ORIVO to develop next generation DNA-based feed analysis Norwegian company, ORIVO, which provides origin certification of ingredients based on lab testing, has been granted funding from the Research Council of Norway (RCN) to lead a three-year long project aimed at developing the next generation DNA-based analysis of feed ingredients.
The goal of the initiative, which is funded to the tune of NOK 8,6m (US$993K), and which gets underway in February next year, is to develop a quantifiable DNA-analysis method to enable precise determination of the species composition in feed-related samples.
“The analysis can be used for practically all ingredients containing DNA, i.e. most sources used for the protein fraction of the feed,” a spokesperson for ORIVO told us.
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A Norwegian firm has been granted funding to develop the next generation DNA-based analysis for feed products and feed ingredients, it said [.]
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