Get me out of here! - New project at FBN investigates helping behavior in pigs

Can pigs recognize when a fellow pig needs help and actively support each other? A pioneering project at the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf aims to answer these questions.

FBN launches an app for visualising the bovine physical-genetic map

The Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) presents a new app called "CLARITY", which enables an interactive visualisation of the bovine physical-genetic map. The tool is available from now on.

AI to improve animal welfare in livestock farming

Innovative project "VerZi" launched for behaviour monitoring of dairy goats

Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)

The Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) researches the functional biodiversity of farm animals in the context of the specific environments in which they are kept and derives sustainable solutions for farm animal husbandry.

Three programme areas - basis of our research conception

PA1: Biodiversity & Adaptation

Animals differ in the quantitative as well as qualitative expression of their characteristics (biodiversity) and in their ability to adapt more or less successfully to changing environmental conditions (adaptation).
PA2: Animal Welfare & Animal Health

Today, the sustainable safeguarding of animal health and welfare of animals under human care is a main task coherently recognized and demanded by science, society, policy and economy.
PA3: Resource Utilisation & Environmental Interactions

Careful treatment of the environment is a key requirement for future livestock farming, with the anticipated climate change posing a particular challenge.