Animal health

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28.11.16

Video: Parasite control for organic ruminants

Gastrointestinal parasitism is a major challenge to the health and welfare of organic livestock.…

24.03.16

Video: Improving health and welfare of organic dairy cows

The aim of the OrganicDairyHealth project is to improve health and welfare in organic dairy cows. In…

24.08.15

New printed farm handbook for organic pig producers

„Improving health and welfare of pigs“ is a new practical handbook for organic pig producers. The…

08.07.15

LowInputBreeds project improves breeding strategies

The LowInputBreeds project integrated breeding and management to improve animal health, product…

24.09.12

FiBL contributes to success of Second International Organic Animal Husbandry Conference

Knowledge exchanged at global gathering

21.05.12

FiBL expands aquaculture research

Aquaculture – the breeding and production of fish and mussels as well as aquatic snails and plants –…

26.04.12

Gently handling young calves makes tender meat

Researchers at the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in Switzerland have shown that…

25.04.12

Less concentrate feeding can be done!

For ethical and environmental reasons organic farmers are already limiting concentrate feeding to a…
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	FR	Monitoring the antioxidant status of sheep supplemented with local aromatic plants (OPAL)	01.01.2025	30.06.2028
ongoing	CH EU	Medicinal plants for animal health care: Translating tradition into modern veterinary (MedPlants4Vet)	12.10.2023	11.10.2027
completed	CH	Therapy of Equine Sarcoid with an orally administered mistletoe extract	01.05.2020	31.12.2024
completed	CH	Wurmbekämpfung bei Legehennen	01.01.2020	31.12.2024
completed	CH DE	Preserving Bavarian knowledge for the treatment of farm animals with medicinal plants and natural products	01.10.2018	31.12.2021
completed	CH FR	Health of small ruminants and pigs (TRANSAAT)	01.09.2017	30.09.2020
completed	CH FR	Phytotherapy against Trichostrongylid Parasites - in vitro	01.03.2017	31.03.2019
completed	FR	Phytotherapy and self-medication against gastro-intestinal nematodes in goats	01.06.2016	31.12.2017
completed	CH FR	Administration of Sainfoin pellets - Effects on internal parasites and cheese quality in goats	01.07.2015	31.07.2018
completed	CH	Prophylactic and therapeutic use of medicinal plants and natural products in calves and piglets	01.01.2015	31.12.2018
completed	CH	Aromatherapie zur Kontrolle von inneren Parasiten bei der Ziege	01.02.2014	31.12.2014
ongoing	CH	Herbal feed supplement – Field trial	01.10.2010
ongoing	CH	Safeguarding traditional knowledge of livestock treatment with medicinal plants and natural substances	01.06.2010
completed	CH	QualityLowInputFood WP 4.2: Development of alternative treatment strategies for of endo- and ectoparasites of pigs and poultry (QLIF, WP 4.2)	01.03.2004	31.05.2009
ongoing	CH	Prophylactic and therapeutic use of medicinal plants in poultry (Phyto Geflügel)
ongoing	CH	Verhaltensbasierte Fütterung von Rindern (Weidelabor)

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Animal health

What FiBL is doing on this theme

News on the theme

Video: Parasite control for organic ruminants

Video: Improving health and welfare of organic dairy cows

New printed farm handbook for organic pig producers

LowInputBreeds project improves breeding strategies

FiBL contributes to success of Second International Organic Animal Husbandry Conference

FiBL expands aquaculture research

Gently handling young calves makes tender meat

Less concentrate feeding can be done!

Relevant publications for practitioners

Projects on the theme

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