Research associate in animal husbandry dairy calf management and calf health
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
The Justus Liebig University Giessen is looking for a part-time research associate to work on the externally funded project "Healthy calves – the basis of dairy farming: optimizing management through benchmarking and best-practice examples".
Your tasks at a glance
- Contribute to the aim of the project, in close cooperation between agriculture, consultancy and science to develop strategies for an optimized management of calves which contribute to improving calf health and reducing calf mortality
• Recruitment of participating dairy farms
• Practical data collection on the dairy farms
• Statistical analysis, scientific preparation and publication of the data obtained in the project
• Preparation of reports with recommended actions for farmers
• Supporting project partners in the app-development for recording calf health
• Participation in project management
• Preparation of and participation in project meetings and project events (among others experience group meetings with participating farmers; internal project meetings)
Application deadline: June 4, 2026
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