Cooperations Haidlhof – keas demonstrate technical intelligence
Wieselburg – bovine reproduction research
The research station in Haidlhof, an estate operated by the Teaching and Research Farm of Vetmeduni Vienna, studies avian cognition and communication in cooperation with the University of Vienna. At the Kea Lab and the newly established kea aviary, in 2012 several studies were initiated or continued studying technical intelligence and exploratory behaviour, perception as well as analogue thinking and abstract reasoning. Both internationally renowned behavioural researchers and experts from other disciplines, such as from the University of Applied Arts Vienna, used the research station for their studies in 2012.
The Reproduction Centre Wieselburg was founded in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Research Farms Company Wieselburg to provide a platform on bovine reproduction for students, veterinarians and breeders. The heart of the centre is a play pen with adjoining examination rooms and labs designed to conduct embryo transfer in the earliest stages of gestation. The centre serves as a teaching establishment for students and as a research institution for veterinarians and breeders.
Kea aviary at the research station in Haidlhof
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