Hans Otto Gravert

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Hans Otto Gravert (born May 28, 1928 in Itzehoe ; † January 1, 2015 in Kronshagen ) was a German animal breeding scientist and university lecturer.

Live and act

Gravert was born the son of a farmer, graduated from the Kaiser-Karl-Schule in Itzehoe with the Abitur and studied agricultural sciences from 1948 to 1951 at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel. In 1954 he received his doctorate here at Werner Kirsch Dr. agr. This was followed by studies at the Agricultural College in Uppsala with Ivar Johansson and at the Iowa State University in Ames (Iowa, USA) with Jay Lush to expand knowledge about the application of population genetics in animal breeding. Then Gravert underwent training and the exam as an assessor for animal breeding.

In 1956 he became an assistant - later senior assistant - at the Institute for Animal Breeding and Animal Husbandry at the University of Kiel (Joachim-Friedrich Langlet) and completed his habilitation there in 1962. He was appointed private lecturer in 1963, and in 1967 as scientific councilor and professor. In the same year he took over the management of the Institute for Milk Production of the Federal Institute for Milk Research in Kiel (1968 as Managing Director) with the research station in Schädtbek and - from 1982 as honorary professor - held lectures on pet genetics at Kiel University until his retirement in 1993.

Gravert knew how to incorporate the theoretical models of population genetics into practice-oriented procedures for performance testing and breeding value estimation . In particular, he dealt with the establishment and use of test stations for cattle to record and evaluate fattening and meat performance. He also included indirect, economically important characteristics such as the feed intake capacity of cows, examined the effect of genotype and husbandry on the quality of dairy products and researched new test parameters. By expanding the Schädtbek research station, he was able to carry out numerous cross-breeding experiments with other dairy cattle breeds and origins as well as genetic studies on identical twins. In addition, there were studies with new feed, feed additives, genetically engineered performance enhancers and the profitability of cattle production.

Gravert was involved in the amendments to the Animal Breeding Act of 1976 and 1989 as well as in the harmonization of animal breeding law within the European Community and the development of breeding programs. As the founder and head of the Interbull working group , he also ensured the international comparability of the nationally determined breeding values. He wrote 22 book chapters, over 100 scientific publications, 290 printed lectures and supervised 36 doctoral theses. He actively participated in numerous national and international committees. He headed the working committee of the German Society for Breeding Science for the Preservation of Genetic Diversity in Farm Animals and issued recommendations for the promotion of endangered breeds in horses, cattle, pigs, sheep and goats for 13 federal states from 1995 to 1999. From 1993 to 2007 he was chairman of the Wilhelm-Schaumann-Stiftung, where he supported the next generation of scientists from agricultural sciences and veterinary medicine, particularly in the processing of practice-related projects, and developed the "Hülsenberg Talks" into an interdisciplinary forum at a high scientific level. In addition to his professional activity, Gravert was still active in equestrian sports well into old age and was in charge of two clubs in Kiel for many years.

Gravert was politically active in the CDU , for which he ran unsuccessfully in the 1969 federal election on the Schleswig-Holstein state list.

Publications (selection)

  • Investigations on the spread in the inheritance of the percentage fat content. Depicted on bulls from the Holstein and Holstein population. Diss. Agricultural Faculty Kiel, 1954.
  • Gert Bonnier, Olof Tedin: Biological variation analysis . The statistical methods for evaluating biological experiments, especially in the field of animal breeding. Translated from Swedish and abbreviated by Hans Otto Gravert, Parey, Hamburg / Berlin 1959.
  • Introduction to population genetics. Printed as a manuscript. Library of the Inst. For World Economy, Kiel 1960.
  • Investigations into the heritability of meat properties in cattle. Habilitation at the Agricultural Faculty of the Univ, Kiel, 1962; in: Zeitschr. f. Tierz. u. Zucht.biol. Volume 78, 1962/63, Issue 1, pp. 43-74 and Issue 2, pp. 139-178.
  • Modern methods of breeding selection in cattle. With Hermann Bogner, Frankfurt a. M., 1965; 4th, revised. Ed., 1980.
  • Ivar Johansson, Jan Rendel: Pet Genetics and Animal Breeding. An animal breeding textbook for practice and study. Translated from the Swedish by Hans Otto Gravert. Parey, Hamburg / Berlin 1966.
  • The most important genetic-statistical terms in animal breeding. With Dietrich Fewson and JK Hinrichsen u. a., Ulmer, Stuttgart 1966.
  • On the situation of the dairy industry in the Federal Republic of Germany and urgent measures to improve it. In: Kieler dairy research reports. Volume 20, Mann, Hildesheim 1968.
  • How do I plan my animal breeding? An easy-to-understand introduction to modern methods of farm animal breeding. Parey, Hamburg / Berlin 1972.
  • In the age of hybrid breeding. DLG-Verlag, Österreichischer Agrarverlag, Frankfurt / Vienna 1974.
  • Introduction to the breeding, feeding and keeping of farm animals. With Rudolf Waßmuth and Joachim Hans Less. Parey, Hamburg / Berlin 1979.
  • Milestones in Genetics. An introduction, illustrated by the discoveries of its most important researchers. By Ivar Johansson and with colleagues. by Arne Müntzing. Translated from Swedish by Hans Otto Gravert. Parey, Hamburg / Berlin 1980.
  • The milk. Production, extraction, quality. With Werner Kübler. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1983.
  • World food. Challenge to crop production and animal husbandry. With Walter Schug and Jens Léon. Knowledge Book Society, Darmstadt 1996.
  • German animal breeding at the end of the 20th century. Issue 16. DGfZ series of publications, Bonn 1999.
  • Recommendations to Promote Endangered Breeds of Pets. In: Breeding Science. 1995 to 1999.
  • 40 years of the H. Wilhelm Schaumann Foundation (1967–2007). With Ernst Kalm. H. Wilhelm Schaumann Foundation for the Promotion of Agricultural Sciences, Hamburg 2008.

Honorary positions

  • Member of the DLG committee for animal breeding and keeping
  • Member of group A22 (Somatotropin) of the Internat. Dairy Association
  • Member of the working committee "Breeding value estimation" of the working group of German cattle breeders (ADR)
  • Member of the ADR working committee "Insemination"
  • Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Commission for Pet Genetics of the European Association for Animal Production (EVT)
  • President of the Commission for Cattle Production of the EVT
  • Chairman of the Society for Animal Science V. (GfT)
  • Long-term member (until 1994), then permanent guest in the committee for genetic-statistical methods in the German Society for Zuchtungskunde (DGfZ)
  • Acting Vice President and member of the DGfZ Main Committee until 1994
  • 1994–1999 chairman of the DGfZ working committee for the conservation of genetic diversity in farm animals
  • Deputy chairman of the "Sustainable Agriculture Promotion Group (FNL)" of the DGfZ
  • 1992 - 2007 Chairman of the Board of the H. Wilhelm-Schaumann-Foundation
  • 1983 Co-founder and head of the "Interbull" working group
  • 4 years President of the Senate of the Federal Research Centers
  • Expert advisor at meetings of the animal breeding consultants of the federal and state governments
  • long-time chairman of the Kiel racing and riding club from 1902 e. V.
  • President of the Kiel Friday Riding Club from 1889

Awards

literature

  • Theophil Gerber: Personalities from agriculture and forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine - Biographisches Lexikon -, NORA, Berlin, 4th exp. Ed., 2014, pp. 249/250
  • Announcements of the DGfZ from September 5, 2007: ( sponsorship award of the H. Wilhelm Schaumann Foundation ).
  • Prof. Dr. Hans Otto Gravert 65 years. In: Zkde. 65, H 5, 1993, pp. 321-322.
  • Klaus Pabst, Philipp R. Prince of Solms-Lich: Hermann von Nathusius Medal for Prof. Dr. agr. Hans Otto Gravert. In: Zkde. 66, No. 6, 1994, pp. 405-406.
  • Obituaries in the “Kieler Nachrichten”, the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” and the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”.
  • Klaus Pabst, Hermann Schulte-Coerne: Obituary for Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Hans Otto Gravert. In: Züchtungskunde, 87, Heft 4, pp. 225–226

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schädtbek experimental station ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mri.bund.de
  2. ↑ Gravert, Hans Otto, Prof. Dr. In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Gaa to Gymnich] (=  KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 395 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 297 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Statements and recommendations of the DGfZ
  4. ^ Announcement from DGfZ: Prize of the Wilhelm Schaumann Foundation
  5. ^ Previous holders of the Hermann von Nathusius Medal of the DGfZ
personal data
SURNAME Gravert, Hans Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German animal breeding scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Itzehoe
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 2015
Place of death Kronshagen