CIGR Working Group No 13
Climatization and Environmental Control in Animal Housing

Cees E.vanīt Klosster

Department of livestock engineering

Task

Development and evaluation of living environments for farm animals that meet the requirements imposed by the animal (health and welfare), by the producer (economy and labour) and by society (minimizing scarce input factors and waste products) to an optimum extent.

Staff

Dr.Ir. Cees E. van 't Klooster

(head, housing pigs, CFD, climate, dust, monitoring, telemetry)

Ir. Andre Aarnink

reseacher housing pigs, manure

Ing. Annemiek van den Berg

assistant housing pigs

Sharon Devir M.Sc.

Ph.D student milking robot

Ing. Henk Gunninkassistant

housing cattle

Ir. Henk Hogeveenresearcher

automatic milking

Ing. Wim Houwers technical

researcher housing pigs

Ir. Bert Ipemaresearcher

milking technology

Ir. Carolien Ketelaar - de Louwere

researcher welfare cattle

Martin Krause Dipl. Ing. Ph.D student

welfare sows

Dr. Shigeru Morita

researcher eating behaviour cattle

Ir. Fransina de Pater - Huysen

technology assessment automatic milking

Ing. Dolf Smits

technical researcher housing

Ir. Michel Smits

researcher housing cattle, nutrition and manure

Dr. Joanna Stefanowska

researcher welfare and behaviour