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| Sporkmann, Katrin; Georg, Heiko; Ude, Gracia; Bender, Sophia; Hermann, Ricarda. |
| Weaning of goat kids is in many cases a psychic and physiological strain for both, kids and dams. Frequently goat kids suffer from a decline of performance, e. g. of weight gain. An alternative could be a gradually weaning considering colostral period of 1 week as well as feeding whole milk according EU-Organic-Farming regulation for a period of 45 days. The aim of the study was to compare abrupt weaning (ML) after 45 days of mother bonded rearing with restricted suckling (RL) three times per day before weaning. As a method to asses stress responses in goat kids, heart rate variability (HRV) was measured as basal values before and after weaning. The results show that the overall variability (SDNN) of heart rate variability (HRV) for RL was significantly... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/21406/1/21406_Georg.pdf |
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| Manek, Gwendolyn; Simantke, Christel; Sporkmann, Katrin; Georg, Heiko; Kern, Andreas. |
| The production of sheep and goat milk in professional farming has become more important in the last decade. However, concrete underlying data are so far incomplete. Thus the aim of the system analysis was the accumulation of data and knowledge about sheep and goat milk production in Germany. Production processes and factors on farms are to be recorded as well as information about players in the processing and marketing sector. Through research, questionnaires and interviews with farmers, processors, commercial representatives and experts it was possible to generate a conclusive overview of this young sector. One outcome was a high proportion of organic farming (65% of dairy goat, 67% of dairy sheep farms). While there is much optimism with regards to... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Farm economics; Sheep and goats. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/31896/1/Systemanalyse%20der%20Schaf-%20und%20Ziegenmilchproduktion%20in.pdf |
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| Sporkmann, Katrin; March, S.; Brinkmann, Jan; Georg, Heiko. |
| Dairy goat farming is a growing market in animal husbandry in Germany. Due to this expansion, farmers special advice on health, feeding and housing is growing as well. Thus a project was initiated to assess welfare and housing systems three times in three and a quarter year on 40 dairy goat farms in Germany. The main goal was to benchmark welfare concept on the same farms. In the first assessment, 1876 lactating goats in total were assessed on 40 farms. From a set of 22 animal based indicators in total, 8 showed a higher prevalence than 5 %: moderate and severe claw overgrowth, mild udder lesions, small udder scars, moderate udder asymmetry, swellings, head lesions, hairless patches and avoidance distance test. Interestingly, not more than 1.6 % of... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Sheep and goats; Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/31895/1/Status%20Quo%20der%20Tierwohlsituation%20in%20der%20deutschen.pdf |
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| Sporkmann, Katrin; Ude, Gracia; Bender, Sophia; Georg, Heiko; Rahmann, Gerold. |
| More than a third of the world's grain harvest is used to feed animals. According to the environmental agency of the UN, losses of calories by bad conversion factor of grain into animal food could theoretically feed 3.5 billion people. This shows that the production of animal protein is very energy consuming, especially when concentrates are fed to ruminants. Until today feeding of ruminants even in organic dairy farming is based on concentrates, accepting overexploitation of resources and negative effects on animal health. In contrast to the received opinion of “a lot helps lot”, organic dairy production in Western Europe is trying to do the very reverse: Feeding less concentrates. This is in line with the evolution of ruminants to an excellent roughage... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Feeding and growth. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/21488/1/21488_sporkmann.pdf |
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