News from 2021
01.12.2021
At its general meeting on November 30th 2021 the
International Society of Livestock Husbandry (IGN)
announced this year's winners of the
IGN Research Award for animal welfare.
One of the winners is our employee and doctoral student
Maximilian Knoll
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Photo: Maximilian Knoll
10.09.2021
PD Dr. Lorenz Gygax
has successfully completet the procedure of
Federation of European National Statistical Societies
go through and is
European Accredited Statistician.
Photo / source: Lorenz Gygax
20.07.2021
Article in the magazine „Deutsches Tierärzteblatt”
with the participation of Marlen Bielicke and Christel Simantke
What about animal welfare in agriculture ?: The „National Animal Welfare- Monitoring” project creates the basis for data collection
So far there has been no objective and comprehensive reporting on the animal welfare of animals used for agriculture. The aim of the "National Animal Welfare Monitoring" project presented here is to propose indicators that enable statements to be made about the status quo of animal welfare during keeping, transport and slaughter... → continue reading this article
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https://www.deutsches-tieraerzteblatt.de/
03.06.2021
Artikel in the magazine „Schafzucht”
with the participation of Edna Hillmann and Lorenz Gygax
Carefully integrate new goats into the herd
Goats are sensitive to changes in herd composition. Both the separation from the herd and the incorporation of new animals are associated with stress for the affected goats. A study on this that was carried out a few years ago was recently published by the International Sheep and Goat Congress presented.....
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Image source: https://www.schafzucht-online.de/Magazin/Archiv
05.05.2021
Short interview with...
Prof. Edna Hillmann on the subject of „animal listeners“ in
Deutschlandfunk Nova
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03.03.2021
New article in the DLG Mitteilungen
concerns the measurement of growth rates on grassland areas
by Leonie Hart and Esther Paulenz
„The feed ration can be calculated down to the smallest detail because we know the exact amount and ingredients of many preserved components. But what about the fresh feed on our grassland areas? Digital recording of the growth on mowing and pasture areas is not yet in widespread practice arrived...” → continue reading this article
01.03.2021
PD Dr. Annette Simon is a board member of Gesellschaft für Ernährungsphysiologie.
Its overarching goal is to provide a discussion forum where scientists can discuss problems with one another and look for solutions together.
Image source: https://gfe-frankfurt.de/
PD Dr. Annette Simon is Associate Editor of the journal Archives of Animal Nutrition (published by Taylor & Francis, UK).
This journal is an international journal covering the biochemical and physiological basis of animal nutrition.
Emphasis is laid on original papers on protein and amino acid metabolism, energy transformation, mineral metabolism, vitamin metabolism, nutritional effects on intestinal and body functions in combination with performance criteria, respectively. It furthermore deals with recent developments in practical animal feeding, feedstuff theory, mode of action of feed additives, feedstuff preservation and feedstuff processing. The spectrum covers all relevant animal species including food producing and companion animals, but not aquatic species.
22.02.2021
PD Dr. Lorenz Gygax has joined the editorial board of the journal Animal Behavior and Cognition.
This journal deals with all aspects of animal behavior and is purely open access.
Image source: http://animalbehaviorandcognition.org/