The Laboratory of Animal Breeding & Husbandry is engaged in teaching and research activities related to Animal Husbandry, the Physiology of Productive Traits, Animal Breeding, the Quality of Animal Products, Population and Molecular Genetics, and the Impact of Climate Change on Livestock Production Systems of productive animals.
The laboratory is located on the 2nd floor of the I. Dimakopoulos Building at the Athens Campus (75 Iera Odos Street, Votanikos, 118 55). It is directed by Professor Ioannis Politis and hosts nine (9) members of the Teaching and Research Staff, one (1) member of the Laboratory Teaching Staff (EDIP), one (1) member of the Special Technical Laboratory Staff (ETEP), and one (1) administrative employee. The members of the Laboratory participate in various national and international research programs, while also supporting the livestock production sector in Greece by providing expertise and assistance on specialized animal husbandry issues.
Personnel
Research
The Research Activities of the Laboratory of Animal Breeding & Husbandry involve the following thematic units:
Courses Offered
REQUIRED COURSES
Infrastructure
The Laboratory Equipment and General Facilities serve the educational as well as the research activities in the scientific fields of livestock farming, physiology of productive traits, domestic animal ethology and welfare, genetic breeding and improvement, gene technology and biotechnology and quality of farm products.
The experimental studies involve the area of metabolism of adipose tissue, enzyme and hormonal detection, isolation and detection of proteins and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), the qualitative control of products of animal origin (meat, milk, eggs etc.), the phylogenetic analysis based on different sources of genetic diversity. In this context the applied methods and techniques involved are from Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology combined with the necessary infrastructure and instrumentation, like IT (Information Technology) facilities (e.g. networked computers and peripherals etc.), and laboratory spaces of experimentation with safety provision and storage of biological materials, needless to say, these would be impossible to conduct the relevant research without.
The Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Husbandry has the responsibility of management of the farm animals in the animal Experimental Stations of the Department. The farm allocates stable installations for the stock farming of veal calves, sheep and hens (dairy cows and sheep milk stations, egg hatching, nestling growth chambers and spaces for the storage and forage production).
The Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Husbandry accommodates in its premises:
Extension Services
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