Institute for Animal Health, Animal Welfare and Behaviour of Farm Animals (ITTN)
The overall aims of the IAAB are to promote ethical, legal and scientifically-based animal protection, to improve animal-friendly housing systems for food animals and to contribute to the development of a future orientated and modern 'sustainable livestock production'. This concept seeks to integrate the aspects of human and animal welfare in livestock production, ethics, ecology and consumer demands on a sound economical basis.
Parent institution:
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo) Details of TiHo
Address
Institute for Animal Health, Animal Welfare and Behaviour of Farm Animals (ITTN)
Bünteweg 17p
30559 Hannover
Lower Saxony
Phone: +49 0511-953-8832
Fax: +49 0511-953-8588
Activities:
- Research
Focus of Research:
- Air quality at the workplace in animal houses and in biocompost industry
- Definition and measurement of the physical environment of animals
- Impact of airborne emissions from livestock farming on humans, animals and the environment
- Interactions between animals, humans and the environment
- Physiological and behavioural responses of animals to stress
- The role of air pollutants in respiratory diseases
- The thermal and social environment on livestock transporters
Coordinated projects
- Abandonment of beak trimming of laying hens - pilot project Details of Abandonment of beak trimming of laying hens - pilot project
- Additional water supply for preening for Muscovy ducks Details of Additional water supply for preening for Muscovy ducks
- Beginning of opting out of the beak trimming in turkeys (cocks) Details of Beginning of opting out of the beak trimming in turkeys (cocks)
- Collaborative project: Continuous microclimate data acquisition, processing, and transfer in vehicles for the long road transport of cattle and pigs with applicable sensor systems – Subproject 2 Details of Collaborative project: Continuous microclimate data acquisition, processing, and transfer in vehicles for the long road transport of cattle and pigs with applicable sensor systems – Subproject 2
- Evaluation of various poultry enterprises from the perspective of labor and environmental protection, pollution by airborne dust and microorganisms Details of Evaluation of various poultry enterprises from the perspective of labor and environmental protection, pollution by airborne dust and microorganisms
- Occurrence of MRSA in stable air and exhaust air from animal housing - U1 Details of Occurrence of MRSA in stable air and exhaust air from animal housing - U1
- Optimization of the sampling procedure for the detection of MRSA in livestock (D1 farms, fattening D2) Details of Optimization of the sampling procedure for the detection of MRSA in livestock (D1 farms, fattening D2)
- Studies on the stocking density of broiler Details of Studies on the stocking density of broiler