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Department of Animal Welfare, Ethology , Hygiene and Husbandry
Institution
Section overview
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- Behavior and health of pullets in aviaries with regard to the establishment of minimum standards for the rearing of pullets
- Collaborative project: Automated animal welfare monitoring in poultry. Subproject 3
- Collaborative project: Further developments on small group systems ('Kleingruppenhaltung”) for laying hens – Subproject 5
- Impact of mechanized broiler loading compared to manual loading on animal welfare, hygiene, behavior and economy
- Indicators of an welfare oriented turkey husbandry
- Measures to improve the welfare of laying hens on farms
- Pilot study on the influence of different rearing conditions of piglets on pig production
- Scientific advice and support of Bavarian egg-producing poultry farms with keeping of non-beak trimmed laying hens with regard to prevention of and early response to the occurrence of feather pecking and cannibalism
- Scientific advice and support of Bavarian egg-producing poultry farms with keeping of non-beak trimmed laying hens with regard to prevention of and early response to the occurrence of feather pecking and cannibalism, Follow-up project Step 2
- Studies of form, surface and deep water basin in the Nerzhaltung
Involved in research projects
- Automatic behavior and performance data collection of laying hens kept in groups
- Comparative review of animal welfare in slaughterhouses based on legal requirements and professional guiding parameters
- Effect of ad libitum milk feeding on performance, health and behavioral parameters in German Simmental calves
Contact
Department of Animal Welfare, Ethology , Hygiene and Husbandry
Veterinärstr. 13/R
80539 München
Bavaria
Germany
Phone: 089 - 2180 - 78 300
Fax: 089 - 2180 - 78 333
Email: Institut(@)tierhyg.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de