The German Society for Animal Production e.V. (DGfZ) was founded in 1905 as a non-profit association and sees itself as an independent cross-species link between science, administration and agricultural organizations. The DGfZ is active in the field of scientific communication and serves progress in the areas of animal breeding, animal husbandry, animal nutrition, animal hygiene and reproduction by promoting professional cooperation in these areas and the exchange of relevant experience between Germany and abroad.

We offer:

§ value-added services and longstanding expertise (dissemination of research results, conferences, interdisciplinary working groups, position papers) to consortia, industries and organizations, to various sectors within animal science,

§ current information via mail and newsletter directly in your mailbox (simply order on our website),

§ the extremely discount on getting access to our German-language scientific journal ‚Züchtungskunde‘,

§ free publication and dissemination of job advertisements for industry bodies and professional associations,

§ linking company website on DGfZ-website,

§ scholarship funds to support young scientists attending scientific courses and meetings.

§ improving networking and being part of the animal science community,

§ the opportunity for industry bodies to mount conferences professionally designed to deliver scientific and technical issues within a specific subject,

§ invitations to the DGfZ- annual meeting – the place, where the who's who of animal sciences meet,

§ attending scientific conferences and workshops, including the annual meeting of the ‚European Association of Animal Science‘ (EAAP), at a discounted registration fee,

§ our award DGfZ-Prize for dissertations and master theses.

Members are:

animal breeders, veterinarians, scientists, practitioners, students, research facilities, organizations in the field of farm animal science and production of agricultural food, federal and state officials of animal sciences.

The DGfZ is the official representative of the Federal Republic of Germany in the European Association for Animal Sciences (EAAP). The European Association for Animal Sciences or EAAP is an international non-governmental organization whose aim is to improve the knowledge and dissemination of research results in the field of livestock farming. Central to the EAAP are its 11 expert commissions, which develop cross-animal solutions to current specific scientific, technical and economic issues in the field of animal production.

Currently, 34 countries are organized in the EVT. However, numerous non-European institutions are also represented in the community. When the EAAP was founded in 1949, the German Society of Animal Production (DGFZ) was one of 12 founding members on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.

In 2026, the EAAP conference will once again take place in Germany - in Hamburg - at the CCH from September 7 to 11.