Sven Alferink

Sven Alferink is a Researcher at Wageningen University specializing in Animal Nutrition and Dairy Cattle metabolism. His work focuses on optimizing feed efficiency, methane mitigation, and nitrogen balance in Holstein-Friesian cows.

• Key Affiliation: Wageningen University
• Research Themes: Ruminant physiology, metabolic acidosis, methane emissions, and genetic polymorphism interactions
• Collaborations: J. Dijkstra, A. Bannink, S. van Gastelen

His research bridges agricultural sciences and veterinary physiology, with a strong emphasis on sustainable dairy production. Recent studies include abomasal infusions to model metabolic disorders and evaluating methane inhibitors under varying dietary conditions.

• Methodologies: Climate respiration chambers, rumen microbial analysis, immune challenge experiments
• Key Species: Holstein and Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle

Research outputs highlight trends in dietary interventions (e.g., corn starch, linseed oil), methane mitigation technologies like 3-nitrooxypropanol, and advanced nutritional modeling for nitrogen and energy balance in dairy cattle.

Active in academic events, Alferink has organized the 12th European Equine Health & Nutrition Congress (2025) and presented at major conferences including GGAA2022 and WIAS Annual Conference 2025.