Knowledge development
Progress for animal welfare
Through cooperation in scientific studies and research, at Gut Aiderbichl we are constantly expanding our knowledge with regard to animal welfare. Only on the basis of sound research results, we can gain a better understanding of the animal species and ensure that the animals are cared for in a manner appropriate to their species.
We also want to share the new findings in science with society in the Gut Aiderbichl Academy and through our public relations work. This ensures a flow of knowledge and information that represents significant progress for animal welfare throughout Europe.
Expanding knowledge at Gut Aiderbichl
Increasing quality of life for horses
As a pan-european animal welfare organisation, Gut Aiderbichl has made its mission to sustainably improve the quality of life for older horses and make a significant contribution to a species-rich ecosystem. Together with the Sandgrueb Foundation and the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, rescued horses at Gut Aiderbichl are observed in order to fully understand social behaviour and group composition and, ultimately, demonstrate the benefits of sustainable ecosystems and the impact on animal health.
In addition, recommendations for Gut Aiderbichl are drawn up from the observation results, in order to improve the quality of life of older horses in the long term. In this way, it's ensured that a flow of knowledge and information not only leads to new findings in science, but also represents significant progress for animal welfare throughout Europe. Gut Aiderbichl thus communicates knowledge on a new level and offers new approaches to solutions for keeping animals and plants healthy.
Horse husbandry
Horse health
Learning to understand pigs better
In Austria alone, about 3 million pigs are kept. We already know a lot about their physiological needs such as nutrition, reproduction and the conditions that lead to a maximum yield of meat during fattening.
But pigs are also more than just meat suppliers. How do pigs think? How do they organize their social environment, and how do they learn? These are the main questions that an international study team has been addressing since 2014 together with a 37-strong herd of Kune Kune pigs.
The exemplary behavior observation project of Prof. Ludwig Huber, Dr. Marianne Wondrak and Ariane Veit, could not be extended in 2022. Now the researchers were faced with the problem of who to entrust their dearly loved Kune Kune pigs to. Who could take on an entire herd of pigs? For Gut Aiderbichl, knowledge about animals is the key to keeping them in a species-appropriate manner. For this reason, we saw it as our task to support and to give the herd of pigs a new home.
Clever Pig Lab
