WHAT IS THE CORFILAC?
The Consortium for Research in the Dairy and Agri-Food Supply Chain (CoRFiLaC) is a body with legal personality under public law, established in 1996, with headquarters in Ragusa. CoRFiLaC members are: the Sicilian Region – Regional Department of Agriculture; the University of Catania; the Municipality of Ragusa and the Progetto Natura cooperative society.
CoRFiLaC’s activities are aimed at applied research in the dairy and agri-food sectors at a regional, national and international level.
The organisation, thanks to its multidisciplinary expertise and many years of experience, supports technological transfer, training and updating of operators, and companies in the livestock and agri-food sectors that believe in research, experimentation and the creation of new products/ processes.
It carries out brand and quality certification activities for dairy and agri-food products.
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PROYOUNGSTOCK – CORE Organic Cofund Call 2016-2017
The project will check the following hypotheses:
1) calves for stock replacement and fattening benefit from higher quantities of milk, better quality of colostrum and /or of the the cow-calf contact in terms of welfare and productive performance.
2) Different extensive grazing and forage systems for young livestock and alternative green forage/feed supplements have a positive impact on older age performance and longevity of animals
Microbiology Laboratory
Microbiology lab develops routine and experimental activities of analysis to support the various research area of the CoRFiLaC by both using the classical microbiological tecniques and the use of biotecnologies in particular by using advanced molecular methodologies of PCR.
Milk and Dairy Products
Milk and Dairy products lab works for providing a functional service to the whole Sicilian zootechnical field. Thanks to its infrastructure, its equipment and its analytical procedures validated internally and through participation to national interlaboratory circuits, this lab provides a efficient support to cheese producers and supplies targeted technical assistance in the dairy sector.
