Third-party funded projects
The content on this page was translated automatically.
Current projects
Completed projects
- Laying hens in mobile barns
- Innovative animal-friendly husbandry methods for organic pig and cattle farming under the amended EU Organic Regulation
- Development of animal-related indicators for the assessment of animal welfare in laying hen husbandry
- Introduction and monitoring of an animal welfare survey (application of the KAT tool) on pilot laying hen farms ("Pilot KAT tool" project)
- Promoting the health and well-being of young animals and dairy cows through natural feeding systems (ProYoungStock) (ProYoungStock)
- Animal welfare and animal health in organic pig farming (EIP organic pigs)
- Development of animal-related indicators to assess animal welfare in organic Peking duck farming (TBI FOUR PAWS Seal of Quality duck fattening project)
- Strengthening artisanal meat processing and regional meat marketing in Hesse through innovations in slaughtering processes for cattle and small ruminants (EIP Extrawurst)
- Automated recording of animal welfare indicators in poultry. Sub-projects: Automated recording of skin and sternum damage in laying hens at the slaughterhouse Early detection of cannibalism in turkeys in the flock (AutoWohl)
- Proposal for an animal welfare audit approach for inspections under EU organic farming legislation
- Practical suitability of animal welfare indicators for self-monitoring on farms, development of an orientation framework and technical implementation in digital applications (EiKoTiGer)
- Investigation of the suitability of alternative turkey origins for an organic farming system (organic turkeys)
- Improving animal health and welfare in organic dairy herds through breeding and management (OrganicDairyHealth) (OrganicDairyHealth)
- Human-animal relationship in dairy cows: Suitable metrics for routine use in practice and the influence of humans, management and housing environment on animal reactivity. A project as part of the LOEWE focus Animal - Human - Environment
- Application of a management tool (MTool) to improve the welfare and health of laying hens (MTool)
- Methodology and methodology of research into the welfare of farm animals. A project within the framework of the LOEWE focus Animal - Human - Society. (Methodology and methodology of research into the welfare of farm animals)
- Supporting dairy herds in the conversion from dehorned to horned animals or from tethered to loose housing with the involvement of model farms as a basis for qualified advice in dairy farming (horns in loose housing)
- Boars in a network: Development of a concept for the production, slaughtering, processing and marketing of organically produced boars along the entire value chain (Boars in a network)
- Development of a Coordinated European Animal Welfare Network (EUWelNet)
- Stress reduction for dairy cows
- Promotion of animal health and welfare of organic laying hens in Europe ("HealthyHens") (HealthyHens)
- Development of management recommendations for small group housing for laying hens under practical conditions in comparison to aviary housing
- Current recommendations from science and practice for rearing pullets in organic farming
- Green run for organically reared pullets
- Alternatives to dehorning cattle
- Current recommendations from science and practice for rearing pullets in organic farming
- Economic analysis of a management tool to improve the health of laying hens on organic farms
- ERASMUS Intensive Program
- Alternatives to castration of piglets without anesthesia in organic farming - analysis of the effects of other castration methods on acceptance by consumers, producers and animal welfare organizations
- Suitability of different origins for the organic rearing of broilers - field test
- Alternatives to castration of piglets without anesthesia in organic farming - Analysis of the effects of alternative methods on consumer and producer acceptance (Alternative piglet castration)
- Evaluation of the Welfare Quality® assessment system on bull fattening farms
- Integration of animal welfare in the food quality chain: from public concern to improved welfare and transparent quality (WELFARE QUALITY)
- WELFARE Quality 3.4.1®: Lameness and integumentary damage in dairy cows in cubicle housing systems
- Basic data on pullet rearing and business management
- WELFARE Quality 3.3.2®: Development of decision support tools to minimize feather pecking and cannibalism
- Positive emotions in cattle: Assessing the well-being of fattening bulls based on their exploratory behavior in a behavioral test
- Dimensioning of loose housing for horned dairy cows