
The overall objective of Re-Livestock is to understand and mobilize adoption of innovative practices, applied cross-scale (animal, herd/farm, sector and region), to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of livestock farming and to increase the capacity for dealing with climate change impacts, in order to ultimately increase the overall resilience of the livestock sector. At FiBL, we work specifically on the fattening of organic dairy male calves: the effects of breed and grassland composition on meat productivity, methane emissions, economic benefit, land use, etc. More information: https://re-livestock.eu/
Geoffrey Mesbahi
Grassland management and ruminant nutrition
My research mainly focus on the management of grasslands and the ruminants nutrition
Related
- Pasture lab - Weidelabor
- Validation of a Noseband Sensor for Measuring Grazing Behaviour in Veal Calves
- Agroforestry: benefits and considerations to meet the challenges of organic livestock production
- L’agroforesterie : atouts et points de vigilance pour répondre aux défis de l’élevage bio
- Trade-offs among grass-based veal production systems along an altitudinal gradient
Publications
Trade-offs among grass-based veal production systems along an altitudinal gradient
Developing grass-based veal production from male dairy calves may offer a low-input and welfare-oriented alternative, particularly in …
Geoffrey Mesbahi, Amarante Vitra, Andrea K. Steiner, Florian Leiber, Jessica Werner
Validation of a Noseband Sensor for Measuring Grazing Behaviour in Veal Calves
There are potential benefits for grazing calves concerning animal welfare, resource efficiency, and ecosystem services compared to …
Jessica Werner, Anna Neujahr, Florian Leiber, Geoffrey Mesbahi
The methanogenic potential of grass-fed dairy calves is mostly impacted by the feeding system, not the genotype
Grass-based veal production offers a sustainable and welfare-oriented use for male dairy calves. Multispecies pastures are often linked …
Geoffrey Mesbahi, Florian Leiber, Andrea K. Steiner, Markus Leubin, Susann Thüer, Marie T. Dittmann, Amarante Vitra, Jessica Werner
Breed differences in grazing behaviour of veal calves
Pasture-based rearing of youngstock or calves offers a sustainable and cost-efficient alternative to conventional calf management by …
Jessica Werner, Anna Neujahr, Florian Leiber, Geoffrey Mesbahi
Grazing enhances immune parameters and complete blood count in calves
Seventy-two calves, distributed into three genotypes (Brown Swiss [BS], Limousin × Brown Swiss [LB] and Swiss Fleckvieh [SF]), were …
Florian Leiber, Cem Baki, Anna Bieber, Geoffrey Mesbahi, Jessica Werner, Anet Spengler Neff
Le pâturage améliore les paramètres immunitaires et l’hémogramme des veaux
Soixante-douze veaux mâles, issus de trois génotypes (Brown Swiss [BS], Limousin × Brown Swiss [LB] et Swiss Fleckvieh [SF]) ont été …
Florian Leiber, Cem Baki, Anna Bieber, Geoffrey Mesbahi, Jessica Werner, Anet Spengler Neff
Weidegang verbessert Immunparameter und Blutbild von Kälbern
Je 24 männliche Kälber dreier Genotypen (Braunvieh [BV], Limousin × Braunvieh [KR], und Swiss Fleckvieh [SF]) wurden in einem …
Florian Leiber, Cem Baki, Anna Bieber, Geoffrey Mesbahi, Jessica Werner, Anet Spengler Neff
Performance of veal calves of different genotypes raised on contrasted multi-species grasslands
Pasture-based veal production may offer an option of raising male calves from dairy herds that is ethically justifiable and combines …
Jessica Werner, Florian Leiber, Amarante Vitra, Geoffrey Mesbahi
Farming system is the main driver of enteric methanogenesis in grass-based veal calves
Developing grass-based veal production from male dairy calves could be a low-input solution for raising such animals, particularly in …
Geoffrey Mesbahi, Andrea K. Steiner, Florian Leiber, Jessica Werner
Enteric methane production in calves depends primarily on the farming system, not on breed
There are potential benefits for grazing calves concerning animal welfare, resource efficiency, and ecosystem services compared to …
Geoffrey Mesbahi, Andrea K. Steiner, Florian Leiber, Marie T. Dittmann, Jessica Werner
Performance of male dairy calves of different breeds raised on various types of grasslands for veal production
Pasture-based veal production offers potential benefits in terms of animal welfare and resource efficiency compared to conventional …
Jessica Werner, Geoffrey Mesbahi, Amarante Vitra, Florian Leiber