Departments

Animal Health Department

Director

Dr. Gerhard Reszler, specialist veterinary surgeon for cattle

Born on 22.11.1952 in Fohnsdorf, Austria, Dr. Reszler studied at the University of Veterinary Medicine. From 1978 to 2001, he ran his own practice with the main focus on the care of dairy cattle. In 2002, he founded and directed the Austrian Training and Advisory Centre for Cattle Husbandry. He also performs consultancy work worldwide in the dairy cattle husbandry and feeding sector. Since 2009, he has been the director of the European Institute for Profitable Milk Production (ineda GmbH).

The Animal Nutrition Department represents the latest scientific and practical skills in the subsections of nutritional physiology, feeding of ruminants, animal feed studies and conservation of feed.

Current situation

Livestock husbandry is increasingly finding itself at the centre of public interest. Farm managers are being confronted daily by dwindling subsidies and falling milk prices. There can be no alternative to economic milk production. Only the optimum health of the herd can allow a profitable milk production. Prophylaxis and prevention in dairy cow farming will optimize the animals’ health and make possible a maximum yield combined with the lowest ongoing operating costs. Infectious diseases which are already present have to be combated according to epidemiological criteria. The appropriate prophylactic plans are to be implemented.

Problem areas in the field of animal health are:

Dry cow management
Cows in the transit phase
Birth management
Post-partum cows
Rearing of calves
Cow comfort
Feed appropriate for high-yield ruminants
Too short a period of productive life
Health of the udder
Fertility
Metabolic disorders
Hoof health
High stock replacement rate
Parasitic diseases

Solutions

Optimized approaches to solutions are worked out on-site as a combined effort with all the specialist departments.

Services

On-site consultancy

Lectures

Care of livestock / herd management
Health of the udder
Rearing of calves
Limits to the output of dairy cows
Fertility
Improvement of profitability by optimizing the problem areas
Combining animal health and profitability on the farm
Optimizing milk output, but not at the cost of health
The vet - profitability factor not cost factor
Health of the herd as the basis for cost-oriented and cost-optimized milk production

Training courses

Seminars and training courses for vets
Education and continued training for farm managers and employees
Set-up and upgrading of government extension services

Target groups

Farmers
Herd managers
Veterinary surgeons
Universities and colleges
Government extension services
Veterinary and agricultural administration
Animal welfare associations
Consumer organisations
Representatives of the press

Contact

Email: info@ineda.eu
Fon: +49 (0)89 55 19 67 77