The Institute for Livestock Research has access to various barns for cattle, sheep, and goats as research resources, in addition to the necessary feed and exercise areas.
The animal population comprises approximately 180 head of cattle (including nearly 70 dairy cows of the Holstein Friesian, Simmental, and Brown Swiss breeds) and about 200 sheep and goats.
Precise and husbandry experiments are conducted in the research areas of animal nutrition, alternative cattle husbandry, herd management, and sheep and goat husbandry.

Areas of responsibility of the Institute for Farm Animal Research

• Systematic research on issues of production technology in livestock farming
• Scientific analysis of all questions relating to animal nutrition and nutritional physiology
• Research into production alternatives to secure agricultural businesses and preserve the cultural landscape
• Impacts of livestock farming on the nutrient balance and climate impact of agricultural operations
• Development of key production-related data as a basis for economic and environmental calculations of the cattle, sheep and goat production chain (production efficiency taking into account young animal rearing, milk production and meat production)
• Factors influencing the quality of products from farm animals
• Data collection and data processing

 

General research objectives of the institute:

• Animal nutrition and physiology
  (nutrient requirements, feed evaluation in vivo / in situ / in vitro, lactation and mobilization, feed intake, nutrition and animal health)
• Alternative production systems with cattle and small ruminants for the preservation of farms and the cultural landscape
  (grassland for quality meat production, suckler cow husbandry, fattening systems, extensive sheep farming, dairy sheep farming, influence of grazing on botanical biodiversity)
• Influence of animal production on the nutrient balance of agricultural holdings
  (environmental impact, balance experiments with cattle and sheep)
• Development of production data as a basis for economic model calculations and decisions
• Influence of diet on product quality
  (fatty acids in milk and meat, meat from alternative production systems and niche production)

Eckhart Alexandra

Telephone: +43 3682 22451-263
alexandra.eckhart@raumberg-gumpenstein.at

Griesebner Andrea

Telephone: +43 3682 22451-271
andrea.griesebner@raumberg-gumpenstein.at

Thomas Guggenberger, Dr.

Telephone: +43 3682 22451-260
thomas.guggenberger@raumberg-gumpenstein.at

Mayer Lauren

Telephone: +43 3682 22451-262
lauren.mayer@raumberg-gumpenstein.at

Royer Martin

Telephone: +43 3682 22451-261
martin.royer@raumberg-gumpenstein.at