Work group Animal health

Organic livestock production requires high Animal Welfare standards and Animal health until slaughter. To fulfil these demands, it is important to (a) prevent husbandry- or nutrition-related diseases and (b) use suitable prophylactic measurements or effective therapies. The working group animal health evaluates these aspects in the housing systems that were developed at the institute or tested on farm.

Regarding the different species – cattle, pig, poultry, small ruminants – that are studied on station and on farm, various risks for diseases are relevant. Health issues on farms are monitored and concepts to improve the situation are developed with the goal to establish them successfully in practice.