Dr. agr. Ralf Pfuhl
+49 38208 68-852
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth
Head Meat Research Services
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth
Head Meat Research Services
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
Research interests
- Amino acid metabolism in pigs
- Food hygiene and food law
- Meat quality
Curriculum Vitae
- 2007-present: Head of the Meat Research Services, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth
- 2005-2007: Postdoc Research Fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) Dummerstorf, Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth
- 2004-2005: Sales manager for animal nutrition at Hermann-Otte Ltd.,Celle, Germany
- 2002-2003: Senior Sales Manager at the Bike and Outdoor Company, Göttingen, Germany
- 2001: Senior Fellow at ILWI (institute for food science and information) in Bonn, Germany
- 1998-2001: Postdoc Research Fellow at the University of Göttingen, Centre of Biochemistry and molecular biology, Section developmental biochemistry
Professional Activities
- Member of the PR-Department at the FBN
Teaching
- since 2016: carcass grading, module product quality of animal based food, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock (B.Sc.)
Publications
Paulke, T.; Pfuhl, R.; Maak, S. (2011):
Rohnährstoffgehalt und sensorische Eigenschaften des M. longissimus verschiedener deutscher Schweineherkünfte. Zuchtungskunde 83 (6): 415-425
Kühn, C.; Eberlein, A.; Altmaier, E; Suhre, K.; Weinberger, K.; Hammon, H. M.; Albrecht, E.; Pfuhl, R.; Weikard, R. (2010):
Molecular genetic dissection and phenotypic characterization of major Loci affecting pre-and postnatal growth in steers. In: 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (Gesellschaft for Tierzuchtforschung e.V:, Hrsg.) Leipzig (978-3-00-031608-1) (CD):
Lahann, P.; Voigt, J.; Kühn, C.; Pfuhl, R.; Metges, C. C.; Junghans, P.; Schönhusen, U.; Hammon, H. M. (2010):
Energy expenditure, urea kinetics, and body weight gain within a segregating resource family population. J Dairy Sci 93: 5118-5128
https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2009-2808
Hammon, H. M.; Metges, C. C.; Schulz, A.; Junghans, P.; Steinhoff, J.; Schneider, F.; Pfuhl, R.; Bruckmaier, R. M.; Weikard, R.; Kühn, C. (2010):
Differences in milk production, glucose metabolism, and carcass composition of two Charolais x Holstein F2 families derived from reciprocal paternal and maternal grandsire crosses. J Dairy Sci 93 (7): 3007-3018
https://dx.doi.org/10.3168/jds.2009-2931
Eberlein, A.; Takasuga, A.; Setoguchi, K.; Pfuhl, R.; Flisikowski, K.; Fries, R.; Klopp, N.; Weikard, R.; Kühn, C. (2009):
Dissection of genetic factors modulating fetal growth in cattle indicates a substantial role of the non-SMC condensin I complex, subunit G (NCAPG) gene. Genetics 183 (3): 951-964
https://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.109.106476
Priebke, A.; Schubert, C.; Hackl, W.; Pfuhl, R.; Nürnberg, K. (2009):
Möglichkeiten des Einsatzes von Rapskuchen in der Schweinemast. Mitteilungen der Landesforschungsanstalt für Landw 41: 102-108