Ingrid van Dixhoorn

Ingrid van Dixhoorn is a Researcher at Wageningen University specializing in Animal Health & Welfare. Her work focuses on infectious diseases in livestock, particularly dairy cows and pigs, with emphasis on resilience mechanisms and environmental stressors. She leads projects such as 'Animal Centred' and 'Lekker Bloeien Gezonde Koeien,' addressing disease resistance, husbandry innovations, and climate adaptation. She has published over 70 research outputs, including studies on wireless fencing systems and environmental enrichment effects. Her activities include keynote presentations on livestock resilience and media contributions on heat stress mitigation. She co-supervises PhD candidates like B. de Bruijn and actively participates in international conferences and livestock research initiatives.