DFG Collaborative Research Center 852: nutrition, intestinal microbiota and host interactions in pigs
The scientific aim of the SFB 852 is to characterize the influence of nutritional factors on the functionings of the intestines and on animal health in the pig using innovative, experimental, analytical and bioinformatic methods. In the 1. funding period, research efforts are focussed on feed additives, and in particular, on mechanistic studies on the effects of probiotics as well as the trace mineral zinc. The integrative concept of the SFB enables the characterization of the intestinal microbiota and its metabolic activity, the reaction of the host organism and the interactions between both. This is reflected in two of the project areas of the SFB, which examine the intestinal microbiota and physiological and pathohistological processes in the gastrointestinal tract. The research program of the SFB consists of four central project areas, whose cross-disciplinary functions are organizational, analytical, experimental, as well as the promotion of young researchers in an integrated Post-Graduate Program.
DFG Collaborative Research Center 852: nutrition, intestinal microbiota and host interactions in pigs
The scientific aim of the SFB 852 is to characterize the influence of nutritional factors on the functionings of the intestines and on animal health in the pig using innovative, experimental, analytical and bioinformatic methods. In the 1. funding period, research efforts are focussed on feed additives, and in particular, on mechanistic studies on the effects of probiotics as well as the trace mineral zinc. The integrative concept of the SFB enables the characterization of the intestinal microbiota and its metabolic activity, the reaction of the host organism and the interactions between both. This is reflected in two of the project areas of the SFB, which examine the intestinal microbiota and physiological and pathohistological processes in the gastrointestinal tract. The research program of the SFB consists of four central project areas, whose cross-disciplinary functions are organizational, analytical, experimental, as well as the promotion of young researchers in an integrated Post-Graduate Program.
Contract period:
2010 - 2013
Total budget:
Coordinating Institution:
Free University of Berlin Details of Free University of Berlin
Work package leader:
- BfR - Department 4: Biological Safety
Details of BfR - Department 4: Biological Safety
Individual Project A2: Influence of nutritional factors on the prevalence of viruses, including viruses with zoonotic potential, in faeces of clinically healthy pigs
Subprojects
Individual Project A2: Influence of nutritional factors on the prevalence of viruses, including viruses with zoonotic potential, in faeces of clinically healthy pigs
- SFB 852 Nutrition and intestinal microbiota ? host interaction in the pig (Collaborative research centre of the DFG)Individual Project A2: Influence of nutritional factors on the prevalence of viruses, including viruses with zoonotic potential, in faeces of clinically healthy pigs - Detailsof SFB 852 Nutrition and intestinal microbiota ? host interaction in the pig (Collaborative research centre of the DFG)Individual Project A2: Influence of nutritional factors on the prevalence of viruses, including viruses with zoonotic potential, in faeces of clinically healthy pigs