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- Management of the pig experimental stable in Wels
- Processing research questions on the topics of husbandry, feeding, breeding and management
- Alternatives to piglet castration without anesthesia
- Development and evaluation of stable technology and husbandry facilities
- Feeding trials with rearing piglets with a focus on animal health (e.g. weaning diarrhea)
- Influence of genetics on the behavior of sows around birth
BERKIE - Building a herd book for Berkshire pigs
Berkshire is one of the oldest pig breeds in Europe and originally comes from England. ...
Peat as a miracle cure for diarrheal diseases
Peat is created through the breakdown of organic material and is therefore a purely natural product. The dyes and humic acids contained have...
Coniferous resin for the treatment of castration wounds in piglets
When castrating male piglets, antibiotic sprays or powders are usually used to treat the wound. In addition to bringing in...
Soil quality in organic pig farming
The floor is probably the most often underestimated part of a stable building. As a functional part of a bay, this building must...
Animal-friendly farrowing
At the Institute for Organic Agriculture in Thalheim near Wels, research was carried out on a new farrowing house for organic pigs. Organic farmer Martin Moser...
Extended suckling time in organic piglet production
This brochure offers interested farmers recommendations for action with the aim of successful organic piglet production. From stable construction...
Group suckling is considered particularly species-appropriate
In group suckling, several piglet-bearing sows are housed together in a pen. This brings many advantages, but places high demands...
CANCELLED! Open stable day in Wels - December 2020
The open stable day has to be canceled due to Corona regulations! A new date will be announced soon! The organic pig...
Secure the future
Regionality is currently the buzzword par excellence. The use of old and rare breeds in agriculture provides traditional and new...
Efficacy of buturphanol as a supplement to intramuscular anesthesia using ketamine and azaperone for piglet castration - BUKEST
Intramuscular injection anesthesia is a way to castrate piglets as painlessly as possible. ...
Free farrowing
The project focuses on the redesign of organic farrowing crates. Common organic farrowing crates are often larger than those required by the EU organic regulation...
Use of flat pea and sainfoin seeds in organic piglet rearing
In addition to the protein crops used in organic piglet production (baba beans, peas, rapeseed, sunflower, pumpkin and soy), there are other...
Kräutofer: Use of an additional feed with clay minerals, microorganisms and herbs
The aim of the study is to suppress or eliminate E. coli bacteria in the small intestine of newly weaned piglets. To this end...
Comparison of different farrowing crates
Behavior of sows in individual farrowing (modified FAT-2 pens) and group farrowing pens is monitored using video technology and direct observation...
GUIDE for ANIMAL TREATMENT in ORGANIC FARMS
In the wake of the publication of the two new EU organic regulations 834/2007 and 889/2008, the interpretation of controversial questions in animal treatment...
100% ORGANIC FEEDING
The supply of lactating breeding sows in organic farming represents a major challenge. The effect of two rations with...
Business development plans (BEP-VET)
Business development plans represent an instrument for individual business advice and are initially developed jointly by the farmer, consultant and veterinarian...
ORGANIC PROTEIN
Flat peas represent an undemanding alternative to other grain legumes. The project examines the effects of the anti-nutritive ingredient...
Herbenterosan
The optimization of a herbal mixture that has already been tested at the Institute of Biological Agriculture is intended to further reduce the frequency of diarrhea...
Piglet feeding trial as part of the project: “Safewastes”
Aim/problem: Residues from the pharmaceutical and food industries are examined in terms of their suitability as diarrhea prophylactic...
Organic stable construction brochures
As part of a project by the Austrian Board of Trustees for Agricultural Technology and Rural Development (ÖKL), practical documents for the maintenance...
Herbal active ingredients (thyme) to prevent diarrhea in weaned piglets
Different strains of E. coli play a significant role as the bacterial cause of “weaning diarrhea”. The antibacterial...
Feeding strategies in organic pork production
The project aims to examine the suitability of grass and corn silage for organic pig fattening. Both biological performance data...
Agricultural resources: pig farming catfish
At the Wels-Thalheim site, around 30 breeding sows are kept under organic farming conditions to provide piglets for research purposes...
Rhaponticum Carthamoides (Willd.) Iljin. (maral root)
Adaptogenic plants are used to cope with stress in humans and animals. Maral is a plant of the mountain meadows of the High Altai in Siberia and is...
2351: BEP on organic pig farms
Creation of business development plans as an individual management tool to increase animal health in organic pig farms
2359: Herbenterosan
Use of plant substances (carrot pomace, lignocellulose, herbal mix) to reduce the frequency of weaning diarrhea in organic piglets
2396: PigFeed
Feed intake behavior of sows and piglets during the nursing period in different free housing systems
2426: WiPrax
Transfer of scientific knowledge into agricultural practice
2459: WiPraX II
Transfer of scientific knowledge into agricultural practice II
3405: WT: Thyme weaner feed catfish
Thyme as a possible active ingredient to prevent diarrhea in weaned piglets
3429: WT: Animal Health Education Initiative
Creation of educational products (brochures and seminars) to further qualify farm managers in the area of animal health
3509: WT: soft box
Surveys on surgical castration of piglets
3517: WT: SafeWastes
Vegetable industrial residues of echinacea, larch and carrot as prophylaxis against E.coli diarrhea in weaned piglets
3518: WT: Krautofer
Use of a supplementary feed with clay minerals, microorganisms and herbs to stabilize intestinal health in piglets
3520: WT: suckling period
Effect of different rations on the condition, biological performance and reproductive performance of organically kept breeding sows with a 6-week nursing period
3524: WT: sainfoin
Use of sainfoin hay in the prophylaxis of Haemonchus infections in fattening lambs
3541: WT: Sanftkast II
Studies on eliminating pain during surgical castration of piglets
3565: WT: organic white
Use of flat pea (Lathyrus sativus) as an alternative source of protein in organic piglet rearing
3600: WT: ESPLAORG
Use of alternative protein components in organic piglet rearing - collaboration on the ICOPP project from CORE ORGANIC II
3605: WT: KETSTRES
Practicality of intravenous general anesthesia in surgical castration of piglets
3624: WT: TERAD
Influence of rationed feeding of rearing piglets on animal health and performance
3634: WT:GEKAB
Suitability of germinated field beans in organic piglet rearing
3635: WT:BIOSCREEN_LTS
Studies on the occurrence of antibodies against toxoplasma, salmonella, leptospires and the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in Austrian organic pig fattening farms
3645: WT Soft Skills
Maternal characteristics of organic breeding sows
3648: WT MODAB
Organic farrowing houses in modular construction: advantages and disadvantages of prefabricated construction compared to conventional construction
3653: WT HEIDETORF
F Suitability of dried blueberries and dried peat for preventing diarrhea in organic weaned piglets
3672: WT INFRAHEAT
Influence of the temperature difference between the sow area and the piglet nest on the lying behavior and the mortality rate of organic suckling piglets
3679 WT BUKEST
Efficacy of butorphanol as an adjunct to intramuscular anesthesia using ketamine and azaperone for piglet castration
3685: WT biocast
Evaluation of piglet castration under anesthesia on organic farms
3967: Agricultural Res.: Pig farming Wels
Experimental operation of the LFZ Raumberg-Gumpenstein in Wels, 40 breeding sows with piglets and rearing of gilts for self-repair
3969: Agricultural Res.: Moarhof
Agricultural resources: Moarhof