino, n. 12 Località San Bonico – 29122 Piacenza – Italy
Website:
under construction. For scientific publications it is possible to follow the activities of Researchers of the Departments of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Science (www.unicatt.it)
Primary Contact Person:
Prof. Erminio Trevisi
Site characteristics
Climate:
Mediterranean
Total land (ha):
45
Grazing land (ha):
0
Grazing season length (days):
0
Enterprise:
Dairy
Animals
Number of dairy cows:
80
Dairy cow breed:
Holstein (+ other breeds occasionnaly)
Number of suckler cows:
Suckler cow breed:
Number of steers:
Steer breed:
Research equipment
Individual feed intake facility:
Yes
Metabolism facility:
Yes
Greenhouse gas measurement:
Yes
Digestion facilities:
No
Grazing studies equipment:
No
Behavioural monitoring:
Yes
Ethical aspects
Animal Welfare body:
Yes
Licence to perform experiments:
Yes
Name of the ethical licence body:
Body in charge of Animal Welfare (OPBA CERZOO) as forsee by European Rules (Directive 2010/63/EU) and Italian legislation (DL 26/2014)
Laboratory facilities
Capacity to process blood sample:
Capacity to process meat sample:
Capacity to process milk sample:
Capacity to process digestive system sample:
Capacity to process calorimeter/metabolism sample: