Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry (ITT)

Research projects:

Animal-based measures for tracking welfare in sows and piglets [SOWtrack] - Pathway to animal welfare quantitative risk assessment: piloting a harmonised collection of welfare data in pigs
Living in Harmony: Transformative strategies for the control of African swine fever on the interface between wild boar and organic pig farming (LiHASF)
European Partnership Animal Health & Welfare: knowledge platform in the EU with the aim of collecting, analyzing, exchanging and using integrated scientific and technical data on animal welfare
Animal welfare in organic farming - further developing animal welfare and making it transparent (ÖKoTier) by June 2026
Innovative animal-friendly husbandry methods for organic pig and cattle farming within the framework of the amended EU Organic Farming Regulation (Indoor Outdoor)
Practical suitability of animal welfare indicators for self-monitoring on farms, development of an evaluation framework and technical implementation in digital applications (EiKoTiGer)
Development of comfort mats for the lying and walking area in sow housing (PigComfort)

Research topics:

• Husbandry of pigs in both conventional and organic production systems
• (Further) development and refinement of animal-friendly husbandry systems and practices
• Evaluation of housing systems with respect to animal welfare
• (Further) development and application of indicators to assess animal welfare