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Berger Beate, DTzt.

Berger Beate, DTzt.

Animal genetic resources and organic agendas
Wels branch office
Austrasse 10
4600 Thalheim near Wels
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  • Management of the gene bank for agricultural animals
  • Building a DNA bank
  • EU and FAO Agendas Animal Genetic Resources

ÖNGENE conference in Gumpenstein

Preservation of endangered livestock breeds – very successful on April 18th. the Austrian animal husbandry managers from all federal states met...

Conserving Livestock Biodiversity - 44th Podcast

What our gene pool can do for farm animals The diversity of our farm animals is in danger worldwide! By intensifying animal production...

The Diversity Handbook is back!

The Austrian Board of Trustees for Agricultural Technology and Rural Development (ÖKL) has reissued the brochure “Rare Farm Animal Breeds”. The middle...

We are at the Wieselburger Messe

Our expert for rare farm animal breeds and the gene pool will be represented again at the Wieselburg trade fair from May 12th to 15th, 2022. If you have any questions...

Artificially inseminate goats?

Most people only know about artificial insemination (AI) in cattle, and possibly also in pigs. The technology is also used in other farm animals, such as...

Member of the European gene bank network EUGENA

The Austrian livestock gene bank in the Bio-Institute of the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein is a member of the European gene bank network EUGENA! The association...

ÖNGENE - scientific support

The Austrian National Society for Gene Reserves (ÖNGENE) is the national focus for animal genetic resources in Austria. On the...

EFABISnet (European Farm Animal Biodiversity Information System Network)

Integrated networking of decentralized biodiversity and gene bank databases of the countries...

Austrian gene bank for endangered livestock breeds

Representative seed deposits of at least 25 of all 30 Austrian rare breeds of livestock worthy of preservation are kept as low as possible.

"Waldschaf - Tweed" - a project to preserve valuable dry lean breeds

The “Waldschaf-Tweed” project - a joint project of the Nature Conservation Youth Haslach, the ARGE Waldschaf and the Textilwerkstatt Haslach - serves...

Austrian DNA Bank for Farm Animals (FADNAB)

The aim of the project is to create a DNA bank analogous to the existing gene bank of all, but predominantly rare, useful animals that are worthy of conservation...

A contribution to the effects of industrial toxins in water bodies

The influence of some hormonally active substances of industrial origin that are widespread in water bodies on sperm production and quality...

2357: AGRAM

Innovative alpine pasture management through targeted grazing with sheep

2416: ILWA

Mother-bonded lamb fattening with purebred forest sheep and the Waldschaf x Ile de France cross on extensive pasture

3626: WT: TG pig

Studies on the creation of a genetic reserve for Austrian insemination boars

3656: WT KB goat

Introduction of artificial insemination in Austrian goat breeding

3678: WT Grapefruit

Influence of grapefruit seed extract on the hatching rate of parasitic third larvae (diploma thesis supervision)