Skip to the navigation Skip to the content

Project description

App-based animal welfare management for pigs

Both the company self-inspection (TierSchG.§11) and the daily animal inspection (TierSchNutztV. §4) are routine documentation on pig farms and are required by law.

The aim of the project was to replace the previous manual documentation using pen and paper with the ‘DigiPig’ app. Based on this, an app-protected animal welfare management system was to be developed that can be used for daily controlling in the barn.

The following results were derived from the project:

  • Valuable time can be saved through the APP documentation and direct evaluation.
  • Improvement of animal welfare through indicators that provide information on animal welfare.
  • All farm members have access to the app and the data.

A detailed project description and summary of the results can be found in the final report and in the practice sheet.

Final report and practice sheet

Members

  • Research and Development Centre Kiel University of Applied Sciences GmbH
    Schwentinestr. 24
    24149 Kiel
    Björn Lehmann-Matthaei
    +49 (0) 431 / 218 44 44
    Lehmann.Matthaei[at]fh-kiel-gmbh.de
  • Farm Bielfeldt, Gremmerup, Ingo Bielfeldt
  • Farm Bohnenkamp, Norderstedt, Jens-Walter Bohnenkamp
  • Farm Lütje, Rade, Hans-Stephan Lütje
  • Farm Reimers, Neversdorf, Thorsten Reimers
  • Farm Struve, Esgrus, Eiken Struve
  • Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Department of Agricultural Economics, Prof. Dr. Urban Hellmuth, Prof. Dr. Stefan Krüger, Prof. Dr. Katrin Mahlkow-Nerge
  • Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Kiel, Dr. Irena Czycholl
  • Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Institute of Agricultural Process Engineering, Kiel, Prof. Dr. Eberhard Hartung
  • Tierarztpraxis Stampa, Dr. Evelin Stampa
  •  Projektbüro InnoBau, Sonja Donicht
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft Landtechnik und Bauwesen Schleswig-Holstein e.V. (ALB SH), Osterrönfeld, Prof. Dr. Urban Hellmuth
  • Schweinespezialberatung Schleswig-Holstein e.V., Blekendorf, Karin Müller
  • Chamber of Agriculture Schleswig-Holstein, Teaching and testing centre Futterkamp, Blekendorf, Dr. Eckhard Boll, Dr. Onno Burfeind