Research institute for farm animal biology (fbn dummerstorf)
- Main info
Animal technical center (tiertechnikum), experimental facility for cattle (ear), experimental facility for pigs (eas)
Dummerstorf, germany
- General info
Institute: Research institute for farm animal biology (fbn dummerstorf)
Institution type: Public
Funding: H2020
Type of Facility: Respiration chambers, experimental physiology rooms, behavioural arena cattle, research, bioacoustics chamber
Type of housing: Indoor, climatized, loose housing
External events: Yes (but only using fbn animal resources)
- Livestock info
Livestock type: cattle, Dairy cattle, Multispecies, pig
Number of livestock: Multispecies up to 4, up to 12 cattle, up to 10 dairy cattle, 86 pigs
- Resources & Technologies
Feed and water intake, metabolic cages, sound recording, feed & water monitoring
Gases: co2, o2, ch4, nh3, open-circuit indirect calorimetry, video monitoring, automated weighing
Video recording & physical activity recording, nutritional and metabolic studies, behavioral tests (e.g. open field), greenfeed, behavioral tests (e.g. open field)
Parameters related to air quality, individual movement (track-lab system)
Milking blood samplings or infusions without door opening
- Infrastructures
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