Adress: Königsweg 67, Building 21/22, 14163 Berlin

Contact: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. vet. Diana Meemken and Dr. med. vet Nina Langkabel

Meat hygiene research is a connecting element between livestock farming and food production.

Focus

• Optimization and intervention measures for "zoonosis control along the food chain of different livestock species"

• Development and validation of "animal welfare and animal health indicators" at slaughterhouse level

• Development of innovative diagnostic methods for farm animals

• Hygiene in poultry meat production

• Comparative study of dual-purpose breed (in chickens) compared to conventional fattening lines

• Visual contamination assessment and comparison of microbiological status at the time of slaughter of pigs

• Animal welfare during transportation and slaughter

• Microbiological process analysis of different species   

• Contamination reduction during slaughter