Sustainability

Bodenverdichtung

How does compacted soil recover?

It takes mere seconds to compact a soil, but years or even decades for it to recover. Biological activities by plant roots and soil organisms (earthworms) as well as physical effects like drying out and rewetting phases, and freezing-thawing cycles are vital for natural regeneration. Exactly how recovery happens is being investigated in a long-term field trial. For this, an observational infrastructure with hundreds of soil probes – the Soil Structure Observatory (SSO) – was set up in 2014 together with ETH Zurich. After the initial compaction event, a fallow, a permanent grassland and a crop rotation with and without tillage were set up. This allows to analyse e.g. the influence of plants and tillage on recovery.

Bodenfruchtbarkeit und Bodenschutz
SoilStructureObservatory

Regeneration verdichteter Böden


Publikation Arbeitshaltung Melken

Ergonomics in the milking parlour

Milkers frequently suffer from musculoskeletal disorders, especially in the area of the shoulders and arms.  Agroscope therefore investigated whether appropriate working heights can reduce workload in the milking parlour. For this, the angle of flexion of various joints during milking was recorded in one experiment, whilst a second experiment recorded muscle contractions at three different heights. The study showed that although a lower working height in the milking parlour has no effect on forearms or upper arms, it significantly reduces strain on the shoulders. 

Publications Miriam Baumgartner

Zeitler-Feicht M. H., Hartmann E., Erhard M. H., Baumgartner M.
Which affiliative behaviour can be used as a valid, reliable and feasible indicator of positive welfare in horse husbandry?
Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 273, 2024, 1-11.

Baumgartner M., Krüger L., Kuhnke S., Erhard M. H., Zeitler-Feicht M. H.
Bewertung der Tiergerechtheit und Umweltwirkungen von Pferdehaltungen.
Der Praktische Tierarzt, 105, (4), 2024, 364-377.

Heikkilä U., Ueda K., Gobbo Oliveira Erünlü N., Baumgartner M., Cockburn M., Bachmann I., Roig-Pons M., Rieder S.
Social network analysis of horses inferred from sensor ear tag and GPS-logger data.
Dans: EAAP 74 Annual Meeting. 26 Augus, Lyon. 2023, 652.

Heikkila U., Ueda K., Baumgartner M., Cockburn M., Bachmann I., Roig-Pons M., Rieder S.
Social network analysis of horses inferred from sensor ear tag and GPS-logger data.
Dans: EAAP 74 Annual Meeting. 26 August, Lyon. 2023, 1.

Baumgartner M.
Comment éviter les bagarres autour des râteliers à foin ?
Der Freiberger = Le Franches-Montagnes, 261, (Septembre), 2023, 14-15.
autres langues: allemand

Baumgartner M.
Un aménagement bien pensé de l'enclos pour les chevaux (partie 2).
Der Freiberger = Le Franches-Montagnes, 260, (Août), 2023, 22-23.
autres langues: allemand

Baumgartner M., Krüger L., Zeitler-Feicht M.H., Bachmann I.
How horse-friendly are our stables?: Requirements vs. practice.
Dans: Research days - Horse Health and Grassland. 21 Sep, Ed. Sandgrueb Foundation, 2023, 40-41.

Baumgartner M., Krüger L., Zeitler-Feicht M.H., Bachmann I.
How horse-friendly are our stables?: Requirements vs. practice.
Dans: Research Days - Horse Health and Grassland - Annual Meeting of the Sandgrueb Foundation research partners. 21 September, Szepalma. 2023, 1.

Hiltebrand C., Roig-Pons M., Baumgartner M., Cockburn M., Doetterl S., Bachmann I., Keller T., Briefer S., Würbel H., Gmel A., Pauler C., Schneider M. K., Nasser R.
Site expérimental de Saint-Aubin : Projets de recherche en cours.
Dans: Jeudi au Haras. 20 juillet, Avenches. 2023, 1.
autres langues: allemand

Baumgartner M., Krüger L., Erhard M. H., Zeitler-Feicht M.H.
Forschung zum Tierschutz bei Pferden: Research on animal welfare in horses.
Dans: Michael Erhard Symposium: Tierschutz altert nicht - Wissenschaft für mehr Tierschutz. 28. Juli, Ed. Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft e. V. (KTBL), Darmstadt. 2023, 67-76.

Baumgartner M.
Les chevaux ont besoin de mouvement pour rester en bonne santé (partie 1).
Der Freiberger = Le Franches-Montagnes, 259, 2023, 26-27.
autres langues: allemand

Ellerbrock C. N., Zeitler-Feicht M., Cockburn M., Erhard M.H., Baumgartner M.
Urinating in transponder-controlled feeding stations: Analysis of an undesirable behaviour in horses.
Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 266, 2023, 1-10.

Baumgartner M., Hartmann E., Erhard M. H., Zeitler-Feicht M. H.
Welche affiliativen Verhaltensweisen eignen sich als valider, reliabler und praktikabler Indikator für Wohlbefinden in der Pferdehaltung?
Agroscope Science, 133, 2023, 24.

Baumgartner M., Erhard M. H., Zeitler-Feicht M. H.
Welches Tier-Fressplatzverhältnis an zeitgesteuerten Heuraufen ist tiergerecht?: Explorative Feldstudie zu Stressreaktionen von Pferden.
Agroscope Science, 133, 2023, 34-35.

Ellerbrock C., Zeitler-Feicht M. H., Cockburn M., Erhard M. H., Baumgartner M.
Analyse des unerwünschten Verhaltens “Urinabsatz in Abrufautomaten“ von Pferden.
Agroscope Science, 133, 2023, 36-37.

Kuhnke S., Baumgartner M.
Heuraufen müssen sicher sein.
Rheinische Bauernzeitung, 21, 2023, 22-23.

Baumgartner M., Erhard M. H., Zeitler-Feicht M. H.
Which animal-to-feeding-place ratio at time-controlled hay racks is animal appropriate?: Preliminary analysis of stress responses of horses.
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, 2023, 1-10.

Baumgartner M., Krüger L.
BestTUPferd - Ein Tool zur Verbesserung des Tierschutzes in der Pferdehaltung.
Deutsches Tierärzteblatt, 71, (2), 2023, 174-178.

Ellerbrock C.N., Zeitler-Feicht M.H., Erhard M.H., Baumgartner M.
Analyse des unerwünschten Verhaltens „Urinabsatz in Abrufautomaten“ von Pferden.
Dans: Aktelle Arbeiten zur artgemässen Tierhaltung / KTBL Schrift 11530. 24. November, Ed. KTBL, Darmstadt. 2022, 229-238.

Baumgartner M., Krüger L., Zeitler-Feicht M.H.
Spezifische Verhaltensweisen von Pferden im Kontext von gutem und schlechtem Befinden: Analyse mittels BestTUPferd.
Dans: DVG-Vet-Congress: Verhaltensmedizin & Bissprävention. 14. Oktober, Ed. Deutsche Veterinärmedizinische Gesellschaft e.V. DVG Service GmbH, Berlin (Deutschland). 2022, 13-18.

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Rinder Fuetterung

Optimised feed reduces environmental impacts

On behalf of Micarna SA, Agroscope analysed the environmental impacts of beef, pork and poultry production. With beef production, feed intensity was crucial. In the case of pork and poultry production, the quantity of feed used per kg of meat had the greatest influence on environmental impacts. The use of European soya with its shorter transport distances had a positive effect.