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1. 2022

   • 12 - Structuring broiler barns: how a perforated flooring system affects animal behavior

     May, Franziska; Stracke, Jenny; Heitmann, Sophia; Adler, Carolin; Krasny, Alica; Kemper, Nicole; Spindler, Birgit

   • 12 - Selective inner hair cell loss in a neonate harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

     Morell, Maria; Rojas, Laura; Haulena, Martin; Busse, Björn; Siebert, Ursula; Shadwick, Robert E.; Raverty, Stephen A.

   • 12 - Pathological findings in Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) found dead between 2015−2020 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

     Rohner, Simon; Wohlsein, Peter; Prenger-Berninghoff, Ellen; Ewers, Christa; Waindok, Patrick; Strube, Christina; Bächlein, Christine; Becher, Paul; Wilmes, Dunja; Rickerts, Volker; Siebert, Ursula

   • 12 - Occurrence of microplastics in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) from German waters

     Philipp, Carolin; Unger, Bianca; Siebert, Ursula

   • 12 - Number of primordial follicles in juvenile ringed seals (Pusa hispida) from the Gulf of Bothnia and West Greenland

     Schmidt, Britta; Hollenbach, Julia; Mühlfeld, Christian; Pfarrer, Christiane; Persson, Sara; Kesselring, Tina; Sonne, Christian; Rigét, Frank; Dietz, Rune; Siebert, Ursula

   • 12 - Influence of feeding compound feed rich in fibre during parturition and lactation on health and performance of sows

     Schwennen, Cornelia; Reckels, Bernd; Klingenberg, Maria; Abd El-Wahab, Amr; Keller, Birgit; Visscher, Christian

   • 12 - Implentation of a pig toilet in a nursery pen with a straw-littered lying area

     Tillmanns, Michelle; Scheepens, Kees; Stolte, Marieke; Herbrandt, Swetlana; Kemper, Nicole; Fels, Michaela

   • 12 - Herd Prevalence Estimation of Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis Burden in the Three Main Dairy Production Regions of Germany (PraeMAP)

     Eisenberg, Susanne; Krieger, Mette; Campe, Amely; Lorenz, Ingrid; Einax, Esra; Donat, Karsten

   • 12 - Grazing ecology of sheep and its impact on vegetation and animal health in pastures dominated by common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea L.): Part 1: Vegetation

     Ohlsen, Susanne; Ganter, Martin; Wohlsein, Peter; Reckels, Bernd; Huckauf, Aiko; Lenzewski, Nikola; Aboling, Sabine

   • 12 - Feeding a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product (Olimond BB) does not alter the fecal microbiota of thoroughbred racehorses

     Lucassen, Alexandra; Hankel, Julia; Finkler-Schade, Christa; Osbelt, Lisa; Strowig, Till; Visscher, Christian; Schuberth, Hans-Joachim

   • 12 - Evaluation of a treadmill-based submaximal fitness test in pugs, and collecting breed-specific information on brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome

     Mach, Rebekka; Wiegel, Pia Saskia; Bach, Jan-Peter; Beyerbach, Martin; Kreienbrock, Lothar; Nolte, Ingo

   • 12 - Does nursing behaviour of sows in loose-housing pens differ from that of sows in farrowing pens with crates?

     Wiechers, Dierck-Hinrich; Herbrandt, Swetlana; Kemper, Nicole; Fels, Michaela
2. 2021

   • 11 - Seroprevalence of major pasture-borne parasitoses (gastrointestinal nematodes, liver flukes and lungworms) in German dairy cattle herds, association with management factors and impact on production parameters

     Springer, Andrea; Jordan, Daniela; Kirse, Alina; Schneider, Bettina; Campe, Amely; Knubben-Schweizer, Gabriela; Müller, Kerstin E.; Hoedemaker, Martina; Strube, Christina

   • 11 - Seroprevalence and risk factors of Anaplasma spp. in German small ruminant flocks

     Rubel, Wiebke; Schoneberg, Clara; Wolf, Annika; Ganter, Martin; Bauer, Benjamin Ulrich

   • 11 - Rumen (Calicophoron/Paramphistomum spp.) and liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica) in cattle: prevalence, distribution, and impact of management factors in Germany

     Forstmaier, Tanja; Knubben-Schweizer, Gabriela; Strube, Christina; Zablotski, Yury; Wenzel, Christoph

   • 11 - Relationships between body condition score (BCS), FAMACHA©-score and haematological parameters in alpacas (Vicugna pacos), and llamas (Lama glama) presented at the veterinary clinic

     Wagener, Matthias Gerhard; Neubert, Saskia; Punsmann, Teresa; Wiegand, Steffen B.; Ganter, Martin

   • 11 - Prevalence of Dichelobacter nodosus and ovine footrot in German sheep flocks

     Storms, Julia; Wirth, Anna; Vasiliadis, Danaë; Brodard, Isabelle; Hamann-Thölken, Antje; Ambros, Christina; Moog, Udo; Jores, Jörg; Kuhnert, Peter; Distl, Ottmar

   • 11 - Preliminary test of the reduction capacity for the intestinal adsorption of skatole and Indole in weaning piglets by pure and coated charcoal

     Witte, Franziska; Pajic, Aleksandar; Menger, Florian; Tomasevic, Igor; Schubert, Dana Carina; Visscher, Christian; Terjung, Nino

   • 11 - Peripheral nerve sheath tumors resembling human atypical neurofibroma in goldfish (Carassius auratus, Linnaeus, 1758)

     Armando, Federico; Pigoli, Claudio; Gambini, Matteo; Ghidelli, Andrea; Ghisleni, Gabriele; Corradi, Attilio; Passeri, Benedetta; Caniatti, Mario; Grieco, Valeria; Baumgärtner, Wolfgang; Puff, Christina

   • 11 - PD-L1/PD-1 and CTLA-4 expression in equine penile squamous cell carcinomas

     Porcellato, Ilaria; Mecocci, Samanta; Brachelente, Chiara; Cappelli, Katia; Armando, Federico; Tognoloni, Alessia; Chiaradia, Elisabetta; Stefanetti, Valentina; Mechelli, Luca; Pepe, Marco; Gialletti, Rodolfo; Passeri, Benedetta; Ghelardi, Alessandro; Razzuoli, Elisabetta

   • 11 - Nutrient digestibility of a vegetarian diet with or without the supplementation of feather meal and either corn meal, fermented rye or rye and its effect on fecal quality in dogs

     El-Wahab, Amr Abd; Wilke, Volker; Grone, Richard; Visscher, Christian

   • 11 - Llama and alpaca management in Germany: results of an online survey among owners on farm structure, health problems and self-reflection

     Neubert, Saskia; Altrock, Alexandra von; Wendt, Michael; Wagener, Matthias Gerhard

   • 11 - Learn to train: Improving training data for a neural network to detect pecking injuries in turkeys

     Volkmann, Nina; Brünger, Johannes; Stracke, Jenny; Zelenka, Claudius; Koch, Reinhard; Kemper, Nicole; Spindler, Birgit

   • 11 - Is harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) exhaled breath sampling suitable for hormonal assessments?

     Reckendorf, Anja; Schmicke, Marion; Bunskoek, Paulien; Anderson Hansen, Kirstin; Thybo, Mette; Strube, Christina; Siebert, Ursula

   • 11 - Investigations on the effects of different calcium supply exceeding the requirements on mineral serum concentrations and bone metabolism in young warmblood stallions

     Schubert, Dana Carina; Neustädter, Lisa-Theresa; Coenen, Manfred; Visscher, Christian; Kamphues, Josef

   • 11 - Interactive rooting towers and behavioural observations as strategies to reduce tail biting on conventional pig fattening farms

     Kalies, Anne; Baumgartner, Johannes; Beyerbach, Martin; Stanojlovic, Milos; Scholz, Tobias; Richter, Franziska; Altrock, Alexandra von; Hennig-Pauka, Isabel

   • 11 - Insect larvae meal (Hermetia illucens) as a sustainable protein source of canine food and its impacts on nutrient digestibility and fecal quality

     Abd El-Wahab, Amr; Meyer, Laura; Kölln, Mareike; Chuppava, Bussarakam; Wilke, Volker; Visscher, Christian; Kamphues, Josef

   • 11 - Impact of Campylobacter spp. on the integrity of the porcine gut

     Rath, Alexandra; Rautenschlein, Silke; Rzeznitzeck, Janina; Breves, Gerhard; Hewicker-Trautwein, Marion; Waldmann, Karl-Heinz; Altrock, Alexandra von

   • 11 - How do hunters hunt wild boar?: Survey on wild boar hunting methods in the Federal State of Lower Saxony

     Keuling, Oliver; Strauß, Egbert; Siebert, Ursula

   • 11 - Good to know: baseline data on feed intake, fecal pellet output and intestinal transit time in guinea pig as a frequently used model in gastrointestinal research

     Elfers, Kristin; Armbrecht, Yvonne; Mazzuoli-Weber, Gemma

   • 11 - Genetic diversity and the impact of the breed proportions of US Brown Swiss in German Brown cattle

     Wirth, Anna; Duda, Jürgen; Distl, Ottmar

   • 11 - Evidence of hearing loss and unrelated toxoplasmosis in a free-ranging harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

     Morell, Maria; IJsseldijk, Lonneke L.; Berends, Alinda J.; Gröne, Andrea; Siebert, Ursula; Raverty, Stephen A.; Shadwick, Robert E.; Kik, Marja J. L.

   • 11 - Evaluation of coated biochar as an intestinal binding agent for skatole and indole in male intact finishing pigs

     Schubert, Dana Carina; Chuppava, Bussarakam; Witte, Franzika; Terjung, Nino; Visscher, Christian

   • 11 - Effects of topically applied betulinic acid and NVX-207 on melanocytic tumors in 18 horses

     Weber, Lisa A.; Delarocque, Julien; Feige, Karsten; Kietzmann, Manfred; Kalbitz, Jutta; Meißner, Jessica; Paschke, Reinhard; Cavalleri, Jessika-M. V.

   • 11 - Effects of early nutrition of hatched chicks on welfare and growth performance: a pilot study

     Lingens, Jan Berend Gernot; Abd El-Wahab, Amr; Ahmed, Marwa Fawzy Elmetwaly; Schubert, Dana; Sürie, Christian; Visscher, Christian Frank

   • 11 - Effects of different housing systems during suckling and rearing period on skin and tail lesions, tail losses and performance of growing and finishing pigs

     Lange, Anita; Hahne, Michael; Lambertz, Christian; Gauly, Matthias; Wendt, Michael; Janssen, Heiko; Traulsen, Imke

   • 11 - Effects of a partially perforated flooring system on ammonia emissions in broiler housing: conflict of objectives between animal welfare and environment?

     Adler, C.; Schmithausen, A. J.; Trimborn, M.; Heitmann, S.; Spindler, Birgit; Tiemann, I.; Kemper, Nicole; Büscher, W.

   • 11 - Effect of one-day delaying CIDR administration in 5-day Cosynch protocol in dairy heifers

     Pancarci, Sükrü Metin; Güngör, Örsan; Harput, Osman; Calisici, Oguz

   • 11 - Dietary L-carnitine supplementation modifies the lipopolysaccharide-induced acute phase reaction in dairy cows

     Meyer, Jennifer; Kononov, Susanne Ursula; Grindler, Sandra; Tröscher-Mußotter, Johanna; Alaedin, Mohamad Taher; Frahm, Jana; Hüther, Liane; Kluess, Jeannette; Kersten, Susanne; Soosten, Dirk von; Meyer, Ulrich; Most, Erika; Eder, Klaus; Sauerwein, Helga; Seifert, Jana; Huber, Korinna; Wegerich, Anja; Rehage, Jürgen; Dänicke, Sven

   • 11 - Contactless video-based heart rate monitoring of a resting and an anesthetized pig

     Wang, Meiqing; Youssef, Ali; Larsen, Mona; Rault, Jean-Loup; Berckmans, Daniel; Marchant-Forde, Jeremy N.; Hartung, Jörg; Bleich, André; Lu, Mingzhou; Norton, Tomas

   • 11 - Chronic wasting due to liver and rumen flukes in sheep

     Kahl, Alexandra; Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg von; Krücken, Jürgen; Ganter, Martin

   • 11 - Cannabinoid and cannabinoid-related receptors in the myenteric plexus of the porcine ileum

     Toschi, Andrea; Galiazzo, Giorgia; Piva, Andrea; Tagliavia, Claudio; Mazzuoli-Weber, Gemma; Chiocchetti, Roberto; Grilli, Ester

   • 11 - Calcinosis in alpaca crias (Vicugna pacos) due to vitamin D intoxication: clinical, laboratory and pathological findings with a focus on kidney fnction

     Wagener, Matthias Gerhard; Helmer, Carina Monika; Kammeyer, Patricia; Kleinschmidt, Sven; Punsmann, Teresa; Meilwes, Johanna Maria; Schwennen, Cornelia; Altrock, Alexandra von; Wilkens, Mirja; Schwert, Barbara; Keyserlingk-Eberius, Nicole von; Ganter, Martin

   • 11 - Behavioral observation procedures and tests to characterize the suitability of sows for loose-housed farrowing systems

     Neu, Julia; Göres, Nina; Kecman, Jelena; Voß, Barbara; Rosner, Frank; Swalve, Hermann H.; Kemper, Nicole

   • 11 - A Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product (Olimond BB) alters the early response after influenza vaccination in racehorses

     Lucassen, Alexandra; Finkler-Schade, Christa; Schuberth, Hans-Joachim

   • 11 - A high incidence of sperm with cytoplasmic droplets affects the response to bicarbonate in preserved boar semen

     Henning, Heiko; Luther, Anne-Marie; Waberski, Dagmar

   • 11 - A case of concurrent molybdenosis, secondary copper, cobalt and selenium deficiency in a small sheep herd in Northern Germany

     Helmer, Carina Monika; Hannemann, Regina; Humann-Ziehank, Esther; Kleinschmidt, Sven; Kölln, Mareike; Kamphues, Josef; Ganter, Martin
3. 2020

   • 10 - Validation of a new resource-efficient feeding system for fattening pigs using increased crude fiber concentrations in diets: feed intake and ammonia emissions

     Lengling, Alexandra; Reckels, Bernd; Schwennen, Cornelia; Hölscher, Richard; Waldmann, Karl-Heinz; Visscher, Christian; Büscher, Wolfgang

   • 10 - The effects of UV-A light provided in addition to standard lighting on plumage condition in laying hens

     Spindler, Birgit; Weseloh, Tammo; Eßer, Christina; Freytag, Sarah Katharina; Klambeck, Lea; Kemper, Nicole; Andersson, Robby

   • 10 - The effects of feed particle size and floor type on the growth performance, GIT development, and pododermatitis in broiler chickens

     Abd El-Wahab, Amr; Kriewitz, Jan-Philip; Hankel, Julia; Chuppava, Bussarakam; Ratert, Christine; Taube, Venja; Visscher, Christian; Kamphues, Josef

   • 10 - The dual-purpose hen as a chance: avoiding injurious pecking in modern laying hen husbandry

     Giersberg, Mona Franziska; Spindler, Birgit; Rodenburg, Bas; Kemper, Nicole

   • 10 - Stereotypic behavior in fattening bulls

     Schneider, Laura; Kemper, Nicole; Spindler, Birgit

   • 10 - Soiling of pig pens: a review of eliminative behaviour

     Nannoni, E.; Aarnink, A. J. A.; Vermeer, H. M.; Reimert, I.; Fels, Michaela; Bracke, M. B. M.

   • 10 - Prevalence of Salmonella by serological and direct detection methods in piglets from inconspicuous, conspicuous, and vaccinated sow herds

     Buch, Juhle-Marijke; Visscher, Christian; Schulte zu Sundern, Anton Michael; Schulte-Wülwer, Josef; Deermann, Ansgar; Holling, Carolin

   • 10 - Philosophy of a "Good Death" in small animals and consequences for euthanasia in animal law and veterinary practice

     Persson, Kirsten; Selter, Felicitas; Neitzke, Gerald; Kunzmann, Peter

   • 10 - Objective assessment of acute pain in foals using a facial expression-based pain scale

     van Loon, Johannes; Verhaar, Nicole; van den Berg, Els; Ross, Sarah; de Grauw, Janny

   • 10 - Influence of different feed physical forms on mandibular gland in growing pigs

     Dall'Aglio, Cecilia; Mercati, Francesca; De Felice, Elena; Tardella, Federico Maria; Kamphues, Josef; Cappai, Maria Grazia; Scocco, Paola

   • 10 - Histological comparison of testicular needle biopsy and en bloc samples in abattoir calves

     Rohländer, Maike; Otzen, Henning; Rode, Kristina; Jung, Klaus; Schmicke, Marion; Harborth, Teresa; Langeheine, Marion; Brehm, Ralph; Bajcsy, Árpád Csaba

   • 10 - Genetic variability in Polish Lowland Sheepdogs assessed by pedigree and genomic data

     Michels, Paula Wiebke; Distl, Ottmar

   • 10 - Energy consumption of young military working dogs in pre-training in Germany

     Schäfer, Wencke; Hankel, Julia

   • 10 - Early parenteral administration of ceftiofur has gender-specific short- and long-term effects on the fecal microbiota and growth in pigs from the suckling to growing phase

     Ruczizka, Ursula; Metzler-Zebeli, Barbara; Unterweger, Christine; Mann, Evelyne; Schwarz, Lukas; Knecht, Christian; Hennig-Pauka, Isabel

   • 10 - Bone health or performance?: adaptation response of genetically divergent chicken layer lines to a nutritive calcium depletion

     Jansen, Simon; Bues, Mara; Baulain, Ulrich; Habig, Christin; Halle, Ingrid; Petow, Stefanie; Sharifi, Ahmad Reza; Weigend, Annett; Wilkens, Mirja Rosmarie; Weigend, Steffen
4. 2019

   • 9 - Using the Footfall Sound of Dairy Cows for Detecting Claw Lesions

     Volkmann, Nina; Kulig, Boris; Kemper, Nicole

   • 9 - The Effect of Sows' and Piglets' Behaviour on Piglet Crushing Patterns in Two Different Farrowing Pen Systems.

     Nicolaisen, Thies; Lühken, Eyke; Volkmann, Nina; Rohn, Karl; Kemper, Nicole; Fels, Michaela

   • 9 - Test-Retest Reliability of the 'Welfare Quality® Animal Welfare Assessment Protocol for Sows and Piglets': Part 1. Assessment of the Welfare Principle of 'Appropriate Behavior'

     Friedrich, Lena; Krieter, Joachim; Kemper, Nicole; Czycholl, Irena

   • 9 - Influence of different methionine sources on performance and slaughter characteristics of broilers

     Ullrich, Cristina; Langeheine, Marion; Brehm, Ralph; Taube, Venja; Rosillo Galera, Mercedes; Rohn, Karl; Popp, Johanna; Visscher, Christian

   • 9 - Effects of Enriched Charcoal as Permanent 0.2% Feed-Additive in Standard and Low-Protein Diets of Male Fattening Turkeys: An On-Farm Study.

     Hinz, Katharina; Stracke, Jenny; Schättler, Jule Katrin; Kemper, Nicole; Spindler, Birgit

   • 9 - Effect of A New Housing System on Skin Lesions, Performance and Soiling of Fattening Rabbits: A German Case Study.

     Rauterberg, Sally L.; Bill, Joana; Kimm, Sarah; Kemper, Nicole; Fels, Michaela