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Animal Physiology
Welcome to the Animal Physiology Group
Farm animals are an essential part of the food value chain. They make a major contribution to food security and secure the livelihood of the population, especially in rural areas. We, the Animal Physiology group, want to better understand the physiology of the animals so that we can assign healthy livestock their adequate place in a sustainable agriculture. We address problems of practice in a fundamentally oriented way. In cows, compromised fertility and udder health most often lead to a premature end of productive life and the use of antibiotics. Expertise across agricultural sciences, biology, medicine and veterinary medicine is needed, as the entire organism is complex, more than the sum of individual cells and organs.