Infrastructure

Animal facilities

• Dairy cow unit for balance experiments with 20 animals at the research station Chamau (automated feed recording, feces, urine and milk collection)
• Cattle unit* with group housing and individual feeding for 36 animals (research station Chamau)
• Sheep unit for balance experiments for 6 animals (ETH centre)
• Houses for laying hens and broilers (ETH centre)
• 6 respiratory chambers (small, medium, large) (Agrovet Strickhof)
• 2 alpine research stations* (Früebüel, 1000 m, and Alp Weissenstein, 2000 m above sea level) with animal houses and pastures

Research laboratories

• Rusitec-System (Rumen Simulation Technique)
• Meat quality laboratory
• Equipment to analyse nutrients, fatty acids, amino acids, and minor substances; calorimetry