Clinic for Poultry
The Clinic for Poultry is a member of
- the Center for Infectious Medicine,
- the Center for Animal Health and Food Quality, and
- the Center for Alternative and Complementary Methods to Animal Experiments.
The Clinic for Poultry is essentially working in the fields of research, education of students and service.
Concerning research, the Clinic for Poultry is working on following topics:
- Studies on efficacy and safety of vaccines and drugs under controlled laboratory and field conditions
- Investigations on frequency, significance and control of important pathogens of poultry, pet birds and wild birds (zoonotic infections, epizootic diseases, food-borne infections)
- Clinical and immunbiological examinations of poultry, pet and wild birds
- Characteristics of immunosuppressive pathogens of poultry
- Enterococcus-cecorum-associated infections in broiler chickens
- Husbandry systems, animal welfare and animal health of poultry
More information about the research profile of the Clinic for Poultry and ongoing projects is availabe at research.
The Clinic for Poultry offers facilities for the education of students of veterinary medicine, e.g. spacious facilities for post mortem analysis of animals, where practical exercises are conducted. Furthermore, we have the possibility to keep poultry in our facilities for student exercises. Besides lectures and practical exercises, the Clinic for Poultry offers internship programs and elective courses for students who like to focus on poultry husbandry and medicine. In addition, the curriculum of our clinic encompasses doctoral studies and PhD programmes within the postgraduate education.
More information about education of students of the Clinic for Poultry is availabe at education.
In the veterinary service division, commercial poultry farmers, fancy fowl and homing pigeon owners are advised and supervised. The Clinic for Poultry offers a comprehensive portfolio of services, from farm visits, pathological investigations of animals to subsequent microbiological, virological, parasitological, molecular biological and histological examinations.
More information about veterinary service of the Clinic for Poultry is availabe at service.
