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Dissertation
Untersuchung der Eignung alternativer Putenherkünfte für ein ökologisches Haltungssystem
(2019-03)
Dissertation Anna Olschewsky 2019: Untersuchung der Eignung alternativer Putenherkünfte für ein ökologisches Haltungssystem
Obwohl der Anteil ökologischer Putenhaltung in Deutschland mit weniger als 2 % vergleichsweise gering ist, erfährt die Branche insbesondere wegen des Einsatzes schnell wachsender konventioneller Linien und teilweise hohen Prävalenzen verschiedener leistungs- und hal-tungsbedingter Krankheiten Aufmerksamkeit. Zum Umfang dieser Probleme bei alternativen langsamer wachsenden Putenherkünften ...
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Determinants of resource use and use efficiency in urban and peri-urban dairy, beef cattle and pig production units in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa)
(2019)
The (peri-) urban demand for food of animal origin is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa as a result of the rapidly growing population and urbanisation. Livestock production in the vicinity of West African cities is well established but currently undergoes changes triggered by key transforming factors such as access to resources, production management related to famers' knowledge or know-how, increasing demand for livestock and/or animal products, policies and the legal framework in which livestock production systems ...
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Laying hen welfare -The prevention of feather pecking and keel bone damage
(2019-05)
Feather pecking (FP) and keel bone damage (KBD) are important animal welfare problems in laying hen housing, in both organic and conventional systems.
This PhD project aimed (1) to give an overview over results from scientific studies regarding factors with preventive effects on FP, and on the extent practice recommendations are based on this scientific evidence; (2) to identify further influencing factors on FP and to test the significance of the extent of compliance with recommendations; and finally (3) to discover ...