The production of raw materials of animal origin occupies a key position in the Aragon agrofood sector. Apart from playing a significant economic role in the region’s primary sector, livestock production serves as a boosting factor in the agrofood transformation industry, and serves as a strong backbone for rural development. The lines of research in Department 2 thus aim to maintain and foster dynamism and competitiveness in this sector on a national and international level, while at the same time guaranteeing its socio-economic and environmental sustainability.
Within this context, Department 2 pursues lines of research concerning all conditions that are essential to food quality and safety. Its areas thus include the characterization and improvement of genetic resources, the scientific study of the physiological bases of all aspects related with the breeding and health of animals for slaughter, the development of technologies designed to reduce illnesses both in livestock and in the human public health sector, and the improvement of production efficacy and quality associated with the final products obtained.
This area of research is coordinated by Manuel Fondevila, PhD, the Head of Department 2, which comprises a total of 122 members divided into 15 research groups.
Those 15 research groups comprise 4 main lines of investigation, divided into 9 sub-lines and a total of 35 specific actions.
| Line 4. Study and improvement of genetic resources | A11 A13 A49 |
A17 A51 |
| Line 6. Production technologies applied to livestock systems | A11 A13 A14 A49 |
A04 A17 A19 A25 A34 A35 B82 |
| Line 5. Physiological bases of animal production | A11 A13 A14 A49 |
A04 A19 A25 A32* A34 A35 A48 B82 |
| Line 7. Development of sustainable livestock systems | A11 A13 A49 |
A04 A19 A50 |
| Line of research | CITA Groups | UNIZAR Groups |
