Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry (ITT)

Research projects

Research related to tail biting
Research Project SchwIP
Farm specific strategies to reduce environmental impact by improving health, welfare and nutrition
Prevention of selected diseases and parasites in organic pig herds - by means of a HACCP based management and surveillance programme
Sustainable pig production systems

Research interests

• improvement of pig husbandry and management procedures
• validation of welfare parameters for on-farm protocols
• researcher-farmer communication
• application of epidemiological methods to pig welfare problems related to husbandry and management (e.g. tail biting)
• data analysis