Livestock Production Systems
^Our research group is concerned with farm animal husbandry and how it relates to animal welfare, health and production.
Parent institution:
University of Goettingen Details of University of Goettingen
Address
Livestock Production Systems
Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 3
37075 Göttingen
Lower Saxony
Phone: +49 551 39 5600
Fax: +49 551 39 5587
email: uta.vonborstel(@)agr.uni-goettingen.de
Activities:
- Research
Focus of Research:
- Advancement of evaluation methods for animal production systems.
- Development of animal welfare friendly husbandry systems for poultry, dairy- and beef cattle, small ruminants and horses
- Investigating the influence of parasites on animal behaviour, economy and product quality.
- Objectifying temperament evaluation in performance tests of sport horses
- Research into the influence of husbandry and management on animal health and - welfare
- Search for indicator traits of parasites resistances in poultry and ruminants
Coordinated projects
- Collaborative project: Possibilities of the introgression of behavioural traits into pigs breeding programs – Subproject 1 Details of Collaborative project: Possibilities of the introgression of behavioural traits into pigs breeding programs – Subproject 1
- Interactions of production systems and process technology at primary and secondary characteristics Details of Interactions of production systems and process technology at primary and secondary characteristics