E. Tobias Krause

Dr. E. Tobias Krause is a scientist at the Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry (ITT), part of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut. His work focuses on improving animal welfare in sustainable livestock systems, with a specialization in behavioral studies and indicator development for farm animals.

• Research areas include Animal Needs, Positive Welfare Assessment, and Resource-Based Indicators.
• Active in projects like MeTEmSiS (intelligent pig housing), Adapt-Huhn (poultry welfare), and ErhEb (digital monitoring for pig platforms).
• He uses UV-LED lighting and digital monitoring technologies to assess welfare in turkeys, broilers, and pigs.