Gunther Nitzsche

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Gunther Nitzsche

Gunther Nitzsche (born August 18, 1936 in Bergen near Adorf, Vogtland ) is a German agricultural scientist , animal breeder and museum director.

Life

After graduating from high school in Oelsnitz, Nitzsche studied agricultural sciences in Berlin from 1954 to 1960 and passed the state examination as a certified farmer. In 1969 he received his doctorate from the Humboldt University in Berlin with the dissertation An experimental study on genotype - environmental interactions in pigs . In 1971 he passed the state animal breeding manager examination. From 1960 until 1998 he worked in the Research Center for Animal Breeding Ruhlsdorf , the WTZ for Pig Breeding Ruhlsdorf, the Teaching and Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Animal Husbandry Ruhlsdorf / Groß Kreutz as a scientific assistant, department head for pigs and small animals.

From 1960 to 1972 he was in charge of cattle breeding and from 1966 to 1968 he was also the breeding manager for landrace breeding (80 breeding sows) in the research center. He conceived and directed the new breeding process for the Leicoma and Schwerfurter meat breed breeds from 1969 until their state approval in 1986.

View into an exhibition room about artificial insemination in the German Pig Museum
oldest piggy bank
Boars of the Schwerfurt meat breed
Leicoma boar

Nitzsche was co-founder and from 1993 long-time director of the German Pig Museum in Ruhlsdorf, which he significantly influenced and made it a unique institution, including ten nationally and internationally recognized special exhibitions.

Work areas

His research dealt with:

  • Genotype-Environment Interactions
  • Conception and scientific support of the new breed projects Leicoma and Schwerfurter Fleischrace
  • Scientific care of the genetic reserves (Pietrain, Lacombe, Belgian Landrace, German Saddle Pig, Dutch Landrace, Estonian Baconrace, Latvian Great White) in the GDR
  • Breeding methodology for lines, synthetic lines and gene reserves
  • Creation and field testing of hybrid boars
  • Developing breeding programs for populations and farms
  • Hybrid pig breeding
  • Further development of the methodology for testing reproductive fitness
  • genetic background of the specific immune system against diseases
  • Fattening pigs on deep litter treated with bioactivators

Fonts

  • An experimental study of genotype-environment interactions in pigs. In: Scientific journal of the Humboldt University Berlin. 20, 1971, pp. 415-429.
  • Results of the new breed of line 150. In: Animal breeding. 29, 1975, pp. 199-201.
  • Influence of the breed or genetic construction on the final product in the hybrid pig breeding program of the GDR. In: ZBORNIK referatov z II. Mezdinarodnojeho sympozia St. Smokovece October 11-14, 1975.
  • Breeding methodology of synthetic lines with a focus on meat - derived from the breeding of line 150. 1.-3. Mitt. In: Arch. Tierzucht. 24, 1981.
  • Analysis of the genetic condition of the specific immune system against diseases in pigs. In: Arch. Tierzucht. 34, 1991, pp. 323-330.
  • The fitness test of whole litters - a method for comparative testing of pig hybrid combinations. In: Arch. Tierzucht. 36, 1993, pp. 421-429.
  • 85 years of organized pig breeding in Brandenburg, 1913–1998. Pig Breeding and Production Association Berlin-Brandenburg eG, 1998.
  • Under the bell tower - childhood memories from the Vogtland. Self-published, 2008.

Honors

In 1998 Nitzsche was awarded the silver badge of honor by the Central Association of German Pig Production (ZDS) for his services .

literature

  • T. Gerber: Personalities from agriculture, forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine. In: Biographical Lexicon. Dyck Westerheide, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-936735-67-3 .
  • Anonymous: CVs of breeder personalities. German Pig Museum Ruhlsdorf.
  • J. Schäfer: Care for the bristle animal. In: Committed in Brandenburg. State Chancellery of the State of Brandenburg, 2008.

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personal data
SURNAME Nitzsche, Gunther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist, animal breeding director and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergen near Adorf, Vogtland