Farm visit at Meiereihof

May 15, 2013

The Meiereihof is located on the campus of the University of Hohenheim. It is one of the experimental stations of the university with the focus on animal husbandry. On Mai 15, the FSC organized a visit of this farm.  FSC scholars visit of the milking parlour and of course the famous cows with a fistula in the rumen. With the help of the fistula researchers of the institute of animal nutrition try to find out details on the processes how cows digest high cellulose fodder like grass or straw.