For Animal Welfare & Environmental Protection:
State lays cornerstone for new "HoLMiR" research center
Time capsule for the foundation stone with current daily newspaper, construction plans, coins, the Hohenheim guidelines for animal experiments, and a bezoar stone. Bezoars are balls of animal hair, etc. Foreign bodies that accumulate in animals’ stomachs. Image: Universität Hohenheim/Beqiri
Coins from the donors: State Secretary Gisela Splett (Ministry of Finance BaWü) deposits euro coins into a time capsule for the foundation stone of the future animal science research center HoLMiR. The capsule also included construction plans and a current daily newspaper, deposited by Ministerial Director Dr. Hans J. Reiter (Ministry of Science BaWü, to the right of Splett), the Hohenheim guidelines for animal experiments, deposited by University President Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert (to the right of Reiter), and a Bezoar stone, deposited by agricultural scientist Prof. Dr. Jana Seifert (to the right of Dabbert). Bezoars are balls of animal hair and other foreign bodies that accumulate in animals’ stomachs. Pictured on the left: Carmen Zinnecker-Busch, from the Stuttgart and Hohenheim University Building Office. Image: University of Hohenheim/Beqiri
Time capsule for the foundation stone of the future animal science research center HoLMiR: Prof. Dr. Jana Seifert deposits a bezoar stone into the steel cylinder. Bezoars are balls of animal hair and other foreign bodies that accumulate in animals’ stomachs. The capsule also included coins, deposited by State Secretary Gisela Splett (Ministry of Finance BaWü, wearing a red jacket), building plans and a current daily newspaper, deposited by Ministerial Director Dr. Hans J. Reiter (Ministry of Science BaWü, to the right of Splett), and the Hohenheim guidelines for animal experiments, deposited by University President Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert (to the right of Reiter). Pictured on the left: Carmen Zinnecker-Busch, from the Stuttgart and Hohenheim University Building Office. Image: University of Hohenheim/Beqiri
Research for more animal welfare and better animal health, more climate protection and less environmental impact: These are the goals of the future animal science center "HoLMiR". The focus is on exploring the interaction between farm animals and the millions of microorganisms in the animals’ digestive tracts. Photos: University of Hohenheim | Dauphin(2) + Emmerling(1)