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Mirjam Holinger

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • Animal welfare and behaviour
  • Pigs
  • Cattle
  • Data analysis

Projects

StatusFiBLTitleStartEnd
ongoing CH Organic pork production in the PUFA context 11.12.2023 31.03.2025
ongoing CH EU Organic Farming Regulation vs. Bio Suisse legislations 01.11.2023 31.12.2025
ongoing CH Text book on pig husbandry 10.04.2023 31.12.2025
ongoing CH Pigs experience 01.09.2022 01.10.2026
completed CH Investigating antibiotic resistance genes and antibiotic resistant bacteria in pig manure as a result of the retrospective use of antibiotic (Antibiotikaresistenzen in Schweinegülle) 01.07.2022 31.03.2024
completed CH Innovative animal-friendly husbandry standards for organic pig and cattle housing within the framework of the amended EU Organic Regulation 15.05.2022 28.02.2023
ongoing CH Consulting for implementing the project "Bioschwein 100.0" 01.03.2022 30.04.2024
completed CH Pigs going veggie – Feeding vegetable waste to pigs (Gemüseschwein) 01.03.2022 01.04.2023
completed CH WelFeed – Increasing welfare in feeding and feed intake of pigs (WelFeed) 01.01.2021 30.06.2023
completed CH Weiterentwicklung BioSchwein 01.11.2020 31.12.2022
completed CH Animal ethics 07.04.2020 31.12.2022
completed CH Support for free-range pig farming (Feel Free) 01.01.2020 31.12.2023
completed CH Wiesenschwein, das Zukunftsschwein 01.11.2019 01.03.2022
completed CH Rethinking of Antimicrobial Decision-Systems in the Management of Animal Production (ROADMAP) 01.06.2019 20.05.2023
completed CH POWER (Tierwohl und Resilienz in der Bioschweinehaltung) (POWER) 01.05.2018 01.11.2021
completed CH Behavioral indicators of early heat stress in dairy cows in pasture-based systems in Switzerland 01.03.2018 31.01.2022
completed CH The use of roughages to improve health and welfare of male pigs (CochonVert) 01.01.2015 31.12.2017
completed CH Alternative pig breeds for organic farms 01.04.2014 01.04.2015
ongoing CH Impact of farm, transport, and stunning procedure on stress-related parameters in pigs (Transport und Schlachtung) 01.10.2013
completed CH Auswirkung der Gruppenzusammensetzung und Förderung der Umsetzung der Ebermast (FairPig) 01.05.2012 30.11.2013
completed CH Farm specific strategies to reduce environmental impact by improving health, welfare and nutrition of organic pigs (ProPig) 01.01.2011 31.08.2014

Training / professional career

  • Since March 2019 Researcher in the area of pig husbandry and statistician in the Department of Livestock Sciences at FiBL
  • 2018 Research associate at Wiesenschwein AG
  • 2015 - 2018 PhD student at ETH Zurich
  • 2012 - 2015 Researcher at FiBL
  • 2010 - 2012 Master studies in Animal Science at ETH Zurich
  • 2009 - 2010 Agricultural internship
  • 2009 Internship with Helvetas in Kirgistan
  • 2008 Internship at FiBL

Teaching

  • since 2020: Kompanima Foundation animal welfare specialist course

Awards

  • Research Award of the International Society of Livestock Husbandry (IGN), 2018

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive