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Mirjam Holinger
Mirjam Holinger
Affiliation / Function
FiBL Switzerland
,
Department of Livestock Sciences
,
Group
Animal Housing & Livestock Breeding
Co-leader of the Group Animal Housing & Livestock Breeding
Equal Opportunity Officer
Activity areas
Animal welfare and behaviour
Pigs
Cattle
Data analysis
Projects
Status
FiBL
Title
Start
End
ongoing
CH
Good grunting
01.12.2024
31.12.2027
ongoing
CH
Organic pork production in the PUFA context
11.12.2023
31.03.2025
ongoing
CH
EU Organic Farming Regulation vs. Bio Suisse legislations
01.11.2023
31.12.2025
ongoing
CH
Text book on pig husbandry
10.04.2023
31.12.2025
ongoing
CH
Natural insect protection for grazing animals in agroforestry systems
01.04.2023
31.03.2026
ongoing
CH
Pigs experience
01.09.2022
01.10.2026
completed
CH
Investigating antibiotic resistance genes and antibiotic resistant bacteria in pig manure as a result of the retrospective use of antibiotic
(Antibiotikaresistenzen in Schweinegülle)
01.07.2022
31.03.2024
completed
CH
Innovative animal-friendly husbandry standards for organic pig and cattle housing within the framework of the amended EU Organic Regulation
15.05.2022
28.02.2023
completed
CH
Consulting for implementing the project "Bioschwein 100.0"
01.03.2022
30.04.2024
completed
CH
Pigs going veggie – Feeding vegetable waste to pigs
(Gemüseschwein)
01.03.2022
01.04.2023
completed
CH
WelFeed – Increasing welfare in feeding and feed intake of pigs
(WelFeed)
01.01.2021
30.06.2023
completed
CH
Weiterentwicklung BioSchwein
01.11.2020
31.12.2022
completed
CH
Animal ethics
07.04.2020
31.12.2022
completed
CH
Support for free-range pig farming
(Feel Free)
01.01.2020
31.12.2023
completed
CH
Wiesenschwein, das Zukunftsschwein
01.11.2019
01.03.2022
completed
CH
Rethinking of Antimicrobial Decision-Systems in the Management of Animal Production
(ROADMAP)
01.06.2019
20.05.2023
completed
CH
POWER (Tierwohl und Resilienz in der Bioschweinehaltung)
(POWER)
01.05.2018
01.11.2021
completed
CH
Behavioral indicators of early heat stress in dairy cows in pasture-based systems in Switzerland
01.03.2018
31.01.2022
completed
CH
The use of roughages to improve health and welfare of male pigs
(CochonVert)
01.01.2015
31.12.2017
completed
CH
Alternative pig breeds for organic farms
01.04.2014
01.04.2015
ongoing
CH
Impact of farm, transport, and stunning procedure on stress-related parameters in pigs
(Transport und Schlachtung)
01.10.2013
completed
CH
Auswirkung der Gruppenzusammensetzung und Förderung der Umsetzung der Ebermast
(FairPig)
01.05.2012
30.11.2013
completed
CH
Farm specific strategies to reduce environmental impact by improving health, welfare and nutrition of organic pigs
(ProPig)
01.01.2011
31.08.2014
Training / professional career
Since March 2019 Researcher in the area of pig husbandry and statistician in the Department of Livestock Sciences at FiBL
2018 Research associate at Wiesenschwein AG
2015 - 2018 PhD student at ETH Zurich
2012 - 2015 Researcher at FiBL
2010 - 2012 Master studies in Animal Science at ETH Zurich
2009 - 2010 Agricultural internship
2009 Internship with Helvetas in Kirgistan
2008 Internship at FiBL
Teaching
since 2020: Kompanima Foundation animal welfare specialist course
Awards
Research Award of the International Society of Livestock Husbandry (IGN), 2018
Publications
Publications in the Organic Eprints archive
