Project "Horse Hay" - workhorses in nature conservation The project is carried out as part of the EU project BE-NATUR. The implementation is carried out in the Styrian Salzkammergut together with Rudolf Seebacher from the Pferdekurier association, the...
The targeted control of the manure pH value has only been discussed more intensively in the last few years. However, no processes suitable for organic farming have yet been developed.
So far, professional paddock pasture has hardly been used in Austria. Since it is a very productive pasture system, it would be an optimal system for specialized pasture operations. The results of the investigation should...
The economic operations of the Institute for Livestock Research represent the basis for the experimental work of all departments of the institute. Its task is to create, maintain and improve the infrastructure around the...
When weaning piglets, the transition from liquid food intake (sow's milk) to solid food (piglet starter) is a critical phase and must therefore be designed in the best possible way.
Strong weather fluctuations, increasing drought stress on plants and a warmer autumn lead to changed disease dynamics and new clinical pictures. In recent years, five new cereal viruses and...
Fruit rot and leaf drought that began at the end of July have been causing significant losses in the yield of Styrian oil pumpkin for several years. Two projects are dedicated to the causes of these diseases and the biology...
The causative agent of the speckle disease, the fungus Ramularia collo-cygni, appeared in Austria in the mid-1980s and has since spread in the northern Alpine foothills, in the southern Burgenland-East Styrian hill country and in Carinthia...
The Austrian National Society for Gene Reserves (ÖNGENE) is the national focus for animal genetic resources in Austria. On this scientific platform, research, animal breeding and private...
In organic farming, the question of the nutrient supply for certain arable crops always arises, especially on farms without livestock. Even if there is the possibility of using grain legumes and clover within the crop rotation...
When fattening calves with whole milk, warm drinking methods are usually used. The whole milk must be offered to the animals for consumption at temperatures of 35 to 39 °C, otherwise the milk will not coagulate incompletely...