Peter Glodek

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Peter Glodek (born December 16, 1934 in Bütow , Mecklenburg) is a German agricultural scientist ; he is professor emeritus for animal breeding and keeping at the University of Göttingen .

Live and act

After the Abitur examination in Neustrelitz in 1954, he studied agriculture at the Humboldt University , completed the practical 2nd year at the Paulinenaue experimental estate of the German Academy of Agricultural Sciences (DAL) in Berlin, moved to Lower Saxony in 1958 and continued to acquire an assistant certificate after further practical training continued his studies at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen . In 1960 he graduated as a qualified farmer here.

This was followed by employment as a research assistant at the Institute for Animal Breeding and Pet Genetics with Fritz Haring . In preparation for his dissertation, Glodek collected material from the most important West German pig breeding associations from Kiel to Forchheim and examined the influence of the Dutch refined country pigs on the breeding of a German meat pig. With this he received his doctorate in 1962 in Göttingen. agr. This was followed by training as an animal breeding trainee in the area of ​​the Hanover Chamber of Agriculture and in 1963 the examination as an assessor in Lower Saxony.

In the following time as a research assistant at the Göttingen Animal Breeding Institute, he made use of stays at leading foreign institutions at the time: for example in 1964/65 at the Institute of Animal Genetics of the Animal Breeding Research Organization in Edinburgh (with Robertson and Falconer) with in-depth studies in the field of population genetics and 1967/68 at the Department of Animal Science at the University of Minnesota as an important center of heterosis research (Comstock and WE Rempel). In 1970 Glodek completed his habilitation in Göttingen, where he received - in the successor to Prof. Ruth Gruhn - initially a C3 professorship, in 1973 a full professorship for pet genetics and now became director of the Institute for Animal Breeding and Pet Genetics. The management of the institute changed with colleagues Diedrich Smidt and then with Hans-Jürgen Langholz . Glodek was a sought-after and recognized university professor in Göttingen for over 30 years and was retired in April 2000.

Appreciation

Glodek has made a great contribution to his research on cattle and horses, but especially on pigs. This concerns the work on the further development of the performance tests and breeding value estimation as well as the breeding possibilities for the economic improvement of the pork production, the meat quality, the sensitivity to stress and breeding methodical research projects. In all of these often foresighted work, he strived for a quick transfer of his results into breeding practice. In this way, in over 30 years of his work, he has made a significant contribution to the continuation of the "animal breeding forge" Göttingen.

Focus of work

  • Influence of the Dutch Landrace on the breeding of the German refined country pig to beef pig in Germany
  • Quantitative genetics and heterosis research
  • Development and use of a sow facility for carrying out and testing breeding experiments
  • Scientific development and support in the transfer of crossbreeding programs in pig breeding in West Germany
  • Development of the principles for the formation of selection indices in pig breeding, the principle of which has been applied in breeding organizations for over 20 years
  • Scientific preparation and support of the federal hybrid breeding program, which has developed into the largest German pig breeding company and after 45 years has a significant share in the market
  • Review and further development of the methodology and evaluation of the performance test and breeding value estimation
  • Selection of saddle-pigs for the collection of frozen semen as a measure for the conservation of an endangered breed
  • In-depth training of certified farmers for animal breeding organizations, administration and advice
  • Expert for the recognition of the breeding company Pig Deutschland GmbH
  • Supervision of 121 diploma theses, 86 dissertations and 5 habilitations
  • Publication of more than 230 publications in scientific and practice-oriented journals
  • Editor of the specialist book "Schweinzucht" (series of publications by Ulmer Verlag)
  • Translator of the specialist book “Introduction to Quantitative Genetics” by Falconer
  • Book chapters in "Animal breeding theory" v. Krausslich, "Handbook Horses" and "Horse Breeding and Horse Feeding"

Publications (selection)

  • The breeding of a German meat pig under the influence of Dutch refined country pigs <Nederlands Landvarken>. Diss. Univ. Göttingen, 1962, 82 pp.
  • About a method that can be used under practical conditions for estimating the meat-forming ability of living pigs with ultrasound. In: Zkde., 36, 1964, pp. 356-370.
  • Construction and properties of selection indices for several characteristics and information sources, discussed using the example of an index for the selection of young boars. Habil.-Schr., Univ. Göttingen, 1970, 128 pp.
  • The Göttingen miniature pig. Edited by Peter Glodek and Benno Oldigs. Berlin u. Hamburg: Parey, 1981, 189 pp.
  • Introduction to Quantitative Genetics. By Douglas S. Falconer, from the English by Peter Glodek, Stuttgart: Ulmer, 1984, 472 pp.
  • Pig farming: basics of pig production. Edited by Peter Glodek, Stuttgart: Ulmer, 9th completely reworked. Ed., 1992, 359 pp.
  • Animal breeding. Ed. Horst Kräusslich, part: Genetics of quantitative characteristics, Stuttgart: Ulmer, 1994.
  • Scientific colloquium on livestock breeding through the ages on the occasion of the retirement of Prof. Dr. Peter Glodek, Professor of Pet Genetics at the Institute for Animal Breeding and Pet Genetics at Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen: December 9, 2002, Göttingen: Cuvillier, 2004, 106 pp.

Honorary positions

  • For eight years managing director of the Institute for Animal Breeding and Pet Genetics at the Georg-August University in Göttingen
  • 1991/92 Dean of the Agricultural Faculty of the Univ. Goettingen
  • many years. Member of the "Committee for Genetic-Statistical Methods in Animal Breeding" of the German Society for Breeding Science (DGfZ)
  • 1990–1998 chairman of the same
  • Long-standing member of the editorial board of the specialist magazine "Züchtungskunde"
  • German coordinator and until summer 2000 Vice President of the Pig Commission of the European Association for Animal Production (EVT)
  • Spokesman for the German delegation of the Pig Commission of the EVT
  • Expert reviewer for animal breeding and keeping in the German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Agriculture and Horticulture Expert Committee of the DFG
  • Member of the examination group of the priority program genome analysis and genome transfer in livestock of the DFG
  • Curator of the Federal Research Center for Agriculture (FAL)
  • Member of the scientific advisory board of the Society for Scientific Data Processing
  • Participation in the scientific advisory board of the Research Institute for Biology agr. Farm animals Dummerstorf b. Rostock
  • Member of the editorial team of the "Archive for Animal Breeding" in Dummerstorf

honors and awards

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literature

  • Gottfried Averdunk and Prince of Solms-Lich : Hermann von Nathusius Medal for Professor Dr. Peter Glodek. In: Züchtungskunde, 72, 2000, Heft 6, 401–403
  • Ernst Ritter: Prof. Dr. habil. Peter Glodek 70 years. In: Archiv für Tierzucht, 47, 2004, Issue 6, 503–504
  • Gabriele Hörstgen-Schwark: Foreword to the Wiss. Colloquium “Livestock Breeding through the Ages” on the occasion of the retirement of Prof. Dr. Peter Glodek, Prof. for Pet Genetics at the Institute for Animal Breeding and Pet Genetics at the Georg-August University Göttingen on December 9, 2002. In: Conference volume, 2002, pp. 2-10
  • Award of the Justus von Liebig Prize by the Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences. Faculty of the Christian-Albrechts-Univ. Kiel / Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS , 2002, 31 pp.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. habil. Peter Glodek 70 years. In Archive for Animal Breeding ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 / arch-anim-breed.fbn-dummerstorf.de
personal data
SURNAME Glodek, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Butow