Marcel Heetkamp

Marcel Heetkamp is a researcher at Wageningen University & Research, specializing in animal science and precision livestock farming. His work focuses on energy metabolism, environmental impacts on livestock, and poultry embryogenesis.

Research interests include

• Thermogenesis and energy expenditure in animals
• Methane and carbon dioxide emissions in agricultural systems
• Incubation temperature effects on broiler chickens
• Precision livestock farming technologies
• Calorimetry and metabolic balance studies

Key publications address nitrogen balance in dairy cattle, wearable energy sensors, and trace mineral impacts on embryonic development. He collaborates extensively on projects involving black soldier fly rearing and livestock emissions.