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Development of an Animal-Friendly Feeding System for Horned Goats

Authority

Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz

Federal State

Baden-Wurttemberg

Contact

Kernerplatz 10
70182 Stuttgart

Website: External link to the authority

Project Title

Development of an Animal-Friendly Feeding System for Horned Goats

Project description

In Baden-Württemberg, milk goat farming is becoming inreasingly important as a business alternative. Stock figures (Stat. Bundesamt 2014) and increasing demand for milk from dairies prove this development. At the same time, this relatively young production procedure faces major challenges that need to be tackeld.

One urgent challenge that has been identified by practicioners and scientists alike concerns the development of a feeding system adapted to the requirements of horned goats. part of their characteristics behaviour includes causing each other injuries with their horns, especially during the process of feed-intake. This negatively affects animal welfare, animal health and performance in milk goat keeping.

Partners from agricultural practice, industry, agricultural consulting, animal associations and science will jointly develop a completely new feeding station for horned goats, whih renders possible an animal friendly and economic feed supply. Such a feeding system is not yet available on the market. Thias woll promote modern dairy goat farming in Baden-Württemberg that is publicity accepted and meets high animal welfare standards.

Key words

  • Animal husbandry
  • animal welfare

Main funding source

Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)

OG contact information

Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen
Neckarsteige 6-10
72622 Nürtingen

Phone: 07022 201318

Email: stanislaus.korn@hfwu.de

Type of OG partners

  • Farmer
  • Advisor
  • Industry

Begin of project

2017

Project status

completed

Total budget applied for in EUR

446,568

NUTS3 CODE

DE113

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