Institut für Tierhygiene und Öffentliches Veterinärwesen

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Institute

The Institute of Animal Hygiene and Public Veterinary Services exists since 30/8/1994, when the Institute of Animal Hygiene, Epidemiology and Environmental Protection and the Institute of Public Veterinary Services were united.

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Studies

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Studies

We offer courses in animal keeping and hygiene, animal welfare and ethology, animal disease control and infectious disease epidemiology and biometrics. Get all the information here...

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Research

Our research focuses on questions of animal hygiene: How do diseases develop? How do they spread? How can we reduce pathogens and prevent epidemics? How do we enable animal husbandry free of suffering?

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Research

Research at our institute focuses on various research projects, for which scientific publications are regularly published and dissertations are submitted.

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Zentrum Veterinary Public Health

The "Zentrum Veterinary Public Health" is a cooperation between the Institute of Animal Hygiene and Public Veterinary Services and the Institute of Food Hygiene.

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Zentrum Veterinary Public Health

The "Zentrum VPH" pools knowledge and resources in the field of "Veterinary Public Health" in teaching, further education and research.

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Contact

Our facility is located in the southwest of Leipzig, only a few kilometres from the city centre. You can easily reach us by public transport or by car.

Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health

An den Tierkliniken 1
04103 Leipzig

Head: Prof. Dr. Uwe Truyen

Phone: +49 341 97-38150
Fax: +49 341 97-38198