Your innovation partner in
Understanding their physiology: for their health, for their welfare
Who we are
An animal nutrition and health research organization
Our company, Lab To Field, was created in 2012 by an academic research team specializing in animal digestion and digestive microbiota. Our goal is to provide access to key skills in animal nutrition and health, and to rapidly share international scientific advances with animal nutrition professionals.
With internationally renowned expertise in equine digestive physiology, our team initially conducted research on the links between diet, gastrointestinal microbiota, digestion, performance, and health in the horse.
With the addition to our company of small animal and livestock nutritionists and digestive physiologists, we now research these links in livestock species and pets, as well as horses. We are passionate about understanding the physiology of these animals so that we can optimize their health and welfare.
Our areas of expertise
Animal physiology
Lab To Field has the skills to design, manage and strengthen research and development programs to address the scientific or regulatory needs of our clients.
Our extensive expertise in animal digestive physiology allows us to study, in a holistic and comprehensive manner, the relationships between diet, digestion, health, behavior, and performance.
“A thorough understanding of physiology is crucial to optimizing animal health, welfare, and performance.”
The horse, a major focus for Lab To Field
Research in Dijon on equine nutrition and digestion dates back to the 1960s in public institutions. Research in these areas continues to be a major focus, now specifically in Lab To Field’s research center.
Over the past twenty years, a dozen doctoral students have been supervised by these academic teams and by Lab To Field, greatly advancing knowledge on the relationships between diet, health, and performance in horses. Innovation in these fields makes Dijon an internationally-recognized leader in equine nutrition research.
Our clients’ specialties
specialties
Lab To Field meets the needs of many business sectors
Our services
We offer a wide range of services to support our clients at all stages of their development:
Our values
Independence
To maintain complete neutrality in the services we offer, we do not promote specific products
Flexibility
We tailor our work to our clients and act quickly in response to our clients’ changing needs
Ethics
We work for the improvement of animal health and well-being with scientific integrity
Commitment
We are committed to working to the best of our abilities and using best practices to maximize project success
Our recent projects
Examples of recent projects
Project BOOST: Osteopathy and milk production in dairy cattle
Scientific and technical support of the EFOA in setting up a field trial to assess the effectiveness of an osteopathic intervention on dairy cow performance
Field test; Dairy cows; Project management
Project PULSE: Nutrition and exercise performance in the horse
A research project to evaluate dietary strategies on the performance of trotters during training and detraining period
Controlled conditions; Trotters; VO2; Power; Maximum speed
Project PULSE: Nutrition and gastric ulcers in the horse
Field trial that measured the effect of alfalfa on the prevention and healing of gastric ulcers in trotters at work
Field test; Horse athletes; ESGD; EGGD
Feeding behavior of the horse in response to feedstuff processing
Evaluation of feedstuff processing (pellets or chaffs, wet or dry, etc.) on feeding behavior
Controlled conditions; Horses; Ingestion rate; Preference
Partial substitution of soybean meal by urea
Evaluation of the impact of a protected urea on the bovine gastrointestinal ecosystem and zootechnical consequences
Controlled test; Beef steers; Digestive microbiota; Zootechnical performance
Soluble fiber and digestive health in pigs
Meta-analysis on the use of sugar beet pulp in swine operations and its effect on animal health and welfare
Literature reviews; Swine; Microbiota; Immunity; Diarrhea
Project BOOST: Osteopathy and milk production in dairy cattle
Scientific and technical support of the EFOA in setting up a field trial to assess the effectiveness of an osteopathic intervention on dairy cow performance
Field test; Dairy cows; Project management
Project PULSE: Nutrition and exercise performance in the horse
A research project to evaluate dietary strategies on the performance of trotters during training and detraining period
Controlled conditions; Trotters; VO2; Power; Maximum speed
Project PULSE: Nutrition and gastric ulcers in the horse
Field trial that measured the effect of alfalfa on the prevention and healing of gastric ulcers in trotters at work
Field test; Horse athletes; ESGD; EGGD
Feeding behavior of the horse in response to feedstuff processing
Evaluation of feedstuff processing (pellets or chaffs, wet or dry, etc.) on feeding behavior
Controlled conditions; Horses; Ingestion rate; Preference
Partial substitution of soybean meal by urea
Evaluation of the impact of a protected urea on the bovine gastrointestinal ecosystem and zootechnical consequences
Controlled test; Beef steers; Digestive microbiota; Zootechnical performance
Soluble fiber and digestive health in pigs
Meta-analysis on the use of sugar beet pulp in swine operations and its effect on animal health and welfare
Literature reviews; Swine; Microbiota; Immunity; Diarrhea