Education and Knowledge Centre Boxberg, pig-rearing, pig-breeding (National Institute for pig breeding LSZ) (LSZ)
LEF belongs directly to the Ministry of Food and Rural Areas. It is an institute of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. It is the competence centre for pig production in Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Address
Education and Knowledge Centre Boxberg, pig-rearing, pig-breeding (National Institute for pig breeding LSZ) (LSZ)
Seehöfer Straße 50
97944 Boxberg – Windischbuch
Baden-Württemberg
Phone: 07930/ 9928-0
Fax: 07930/ 9928-111
email: poststelle(@)lvvg.bwl.de
Activities:
- Research
Focus of Research:
- Hygiene and health, eco-pig, legal bases
- Pig fattening, pig feeding and pig keeping
- Piglet production,piglet breeding, piglet rearing and piglet feeding
- Pigs Report, stable climate and breeding
Networks:
- German agricultural research alliance (DAFA)
Coordinated projects
- Collaborative project: Development of comfort mats for the lying and walking area of sows (PigComfort) - subproject 2 Details of Collaborative project: Development of comfort mats for the lying and walking area of sows (PigComfort) - subproject 2
- Comparative studies on the supply of air in pig houses in terms of energy efficiency, emission events, animal well-being and economic efficiency Details of Comparative studies on the supply of air in pig houses in terms of energy efficiency, emission events, animal well-being and economic efficiency
Involved in research projects:
- Comparative studies on mycotoxin contamination of grain to straw Details of Comparative studies on mycotoxin contamination of grain to straw