The main research objective is the development of a rapid test on Acute Phase Proteins (APPs) for animal health, animal welfare and food safety. This activity has three subtasks:

• Development of an APP rapid test at lab level.
• Implementation of the rapid test into pork production at farm level. The developed rapid test shall be implemented for on-farm use at living pigs to identify their health status. Aim of this approach is the incorporation of routinley APP monitoring in integrated quality systems that allows a sequential health analysis of pig stocks.
• Analysis of relationships between APP levels and meat quality traits based on studies of the universities of Bonn and Aarhus.