Animal Welfare and Precision Lifestock Farming
Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) involves the collection, analysis and processing of animal (individual) data and their housing environment on an electronic basis. This requires digital measuring systems suitable for livestock housing that can reliably determine animal welfare and corresponding animal welfare indicators. The development and validation of electronic measurement and evaluation methods is a common goal with other working groups in order to better support the interests of animals and humans in the future through digital assistance systems.
Current projects
Regio Huhn
Innovative ways of regional sustainable use of animal genetic resources at the...
Huhn³
Development of chicken breeds with balanced laying, fattening and animal wallowing characteristics...
VisioChick
Mixed reality in the chicken house as a door opener for knowledge transfer and animal welfare...
Team leadership
Cattle Hub
Digital assistance systems for intelligent cattle farming...
Must2
Development of a multifactorial housing concept for animal-friendly husbandry of dual-purpose chickens...
CERES
Cloud-based Empowerment of Rural Economy and LiveStock...
ÖkoGen
Characterisation of functional traits for sustainable and ecological use of the domestic chicken...