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Animal Nutrition & Health Research Facilities Grounded in Real Production

Dedicated Dairy, Swine, and Poultry Facilities Spanning the Full Research Lifecycle

NutriQuest operates eight dedicated research facilities spanning dairy, swine, and poultry, covering the full research lifecycle from pre-clinical screening and biomarker development through commercial-scale performance trials and carcass evaluations at commercial processing plants. For companies looking for an innovation or contract research partner, NutriQuest has the infrastructure and the expertise to take your program from question to answer.

 

Research conducted at NutriQuest's facilities is designed to produce results that reflect reality and data that holds up, which is exactly what peer reviewers, regulators, and commercial partners need from a research partner. Novus International, Adisseo, and Barentz Animal Nutrition have all trusted NutriQuest with their most important research questions.

Dairy Research Facilities

NutriQuest’s dairy research program addresses the challenges that most directly affect lactation performance and herd health: gut health, post-partum metabolic issues, and lactation optimization. Two dedicated facilities cover the full lifecycle from early calf development through peak lactation.

Lactation Research Center

Hawley, MN – NQ Dairy Research Center – Dairy

500-head commercial dairy farm with precision measurement capability from close-up through lactation.

  • 8 free-flow automatic milking system (AMS) units

  • Daily milk yield and individual pellet intake measurement

  • Research capability from close-up period through lactation

  • Individual body weight scales

  • Biological sample collection

  • Bi-monthly milk component testing

  • Methane emissions measurement via GreenFeed

Calf Research Center

Eastern WI – Dairy

Large-scale calf research capability with rigorous individual tracking protocols.

  • Over 6,000 dairy and beef on dairy calves on milk

  • Body weight collection

  • Starter intake measurement

  • Biological sample collection

  • Health records maintained

Swine Research Facilities

Four dedicated swine facilities cover the full production lifecycle and include specialized challenge modeling capability.

Nursery Research Center

Woodstock, MN – Swine

Two-room nursery facility capable of running two simultanious trials.

  • 2 research rooms — 48 pens each, 27 pigs per pen

  • Robotic Feeding System

  • Pig source tracking from sow unit

  • Electronic data capture

  • Up to 4 water treatments

  • Biological sample collection

Grow-Finish Research Center

Woodstock, MN – Swine

Two-barn grow-finish facility with commercial processing plant evaluation capability.

  • 2 barns — 48 research pens per barn, 25 pigs per pen

  • Pen scale in each barn

  • Robotic Feeding System

  • Up to 4 water treatments

  • Carcass characteristic evaluation at commercial processing plant

  • Biological sample collection

Sow Research Center

Jasper, MN – Swine

Large-scale sow unit with individual measurement capability through multiple production stages.

  • 2,800-sow unit with individual gestation and lactation stalls

  • 150 sows per treatment for feed additive experiments

  • Automatic lactation feeding units — individual sow feed intake measurement during lactation

  • Subsequent reproductive performance evaluation capability

  • Biological sample collection

Modeling Center

Fergus Falls, MN – Swine – Challege Models & Biomarker Development

Specialized challenge modeling facility for enteric and respiratory health research.

  • Challenge models: bacterial, viral, natural leaky gut induction, inflammation model

  • Biological sample collection

  • Biomarker development capability

Poultry Research Facilities

Two poultry research facilities provide both challenge model and performance trial capability across broiler production systems.

Broiler Research Center

Georgia – Poultry – Challenge Models & Performance 

Long-term research partnership with Southern Poultry Research Group providing specialized poultry disease challenge capability.

  • Dedicated research barn with 120 research floor pens — 25 birds per pen

  • Challenge models: Salmonella, Campylobacter, Necrotic Enteritis, Enterococcus cecorum, Coccidiosis

  • Biological sample collection

  • Carcass characteristic evaluation capability

Commercial Broiler Research Center

North Carolina – Poultry – Challenge Models & Performance 

Broiler performance trial facility with commercial marketing evaluation capability.

  • 2 barns, 45 or 60 research pens, 50 birds per pen

  • 44 or 57-day-of-age (marketing) trials

  • Sub-group carcass characteristic evaluation per treatment

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