During one week (9-13 May, 2005) the use of veterinary diets for the hospitalised patients att the University clinic was registered. The Animal owners were interviewed by telephone six months later about the feeding after coming home. Four out of ten Animal owners answered yes to the question if the veterinarian had asked what food their Animal normally consumed. Out of 35 Animals, 15 (43%) were prescribed to a veterinary diet. Among cats it was 8 out of 14 (57%) and among dogs it was 7 out of 21 (33%). Four Animals out of ten were recommended a veterinary diet when going home, but 20% did not follow the recommendation all the way through and stopped feeding their Animal the veterinary diet. Reasons that were given was that the diet didn't last the entire period, that the Animal didn't need the diet anymore according to the owner and one dog that became to lean when fed the diet. The diagnosis for these three dogs was vomiting, foreign body in the digestive system and bloody diarrhoea.

This thesis examines the presence of threats and violence directed towards Animal welfare inspectors/ officers. The main tool is a survey regarding threats and violence directed at Animal welfare inspectors/officers. The questionnaire was distributed to Animal welfare inspectors/ officers who worked on 15 of the country's 21 provincial governments. The response rate of the survey was 68.9 percent. The main conclusion of the study is that threats and violence directed at Animal welfare inspectors/ officers are common.

The obesity problem in the world is growing bigger and today even our companion Animals are becoming heavier. In this paper the importance of a balanced diet for the companion Animal is emphasised. There are many disadvantages for the Animal and for the owner if the Animal becomes obese and it is important to stress the facts on what the consequences might be. There are several medical conditions connected to obesity and a short summary of these will be discussed. It is often easier to prevent obesity rather than loosing the overweight and some ideas of how to do this is looked in to. In many veterinary clinics today, the veterinary nurse is the first and sometimes the only person to see the Animal.

In all types of learning situations, it is important to find each student where they are at the moment in knowledge. I have reflections about  what Animal experience students have with them when they begin their education. This thesis is about what home environment and in home environment acquried Animal experience student at agricultural college have. This work is based on data collected through questionnaire survey done in two agricultural colleges in middle Sweden in the spring of 2007. Questions were divided into four blocks, historical data such as on the environment in which pupils are growing up, Animal habit, why they read on agricultural school and future data on what plans students have for future education and careers.

X-rays are a potential risk for Animal health care personnel. The present study will examine the risks for scattered radiation to the personnel, if no lead gloves are used when holding an Animal during the x-ray examination. Furthermore, how the impact of the exposure values and body parts examined, affect the scattered dose to the hands of the holder. Also, the distance between the Animal and the hand that holds it was evaluated to see the impact on scattered radiation exposure. Tested by a survey, to Animal health care students, the frequency of the usage of lead gloves in Swedish Animal hospitals was studied. According to the results from the analysis, Animal health care personnel don't need to use lead gloves every time they hold an Animal or a cassette during x-ray examinations.

Traditionally risk-based measures have been used to assess Animal welfare in legislation and certification schemes. With increased knowledge and research, debate today tends to focus on and advocate the use of Animal-based measures. However this is not a panacea for welfare and the most sound conclusion should be that assessment of Animal welfare needs both. The aim of this thesis is to identify the points that need to be taken into consideration to find the optimal balance in the use of input and outcome measures according to the aim of the assessment and how these should be applied when designing a certification scheme? To answer this, a comparison of the use of resource-based, management-based and Animal-based measures in two certification schemes for dairy cow welfare, Freedom Food (UK) and Svenskt Sigill (SWE), was made.

Feral Animal populations are distributed over many parts of the world and are often seen as a problem. Since they are a threat against other species, destroy farmlands and can spread dis-eases, they are often referred to as pests. Artificial selection has contributed to loss of genetic diversity in our domesticated Animals. Feral Animal populations are affected by natural selec-tion, which allows them to adapt to the environment. Their ability to adapt is a reason to see them as pests but can also be seen as an asset.

On December 1th 2009 the Lisbon Treaty entered into force, and through Article 13, the recognition of Animals as sentient being was given a more visible part in the very core of EU law. This was an effect of a political decision to commit to the issue, partly because of the will to further harmonize the EU market, but also due to increased societal concern for the wellbeing of Animals. Over the last decades, ethical awareness is growing in many countries, one reason being new scientific discovery. This influences legislators and policy makers to take proper action, and in this way, ethics and science often work together as the very basis for the development of new legislation and policies. There is yet to be seen what the actual consequences of Article 13 will be, since the legal obligation remains the same and there are still some reservations in it.

Stressful routines for Animal handling can reduce immune function and productivity of Animals. If stakeholders are handling Animals aversively, Animals will show increased expressions of fear for humans and higher stress levels which lead to the compromise of Animals? welfare. In Ethiopia, there are no legislations to protect Animals from suffering or discomfort. The main objective of this study was therefore to analyse welfare of cattle on Animal markets in Ethiopia and map out supply chains of Animals to these markets.

There are several ways in which people can relate to eating or not eating Animals. This essay is focussing two main strategies: Making distances and drawing borders.Today, there are several reasons for not eating meat, including environmental reasons, individual and public health reasons, ethical reasons and more. Yet, people eat more meat than ever. According to the UN, this is a major problem. In 2006 the report Livestock?s long shadow pointed out that meat consumption was a bigger problem from an environmental point of view, than global transports, including air-traffic.

In this Bachelor thesis an Animal bone material from Västergarn parish is analyzed and discussed. The purpose of this thesis is to gain more knowledge about the Viking Age/Early Medieval Västergarn. Västergarn has a few remains from former days which have been discussed throughout the years and are still a bit of a mystery for archaeologists. The main focus is to inquire into whether Västergarn was an urban, complex society or a rural settlement. This will be done by studying the Animal husbandry from the property of Snauvalds 1:2.

Sweden?s Animal legislation was adopted in 1988 and is one of the most rigorous legislations in the world. Despite this, Sweden import beef from countries where Animal legislation is not in accordance to the Swedish legislation. The meat consumption in Sweden has, just like the importation of beef, increased while Sweden?s own beef production has decreased.

West Pokot County is located in North Western part of Kenya where the previous lifestyle was nomadic pastoralism. However, in recent years the semi-arid county has been under dramatic developments and a sedentary agro-pastoral lifestyle is now growing. This is a major change in production systems and there is a big knowledge gap especially for the livestock based agro-pastoral systems. The main objective of this study was to investigate the current situation of Animal husbandry in West Pokot. Twenty farmers were interviewed in Chepareria Division, using semi-structured interviews to investigate if the use of enclosures have had any effect on Animal husbandry in West Pokot and if so, how have this method affected the Animal husbandry? The results of the study indicated that there is a difference in Animal husbandry between farms using enclosures and farms not using enclosures.

Developed model for easier Animal welfare assessment- with examples from dairy cows in loose housingAnimals in captivity are completely dependent on human care. If captive Animals are prevented from exhibiting their natural behavior, they may suffer. Animal welfare inspectors, who insure that the Animal welfare legislation is followed, use a checklist to assess the situation in the husbandry. This checklist contains only two levels of assessment, which may result in a lack of detail in the assessment of the husbandry. The objective of this report was to develop a more detailed model that provides an overview of the situation in husbandry.

Exotic small Animals that are commonly kept as pets include aquarium fish, cage and aviary birds, rodents, rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), reptiles and amphibians. These different kinds of Animals, even species within the same class, may differ markedly from each other regarding physiology and requirements. Although these species are common in both Swedish households and in pet trade, many Animal keepers have a lack of knowledge about the origin and requirements of their pets. This is a cause of several health problems seen in Animals which are held in captivity. In Sweden, the county administrative boards perform all Animal welfare controls.