Furthermore, the working groups are a platform for questions regarding feed evaluation systems and nutrition and feedstuffs in general. As this concerns ‘variable CVB activities', these issues are often, after a summary review, subject to an advice to the CVB Advisory Committee.
There are three CVB working groups since the second half of 2007:
- Working group Chemical composition and analytical methods
- Working group Feeding of ruminants and horses
- Working group Feeding of pigs, poultry and rabbits
Working group Chemical composition and analytical methods
Tasks:
- Dealing with questions regarding the chemical nutritional analysis of feedstuffs:
- Dealing with the average composition of feedstuffs as defined by CVB;
- Discussing which results of relations (derived from CVB database) between nutrients within feedstuffs should be developed and tested;
- Processing proposals for additional chemical analyses to be charged to the CVB budget.
Composition:
|
Organisation |
Number of members |
|
CVB staff |
2 |
|
WUR Chair Animal Feed |
1 |
|
WUR-ASG, Lelystad |
1 |
|
Nevedi |
2 |
|
OPNV |
1 |
|
Laboratories |
|
|
- Labco |
1 |
|
- BLGG |
1 |
|
Total |
9 |
Working group Feeding of ruminants and horses
Tasks:
- Processing proposals for updating feedstuff evaluations for ruminants and horses, both after adjustments of the chemical composition and after new animal test data become available;
- Discussing questions (both internal and external) regarding bottlenecks relating to existing feed evaluation systems for ruminants and horses.
Composition:
|
Organisation |
Number of members |
|
CVB staff |
2 |
|
WUR Chair Animal Feed |
1 |
|
WUR-ASG, Lelystad |
1 |
|
WUR-PRI, Wageningen |
1 |
|
Nevedi |
3 |
|
OPNV |
1 |
|
Primary sector |
1 |
|
HISFA |
1 |
|
Laboratories |
|
|
- BLGG |
1 |
|
Total |
12 |
Working group Feeding of pigs, poultry and rabbits
Tasks:
- Processing proposals for updating feedstuff evaluations for pigs, poultry and rabbits, both after adjustments of the chemical composition and after new animal test data become available;
- Discussing questions (both internal and external) regarding bottlenecks relating to existing feed evaluation systems for pigs, poultry and rabbits.
Composition:
|
Organisation |
Number of members |
|
CVB staff |
2 |
|
WUR Chair Animal Feed |
1 |
|
WUR-ASG, Lelystad |
1 |
|
Nevedi |
3 |
|
OPNV |
1 |
|
Primary sector |
1 |
|
Total |
9 |
