FIBRA Research

In the field of ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

- Optimization and improvement of technologies for raising and exploiting terrestrial and aquatic animals;

- Improvement of management for raising and diversifying animal productions;

- Obtaining innovative feed preparations aimed at improving productive and reproductive performance, dairy product quality, and reducing environmental pollution in cow farms;

- Use of phytogenic additives in terrestrial and aquatic feeding;

- Antimicrobial effect of essential oils on certain pathogenic germs and on meat quality in broiler chickens;

- Evaluation and combating the antinutritional effect of soluble non-starch polysaccharides (PNAs) in broiler chickens;

- Mineral nutrition of animals in conventional, organic, and conversion farms;

- Impact of protected fats and conjugated linoleic acid on the quantity and quality of milk in ewes;

- Impact of hoof diseases on nitrogen metabolism and excretions in dairy cows;

- Impact of protected fats and conjugated linoleic acid on the quantity and quality of milk in ewes;

- Ensuring the quality and safety of animal products;

- Genetic improvement and management of genetic resources;

- Improvement of genetic structure and production performance in farm animals;

- Efficient and sustainable systems for forage production and pasture management;

- Influence of the floristic composition of temporary pastures on the quantity and quality of milk and meat in sheep;

- Integrated methods of controlling Eriochloa villosa in corn and sunflower crops;

- Research on the influence of certain technological factors on quality and production parameters in some oat varieties;

- Research on combating the invasive species Ambrosia psilostachya (Ambrosia);

- Optimization of technologies for raising breeding young cattle and dairy and beef cows based on studies on their behavior and ensuring welfare conditions in different maintenance systems;

- Improvement of the hygienic quality of cow's milk and adaptation to farm conditions of food product traceability methods;

- Studies on optimizing milk and meat production control techniques in cattle;

- Use of PLF for reducing GHG emissions in cattle;

- Use of PLF technologies for assessing the welfare of dairy sheep;

- Integration of innovative technologies within the value chain to improve the management of small ruminant welfare;

- Study of the relationship between mastitis and genotype in dairy cows;

- Study of the relationship between PRL gene polymorphism and milk production in cattle;

- Quantitative and qualitative genetic improvement of meat production in Romanian sheep breeds to align with EU standards;

- Applied research on directing ruminal fermentations in prospective cattle and sheep farms;

- Increasing resistance to scrapie in sheep populations in Romania through molecular-level assisted selection for sustainable sheep breeding and exploitation, ensuring food security and population health;

- Research on alternative methods to antibiotic use in the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases in bees;

- Obtaining innovative products aimed at improving bee family raising technology, combating diseases, and increasing productive performance;

- Establishing strategies for identification, protection, and conservation of the Apis mellifera carpatica bee of the Banat ecotype;

- Using bees as bioindicators of environmental pollution in Banat;

- Research on the quality of apicultural products in accordance with EU requirements.

- In vitro and in vivo studies on the therapeutic potential of honey from the Western part of Romania;

- Influence of apicultural product use on reproduction indices in sturgeons;

- Identification and implementation of feasible biotechnological ways to improve the productive potential of cyprinid, percid, and acipenserid species found in fish farms in our country.

- Conservation of endangered and threatened ichthyofauna through biotechnological methods;

- Development of intensive and super-intensive fish farming technologies for economically valuable fish;

- Influence of certain phytogenic additives on the bioproductive and reproductive performance of trout and European catfish;

- Identification and multiplication of valuable genotypes of existing or newly introduced fish species in fish farms in our country.

- Optimization of technological management for producing fish fry or consumer fish within recirculated water systems;

- Development of ways to improve the economic efficiency of recirculated water systems used for fish farming, through the use of unconventional energy sources;

- Research on optimizing effluent management in recirculated water systems used for fish farming, to improve economic efficiency;

- Use of chelating agents and active plant principles in reducing tissue bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the species Carassius auratus gibelio (silver crucian carp);

- Evaluation of the use of natural plant sources with antioxidant and chelating potential in mitigating the toxicity of metallic pollutants in freshwater fish species.

In the field of BIOTECHNOLOGIES

- Improvement of genetic structure and production performance in farm animals through reproductive biotechnologies and other bioengineering;

- Optimization of nutrition to meet nutritional requirements and increase productivity in farm animals;

- Study of the antimicrobial effect of essential oils and their involvement in the quality of chicken meat;

- Implementation of reproductive biotechnologies in fish to increase their productive potential;

- Animal improvement techniques through genetic engineering;

- Obtaining bioproducts for use in animal husbandry;

- Obtaining food products with high nutritional value or intended for categories of people with medical problems;

- Obtaining microbial biotechnological products used as probiotics, starter cultures, and inoculants in the agro-food sector;

- Evaluation of the chemical composition and biotechnological potential of apicultural products;

- Biomass biorefinery for obtaining biofuels and other bioproducts;

- Circular bioeconomy of farm residues and by-products for obtaining renewable energy, reducing pollution, and obtaining a valuable fertilizer;

- Renewable energy sources and circular economy applied in an academic community as an example for smart sustainable development;

- Integration of microbial biotechnology in the bioeconomy of polluted areas and organic waste management for reducing pollution and carbon footprint;

- Analysis of the degree of agricultural pollution and study of the impact of polluting factors on the environment;

- Study of the biodegradation process of animal husbandry residues in wastewater treatment plants;

- Study of Campylobacter species isolated from poultry sources;

- Testing of antimicrobial products for the inhibition of Campylobacter species and other pathogenic bacteria;

- Obtaining biocompatible polymer matrices;

- Stabilization of enzymes by immobilization in porous polymer matrices;

- Physico-chemical characterization of some natural matrices.