Accomplished PhD projects:

  • Mother's parity and weaning age influence the transition from liquid to solid feed in female Holstein calves (Jahr 2023)
  • The influence of L - carnitine on hematology and functional blood parameters of dairy cows with special focus on high resolution data around parturition (Jahr 2023)
  • Consequences of intensive fattening: Influence on claw health, blood metabolite profile and the insulin signaling cascade in tissues of Holstein fattening bulls (Jahr 2022)
  • Effects of strain, lifespan and dietary myo-inositol sources on poultry metabolism (Jahr 2020)
  • Impact of age and weaning time on the gut microbiome and the potential host-microbe interactions in calves (Jahr 2021)
  • Equine metabolic syndrome - (Patho-) physiological variations in insulin sensitiviy, glucose homeostasis and lipid metabolism in lean and obese horses (Jahr 2018)
  • In vivo and in vivo studies of degradation of inositol phosphates in the digestive tract of boiler chickens.    (Jahr 2017)
  • Studies on the extent of ruminal degradation of phytate from different feedstuffs (Jahr 2016)
  • Geophagie bei Pferden - Ursachen und Hintergründe (Jahr 2016)

Running PhD projects:

  • Mitochondrial functionality in dairy cows (MitoCow)
  • Effect of p-depleted diet on glucose and lipid metabolism in two strains of laying hens during transition to the egg production period
  • Project: Myo-Inositol and its role in metabolic regulation in two contrasting strains of high-yielding laying hens
  • Description of the metabolic status of dairy cows using exhaled air
  • New phenotypic traits of the metabolic health of the dairy cow