Research Prize of the International Society for Farm Animal Husbandry (IGN) awarded to FBN scientist

The behavioural biologist Annika Krause was awarded the research prize of the International Society for Animal Husbandry (IGN) for their thesis.

CREA Workshop at FBN

Between 8 and 9 January 2020 a delegation of the Italian Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of the Agricultural Economy (CREA) visited the Leibniz Institute of Farm Animal Biology in Dummerstorf (FBN).

Journal "Archives Animal Breeding" now included in PubMed Central (PMC)

Since 1993 the FBN publishes the international journal "Archives Animal Breeding", founded in 1957, with scientific articles discussing all aspects of animal breeding and husbandry.

Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)

The Leibniz 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.