Current topics in animal protection and essential specialist information for the application of animal protection regulations in practice were conveyed and connections between the husbandry environment, animal health, stable climate and procedural aspects in livestock farming were shown. This year, the conference was dedicated, among other things, to the topics of digitalization and animal welfare, food marketing in the area of ​​tension, stress-free farm slaughter, protection of sheep in alpine pastures, as well as animal behavior and stable climate aspects in cattle and pig farming.