The Group

The Group of Animal Nutrition offers courses and performs research in the area of nutrition of ruminants, pigs and poultry. The focus is put on the interactions between plant and animal and animal with the environment. Other focal points are digestive physiology, sustainable low-emission feeding systems as well as meat, egg and milk quality. The research activities are associated with four areas: (1) Physiology of Nutrition, (2) Forage and Food Quality, (3) Digestion, Metabolism and the Environment and (4) Sustainable Poultry Nutrition.