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Christina Pfeiffer

Working group pig and PLF

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Christina Pfeiffer, Bakk.techn.
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Research areas

Behaviour, husbandry, breeding and welfare of pigs

Precision Lifestock Farming

Curriculum vitae

2007-2013 Studies in agricultural sciences/livestock sciences | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Diploma thesis: Qualitative and quantitative behavioral assessment of valids during approach tests

2013 -2015 Doctoral studies in soil culture - animal breeding/quantitative animal genetics | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Dissertation: Optimization of the total merit index of Austrian dairy cattle - validation and adaptation of an approximate multitrait two-step procedure

2016 Research associate at the Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, working group Phenomics - focus on functional traits cattle | Aarhus University, Denmark

2017-2021 Research Associate at the Institute of Livestock Sciences - Animal Breeding Working Group - Focus on Functional Traits Pigs | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

2019-2022 breeding management pig breeding programs | PIG Austria GmbH

Publications

Researchgate