Main Fields of Research:

• Improvement of animal health
• Food safety and product quality in foods produced from animals
• Animal welfare, animal health
• Health and reproduction of farm animals
• Occurrence of infectious diseases depending on genetic factors
• Zoonoses research and pathogen-host interaction
• Diseases of the central nervous system
• Infection biology with a focus on resistance research
• Research on probiotics and microbiotics
• Research in the field of nanostructures

Involvement in Multidisciplinary Research Areas:

• Fundamentals of biomedicine
• Health and quality of life
• Human–environment interaction
• Materials research