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Microalgae as feedstuff additive in pig fattening (AlgaPork)

Authority

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Energie, Klimaschutz, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft

Federal State

Saxony

Contact

Postfach 10 05 101
01076 Dresden

Website: External link to the authority

Project Title

Microalgae as feedstuff additive in pig fattening (AlgaPork)

Project description

In order to assess the nutritional and health benefits of microalgae, these are fed to selected groups of individuals during pig fattening. For this purpose, the microalgae are cultivated on-farm within a closed photobioreactor system and applied to the feedstuff in concentrations of up to 3 % (dry mass). The project aims to investigate the promotional effects of microalgae on health and efficiency parameters. Another target is to assess the eventual approval of microalgae as feedstuff additive.

Status of the report

2023-04-24 13:41:16

Results focusing on practiceorientation

With the cultivation in a photobioreactor (PBR) directly next to the barn, fresh algae biomass could be harvested daily and added to the feed without intermediate storage or preparation.

Based on the results of the practical trials, it could be shown with statistical significance that both the performance, i.e. the increase during the period of algae addition, as well as the administration of medication and animal removal changed for the better.

On the process side, synergies could be created, in this case by linking the cooling of the PBR and the heating of the process water.

Key words

Animal husbandry

Main funding source

Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)

OG contact information

Agraset Agrargenossenschaft e.G. Naundorf
Am Lagerhaus 1
09306 Erlau

Phone: +49 3737 4905 30

Email: info@agraset.de

Type of OG partners

  • Farmer
  • Researcher
  • Industry

Begin of project

2019

Project status

ongoing

Total budget applied for in EUR

690,044

Link 1

project website

Link 2

project poster

NUTS3 CODE

DED43 Landkreis Mittelsachsen

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