Master thesis in Animal Nutrition

Master thesis in Animal Nutrition
Group leader: Prof. M. Kreuzer
Field: Sustainable Feeding, Alpine Farming Systems and Quality of Food
(Head: Joel Berard: [email protected])
Topic
ALPBEEF 2012:
Effect of lowland and
highland diet on
growth performance
and meat quality in
beef cattle
ALPBEEF 2014:
Effect of different
weaning time and
pasture diet on muscle
characteristics and
meat quality of beef
calves
ID
1
2
SUBALP 2015:
Extensive Grazing on
subalpine pastures:
Integrating
Biodiversity and the
production of Meat
with special quality
Place
Analyses of volatile
compounds in meat
and fat
ETH labs
Analyses of muscle
proteins and protein
degradation related
with meat quality
Muscle fiber Typing
Agroscope
Posieux (CH)
3
4
ALPDAIRY 2014:
Effect of pasture
environment on
animal well-being,
adaptation and milk
quality of primiparous
and multiparous Aosta
Red Pied cows
ω-3 ω-6 2014:
Effect of ω-3 ω-6
supplement diet on
fatty acid composition
of different muscle
and fat tissues in
Angus beef
IODINE 2015:
Defining sources,
variability and
bioavailability of
iodine in milk and
dairy products to
ensure adequate iodine
nutrition in the Swiss
population
Method
5
6
Time
Collaboration
with/ in the
context of the
dissertation
of
Diss. Isabelle
Beginning :
Gangnat
Autumn
2014
Agroscope
Posieux (CH)/
Diss. Isabelle
Gangnat
Agroscope
Posieux (CH)
Analyses of fatty acids ETH labs
and vitamin E in meat
and fat
Analyses of milk
ETH labs
composition (esp. fatty
acids)
Prof. Susanne
Ulbrich/
Institute
Agricole
(IAR)
Aosta (Italy)/
Diss. Steve
Pervier
Prof. Susanne
Ulbrich/ Dr.
Giller Katrin
Beginning :
Winter
2014
Beginning :
Winter
2014
Beginning :
Winter
2014
Beginning :
Autumn
2014
Determination of
cortisol and its
metabolites in blood,
milk and saliva
Analyses of fatty acids
in meat and fat
ETH labs
Iodine dose-response
study in dairy cows
Identify relevant
iodine sources in dairy
farming
Identify relevant
iodine sources and
causes for iodine
losses in dairy food
processing
Determination of
different aspect related
with animal behavior
and well-being
Analyses of meat
quality and fatty acid
composition
Agroscope
Posieux (CH)/
ETH labs
Agroscope
(CH)/ IFNH
(ETH)
Diss. Olivia
Van der
Reijden
Beginning :
Spring
2015
ETH/ alp
Weissenstein
Agroscope
(CH)/
Diss. Tobias
Zehnder
Beginning :
Summer
2015
ETH labs
Beginning :
winter 2014
Beginning :
Winter
2014
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8
9
10
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ETH labs
Beginning :
Autumn
2015
Master thesis in Animal Nutrition
Group leader: Prof. M. Kreuzer
Field: Tropische Tierernährung
(Head: Svenja Marquardt; [email protected])
Thema
Methode
Ort
Rindfleischqualität in
Abhängigkeit vom
Genotyp
Verhaltensstudie mit
Yaks in der Schweiz
Tropische
Tierernährung
Fleischproben am
Schlachthof; Analysen
Bolivien
Praxisversuch
Schweiz
in Absprache mit den
Partnerländern
Einfluss verschiedener
Pflanzen auf die
Vorgänge im Pansen
HFT u/o
Pansensimulationssystem
RUSITEC
Laos,
Brasilien,
Äthiopien,
China
ETH
In Kooperation mit/
im Rahmen der
Dissertation von
Partnerinstitut,
Camilo Pardo,
ETH
Schweizer
Yakbauern
Partnern in diesen
Ländern
Möglichkeit
endet
Angela Schwarm,
ETH
frei wählbar
frei wählbar
Januar 2014
– September
2014
Sommer
2014
frei wählbar,
wenn
verfügbar
Field: Digestion, Metabolism and Environment
(Head: Angela Schwarm, [email protected])
Topic
Method
Location
Effect of energy status
on methane emission
and heat production
Energy metabolism of
lymphocytes
Experiment with dairy
cows in respiration
chambers
Laboratory-scale:
Cell culture
Experiment with dairy
cows in respiration
chambers
Laboratory-scale:
slurry storage
Laboratory-scale:
Rumen simulation
technique (RUSITEC)
Laboratory-scale:
RUSITEC
Strickhof
Lindau
Methane mitigation in
ruminants by
nutritional
interventions
Effect of solute passage
time on methane
emission
In cooperation
with / in the
frame of the
dissertation of
Susanne Meese,
ETH
ETH
Possibility
ends by
July 2015
March 2016
Strickhof
Lindau/
Wülflingen
ETH
Jernej Poteko,
ETH with WBF
and Empa
June 2016
ETH
Shaopu Wang,
ETH
December
2017
ETH
Marcus Clauss,
UZH
open
Field: Nichtwiederkäuer
(Head: Ruth Messikommer; [email protected])
Thema
Methode
Ort
Zollikofen
In Kooperation mit/
im Rahmen der
Dissertation von
Verbraucherverhalten
ETH
Aviforum
Suche nach dem
idealen Genotyp
Diverse Fütterungsfragen beim Geflügel
Diverse Fütterungsfragen beim Schwein
Fischfütterung
Mast-/Legehennenversuche
Mast-/Legehennenversuche
Mast-/Zucht
ETH
Aquakulturanlage
Juni 2014 –
2016
frei wählbar
Posieux
Agroscope
frei wählbar
Frick
FiBL
jederzeit
2/ 2
Möglichkeit
endet