Collections & services

The Leibniz-IZW offers a broad spectrum of collections and services. Our services are carried out according to guidelines of Good Laboratory Practice with state-of-the-art methods and quality management.

Scientific collections

The Leibniz-IZW maintains five scientific collections of international importance that represent an indispensable resource for comparative studies and support the diverse services offered by the institute as a reference centre for wildlife biology and veterinary medicine. 

Scientific services

The Leibniz-IZW offers its expertise and methodological competence to external partners from science, industry, conservation and the zoo community through a broad spectrum of research-oriented services. We are strongly committed to developing new and improving existing methods for wildlife research. In this way, state-of-the-art methods and techniques employed for the Leibniz-IZW services are constantly advanced and complemented with novel approaches arising from the results of the institute’s research.