Current affairs

For Animal Welfare & Environmental Protection: State lays cornerstone for new "HoLMiR" research center [11.10.22]

University of Hohenheim’s 52 million euro project pursues new approach in basic research on livestock / Hohenheim Center for Livestock Microbiome Research unique in Europe

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DFG funds research group on phosphorus utilization in laying hens for three more years [02.11.21]

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has granted almost three million euros for the second phase of the P-FOWL research group (FOR 2601). Since 2017, the participating scientists have been researching how laying hens can optimally utilize phosphorus from plant sources. Six interdisciplinary departments are involved at the University of Hohenheim receiving around 2.3 million euros funding.

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Start of construction: Hohenheim Center for Livestock Microbiome Research [28.10.21].

Ab Dienstag 02.11.2021 beginnen die Bauarbeiten für das Projekt Tierwissenschaften Standort 2 auf dem Meiereihof.

Kurz gemeldet (internal)

Renewal of the Research Unit P-Fowl! [24.09.2021]

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) decided to renew the Research Unit for an additional 3-year funding period.

DFG press release

Animal experiments: University of Hohenheim joins new nationwide transparency initiative [01.07.21]

University is among the first signatories of the new nationwide transparency agreement / Info on the initiative at www.initiative-transparente-tierversuche.de

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54 Million Euros: German Council of Science and Humanities Endorses Center for Animal Sciences [27.04.18]

BREAKING NEWS: University of Hohenheim as Germany's no. 1 university for agricultural research is to be the location for a nationally important scientific center

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Animal nutrition: New project explores importance of microbiome in cow stomach [07.11.17].

Researchers at the University of Hohenheim work with high-tech and artificial cow stomachs / Findings allow more targeted feeding for healthier animals.

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