SANFEED Doctoral Programme

The SANFEED Programme (Sustainable Animal Nutrition and Feeding) is a Doctoral ANIMAL SCIENCE Programme in an industrial setting funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) that started in the academic year of 2014/2015 and is coordinated by the Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar from the University of Porto.

The programme is organised in the following four workpackages (WP):

  • WP1: Increase livestock sector efficiency
  • WP2: Decrease the environmental impact of animal production
  • WP3: Promote health and animal welfare
  • WP4: Assure product quality and food safety

Topics for 2019

Improving fish growth and composition models to optimize fish nutrition and rearing practices (WP1)

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Novel functional ingredients in petfood (WP2)

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“One food”: A holistic approach to algae as feed to different animal models (WP3)

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“Farming for You” - Increasing consumer awareness of farmed fish (WP4)

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