Swine unit
- Suckling and weaned piglet trials.
- Growing-finishing pigs and sows.
- Digestibility and palatability studies.
- Feed additive validation.
Contract research organization (CRO)
Animal Research Centre: swine and poultry trials in Spain
In-house experimental units to test feed, additives and animal health products with scientific rigour and Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
Experimental units built for demanding studies
As an independent CRO, our facilities are designed to run controlled trials that meet the scientific standards required by regulators, journals and your customers, applying Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
Poultry unit
- Broilers: growth performance and carcass yield.
- Laying hens: egg quality and laying persistency.
- Vaccine and probiotic efficacy.
- Animal welfare studies.
Other species
- Dairy cattle.
- Small ruminants (sheep and goats).
- Fish.
- Pets (dogs and cats).
- Multi-species studies for official registration.
Biosafety level 2
Isolated rooms and strict containment protocols allow us to work with pathogens such as Salmonella, Campylobacter, Clostridium perfringens or Eimeria in controlled challenge models.
Types of trials
Our scientific team helps you define the experimental design and sample size so that results are statistically sound and publishable.
Check availability- Efficacy trials
- Target animal safety
- EU registration studies
- Nutrient kinetics
- Drug withdrawal studies
- Microbiota studies
Swine research unit
Nutrition, health and welfare trials across the whole production cycle.
Sows
- Gestation and lactation trials.
- Effect of diet on prolificacy.
- Colostrum quality and immune transfer.
Piglets (pre-starter)
- Palatability and feed intake.
- Post-weaning additive validation.
- Gut health and diarrhoea control.
Growing-finishing
- Growth curves and feed efficiency.
- Carcass quality and intramuscular fat.
- Formulation cost optimisation.
Digestibility trials
Metabolic cages and specific protocols to determine the real nutritional value of ingredients and raw materials using chemical markers.
Health challenges
Trials under controlled infection (challenge models) in isolated rooms with strict biosafety control.
Results with scientific rigour
Every swine trial includes a detailed statistical report, ready for regulatory dossiers or technical publications. See all our swine CRO studies.
Poultry research unit
Facilities to validate solutions for broilers and laying hens.
Broilers
- Performance: ADG, feed conversion ratio and mortality.
- Digestibility: metabolisable energy determination.
- Gut health: microbiota and villus morphometry.
- Carcass yield: cut-up weights and meat quality.
Laying hens
- Laying curves: persistency and saleable eggs.
- Nutrition: calcium and phosphorus levels.
- Welfare: housing systems compliant with EU rules.
- Additive efficacy: pigments, enzymes and prebiotics.
Egg quality laboratory
Objective measurement of internal and external egg quality: Haugh units, shell strength and thickness, and digital yolk colour.
Registration-ready results
Every broiler and laying hen trial includes a detailed statistical report, ready for regulatory dossiers or technical publications. See all our poultry CRO studies.
Validating a new feed additive?
We design the protocol that best fits your commercial or registration goals.