Tradition in Research

On January, 29, 1993, the Research Institute for Biology of Farm Animals (FBN), was set up in the legal form of a foundation under civil law of the Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Its location in Dummerstorf can look upon a tradition of more than 50 years of continuous research on farm animals. The reputed "Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institute for Animal Breeding" was founded in Dummerstorf as early as 1939. In 1952 the German Academy for Agriculture has revived the tradition by establishing the "Institute for Research on Animal Breeding". In 1953 the "Oskar-Kellner-Institute for Animal Nutrition" in Rostock, followed. Both institutes have joined forces in 1970 forming the "Research Center for Animal Production, Dummerstorf-Rostock".

The FBN, newly set up in 1993, took over major parts of those real estates, technical equipment and human reseach potential. It intends to continue the Dummerstorf tradition for renowned research in animal production.

In december 2009, the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has decided upon renaming the FBN to Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology.