Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Birger Puppe
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Head of Competence Area Behaviour and Husbandary
Head of Working Group Animal Behaviour & Welfare
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Head of Competence Area Behaviour and Husbandary
Head of Working Group Animal Behaviour & Welfare
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Research interests
Behavioural Biology and Animal Welfare of Applied Animals:
- Social behaviour and stress physiology
- Learning behaviour, cognition and emotion
- Bioacoustics and acoustic communication
- Theory and methodology in applied ethology
Curriculum Vitae
- 2024: Head of the Competence Area "Behaviour and Husbandry" and Head of the Working Group Animal Behaviour & Welfare FBN Dummerstorf, Germany
- 2014: Head of the Institute of Behavioural Physiology, FBN Dummerstorf, Germany
- 2011: University Professor of Behavioural Sciences at the University of Rostock (joint appointment with FBN Dummerstorf), Germany
- 2009: Head of the Department of Farm Animal Ethology, FBN Dummerstorf, Germany
- 2008: Habilitation as Dr. rer. nat. habil. at Justus Liebig University Giessen and venia legendi in Behavioural Biology and Animal Husbandry
- 1993: Doctorate as Dr. rer. nat. in Behavioural Biology at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
- 1989: Scientist, FBN Dummerstorf, Germany
- 1984–1989: Study of Biology, focusing on Behavioural Sciences and Physiology, at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
graduated as Diplom-Biologist (Dipl.-Biol.)
Teaching
- Principles of behavioural biology (BSc), Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock
- Principles of livestock ethology and animal welfare (MSc), Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock
- Expert systems in animal welfare (MSc), Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock
Publications
Goursot, C.; Düpjan, S.; Tuchscherer, A.; Puppe, B.; Leliveld, L. M. C. (2019):
Visual laterality in pigs: monocular viewing influences emotional reactions in pigs
Animal Behaviour 154: 183-192
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.06.021
Finkemeier, M.; Oesterwind, S.; Nürnberg, G.; Puppe, B.; Langbein, J. (2019):
Assessment of personality types in Nigerian dwarf goats (Capra hircus) and cross-context correlations to behavioural and physiological responses
Applied Animal Behaviour Science 217: 28-35
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2019.05.004
Goursot, C.; Düpjan, S.; Kanitz, E.; Tuchscherer, A.; Puppe, B.; Leliveld, L. M. C. (2019):
Assessing animal individuality: links between personality and laterality in pigs
Current Zoology 65 (5): 541-551
https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoy071
Malchow, J.; Berk, J.; Puppe, B.; Schrader, L. (2019):
Perches or grids? What do rearing chickens differing in growth performance prefer for roosting?
Poultry Science 98 (8): 29-38
https://doi.org/10.3382/ps/pey320
Zebunke, M.; Kreiser, M.; Melzer, N.; Langbein, J.; Puppe, B. (2018):
Better, not just more - contrast in qualitative aspects of reward facillitates impulse control in pigs
Frontiers in Psychology 9: 2099, 1-12
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02099
Finkemeier, M.; Langbein, J.; Puppe, B. (2018):
Personality research in mammalian farm animals: concepts, measures, and relationship to welfare
Frontiers in Veterinary Science 5: 131, 1-15
https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2018.00131
Kalbe, C.; Zebunke, M.; Lösel, Dorothea; Brendle, J.; Hoy, St.; Puppe, B. (2018):
Voluntary locomotor activity promotes myogenic growth potential in domestic pigs
Scientific Reports 8: 2533, 1-11
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20652-2
Röttgen, V.; Becker, F.; Tuchscherer, A.; Wrenzycki, C.; Düpjan, S.; Schön, P.- C.; Puppe, B. (2018):
Vocalization as an indicator of estrus climax in Holstein heifers during natural estrus and superovulation
Journal of Dairy Science 101 (3): 2383-2394
https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2017-13412
Tuchscherer, M.; Puppe, B.; Tuchscherer, A.; Kanitz, E. (2018):
Psychosocial stress sensitizes neuroendocrine and inflammatory responses to Escherichia coli challenge in domestic piglets
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 68: 274-287
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2017.10.026
Leliveld, L. M. C.; Düpjan, S.; Tuchscherer, A.; Puppe, B. (2017):
Vocal correlates of emotional reactivity within and across contexts in domestic pigs (Sus scrofa)
Physiology & Behavior 181: 117-126
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.09.010
Zebunke, M.; Nürnberg, G.; Melzer, N.; Puppe, B. (2017):
The backtest in pigs revisited—Inter-situational behaviour and animal classification
Applied Animal Behaviour Science 194: 7-13
doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2017.05.011
Stracke, J.; Otten, W.; Tuchscherer, A.; Witthahn, M.; Metges, C. C.; Puppe, B.; Düpjan, S. (2017):
Dietary tryptophan supplementation and affective state in pigs
Journal of Veterinary Behavior 20: 82-90
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2017.03.009
Krause, A.; Puppe, B.; Langbein, J. (2017):
Coping style modifies general and affective autonomic reactions of domestic pigs in different behavioral contexts
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 11: 103, 1-13
https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00103
Stracke, J.; Otten, W.; Tuchscherer, A.; Puppe, B.; Düpjan, S. (2017):
Serotonin depletion induces pessimistic-like behavior in a cognitive bias paradigm in pigs
Physiology & Behavior 174: 18-26
https://dx.doi.org//10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.02.036
Langbein, J.; Puppe, B. (2017):
Comment on "Ducklings imprint on the relational concept of 'same or different'"
Science 355 (6327): 806, 1-2
https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aai7431
Düpjan, S.; Stracke, J.; Tuchscherer, A.; Puppe, B. (2017):
An improved design for the spatial judgement task in domestic pigs
Applied Animal Behaviour Science 187: 23-30
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2016.11.012
Kalbe, C.; Lösel, D.; Block, J.; Lefaucheur, L.; Brüssow, K.-P.; Bellmann, O.; Pfuhl, R.; Puppe, B.; Otten, W.; Metges, C. C.; Rehfeldt, C. (2017):
Moderate high or low maternal protein diets change gene expression but not the phenotype of skeletal muscle from porcine fetuses
Domestic Animal Endocrinology 58: 63-75
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.domaniend.2016.08.003
Goursot, C.; Düpjan, S.; Kalbe, C.; Kanitz, E.; Puppe, B.; Tuchscherer, A.; Leliveld, L. M. C. (2016):
Untersuchung der motorischen Lateralität beim Hausschwein (Sus scrofa). In: Aktuelle Arbeiten zur artgemäßen Tierhaltung 2016 (KTBL-Schrift , 511) KTBL, Darmstadt (978-3-945088-25-8): 273-275
Stracke, J.; Otten, W.; Tuchscherer, A.; Puppe, B.; Düpjan, S. (2016):
Auswirkungen einer Tryptophansupplementierung auf das Verhalten in einem Cognitive-bias-Paradigma beim Hausschwein. In: Aktuelle Arbeiten zur artgemäßen Tierhaltung 2016 (KTBL-Schrift , 511) KTBL, Darmstadt (978-3-945088-25-8 ): 236-246