PD Dr. Harald M. Hammon is a senior scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf, Germany, since 2004 and heads the Endocrine Metabolic Regulation Unit at the Institute of Nutritional Physiology “Oskar Kellner”. He has studied veterinary medicine in Munich, Germany, and has received his DVM degree in 1993 and his Habilitation in 2003 from the University of Bern in Switzerland. Dr. Hammon has authored and co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed papers.
His present research involves the neonatal and preweaning calf development and its dependence on colostrum supply and milk feeding intensity. Main interests are the effect of colostrum supply and intensive milk feeding on organ development and endocrine regulation of the energy metabolism. In addition, health and welfare aspects of calf rearing management are getting more and more into the focus, pointing out, that only healthy and robust calves guarantee a successful dairy and beef production.
