Department 2 - Production of raw materials of animal origin

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
*This group has no member assigned to Department 2, but makes occasional contributions to some of its strategic projects.