CRPA
Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali CRPA scpa
General Information
- Country:
- Italy
- Funding type:
- Public & Private
- Type of organization:
- Research Institute
- Address:
- Viale Timavo 43/2
- Website:
- www.crpa.it
- Contact:
- info@crpa.it
- Additional Comments:
- About 25% of CRPA budget is from advice to farmers or other actors of the livestock supply chains (e.g. processors, biogas producers).
Expertise
Behaviour & Welfare
Animal Health
Carcass & Meat Quality
Environment Impact
Field Experiments
Feed & Feed Tehnologies
Housing & System Trials
Type of facility and capacity
None
Additional information
- The CRPA laboratory is located in the Reggio Emilia Technopole. It houses the CRPA laboratories for the chemical analysis of livestock effluents, analysis of the methanogenetic capacity of various organic matrices that can be used to feed anaerobic reactors for biogas production, the olfactometry laboratory for anailysis of odorigenic emissions into the air, the fodder and zootechnical food analysis laboratory, the food sensory analysis laboratory, and the dairy laboratory. Farm experiments are carried out by CRPA in the facilities of CREA at the Beccastecca pig farm in Castelfranco Emilia (MO) or in private farms suitable for such activities.