The feed is a major cost in the dairy production and there is a constant interest in findingalternative cost-effective feedstuffs. Competitive dairy producers have to seek ways todecrease their production costs and the pursuit of cost-effective feed rations contributesto lower costs of production. An interesting group of protein concentrates are rapeseedproducts like ExPro (heat treated rapeseed) which have during the autumn 2008 andspring 2009 been very favourable compared to other protein feeds.This study focuses on the feedstuff products ExPro and Raps-Drank 60/40 (rapeseeddistillersgrain). The potential use of ExPro in dairy cow feed rations are also explored.ExPro is a well known feedstuff but Raps-Drank 60/40 is a relatively new product andnot known for many farmers.A field study on the use of rapeseed products was made on a limited number of dairyfarms. The main purpose was to study the management of the feedstuffs on the farms.The Farms were selected in cooperation with two local extension services.

Drank från sprittillverkningen för humankonsumtion har sedan en längre tid använts som foder till grisar men få studier har gjorts inom området. Med hårdare krav på djuromsorg och djurhälsa, både från staten och för ekonomin i lantbrukarens egen produktion, är det intressant att se Drankens effekt på produktionsegenskaper och hälsa. Syftet med vårt examensarbete är att utvärdera hur Drank fungerar i slaktgrisproduktion med hänsyn till produktionsegenskaper och hälsa. Studien har genomförts som ett fältförsök på gården Björkhem utanför Kristianstad. Tre omgångar grisar med 783 djur i varje omgång (totalt 2349 grisar) har ingått i försöket, som löpt från mars 2012 till januari 2013. I varje omgång fanns en kontrollgrupp samt två försöksled, alla i separata avdelningar. Kontrollgruppen har fått färdigfoder blandat med vatten. I försöksleden har Drank ingått i blandningen och övriga komponenter korrigerats för att ge ett likvärdigt näringsinnehåll i alla foder.

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to describe the post-operative care during the three first days for patients who have undergone colorectal surgery according to ERAS care programs with a focus on the variables nutrition, elimination, activity, type of analgesia and the number of hospital days documented in the patient record and patient log books. ERAS means "Early Recovery After Surgery" and the purpose of the health care program is to accelerate recovery after colorectal surgery. The study had a descriptive design and a quantitative approach, in which 51 patient records were included. Log books and patient records were reviewed postoperatively. According to the log books estimated most of the patients, who had documented, that they ate and Drank very good or good.

The objective of the present study was to evaluate distillers? dried grains with solubles (DDGS) as a protein source to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), by studying digestibility and growth measurements. One control diet, totally lacking DDGS, and three test diets were made containing 10 % (low), 31% (medium) and 51 % (high) DDGS respectively on dry matter (DM) basis. The control diet and the test diets were made to be as nutritionally equal as possible. Wheat bran was used to balance the fiber content of the diets.

The aim of this study was to examine if biological early maturing girls and girls that percieved that boys treated them as older than they actually where Drank more alcohol, were more delinquent, had more romantic relationships and sexual intercourse. Our data was collected from seven schools in Sweden. Significant relationships where found between early maturation and all four dependent variables. Significant relationships could also bee seen between how girls perceived that boys treated them and alcohol use, romantic relationships and sexual intercourse. For two of our dependent measures we found week interaction effects, for girls biological maturation and there perception of how boys treated them according to there age.

Svenska mjölkkor utfodras med proteinfodermedel där en del ofta består av importerat sojamjöl från Brasilien. Sojamjöl är den fraktion av sojabönan som blir kvar sedan oljan extraherats. Sojamjöl är rikt på råprotein och genom ytterligare behandling ökar proteinets våmstabilitet vilket leder till mer aminosyror absorberade i kons tunntarm. Produktionen av brasiliansk soja sker i viss utsträckning på ett tvivelaktigt sätt där regnskogen skövlas, biologisk mångfald går förlorad och invånarna påverkas negativt i och med föroreningar från bekämpningsmedel. Svensk mjölkproduktion har istället för soja möjligheten att utfodra mjölkkorna med inhemska proteinfodermedel, till exempel raps, ärtor, åkerbönor eller biprodukter från öl- och etanolframställning, som drav och Drank.

Today the individual ventilated cage system (IVC-system) is a commonly used housing system for mice in research facilities. IVC systems have HEPA- filters and are designed to control both supply and exhausted air at cage level, as well as temperature and relative humidity in the cages. This creates an optimal environment for the mouse and at the same time a protection against the risk of cross-infection between cages and the outside environment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the health and welfare of breeding females and pups of two different strains of laboratory mice (NMRI nude mice and C57BL/6N) in three different kinds of IVC-systems; Arrowmight, Allentown and Tecniplast. The NMRI nude (Nu) females gave birth to 18 litters in Allentown, 16 litters in Arrowmight and 15 litters in Tecniplast.

The purpose of this trial was to evaluate the possibility to use sampling of faeces, urine and plasma, and measurements of blood pressure as methods of discovering hypomagnesemia in horses, as well as the application handiness of these methods. The most commonly used method of checking the magnesium status of a horse is to analyze samples of serum or plasma. The trial was of a switch-back design, in which the horses were used as their own controls. The animal material was five Swedish warm blooded trotters between six to ten years old, and weighing between 485-620 kg. The trial consisted of three periods that were two months each.

Efterfrågan av lammkött har ökat de senaste åren med följden att även produktionen har ökat. Trots detta produceras bara ca 40 % i Sverige av det som konsumeras. Detta kan delvis förklaras med att det är svårt att få ekonomisk vinning i lammproduktionen och det finns ett behov av forskning och rådgivning som underlättar för producenterna att få en bra produktion som både ger lönsamhet och en god djurvälfärd. I det vilda selekterar får ut de smakligaste och mest näringsrika delarna av växterna. Eftersom det fortfarande är vanligt med får ute på bete större delen av året finns det anledning att tro att det beteendet inte är helt bortavlat och det är även vad tidigare forskning visar på.

The coproduct, dried distillers grains + solubles (DDGS) from ethanol production based on wheat contains much rumen degradable protein and fiber with low digestibility. To compliment this quality in an effective way a grass silage low in protein and much digestible fiber is needed. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of adjusting the crude-protein concentration and fiber quality of the silage when feeding DDGS and of varying the inclusion level of DDGS, when feeding the adjusted grass silage, on intake, milk yield and composition, faecal traits and feed efficiency. Four different total mixed rations were compared. The normal grass-clover silage had a crude protein content of 17,8 % and an NDF content of 46,2 % of dry matter. The adapted grass silage had a crude protein content of 14,6 % and an NDF content of 52,9 % of dry matter. The diets were formulated to have similar nutritional content except for A + 4 which had a higher content of rumen degradable crude protein and a lower concentration of NDF.

Distillers? grain is a by-product of ethanol production. Corn, wheat and barley are the grains that are generally used in the distillery process. Distillers? grain is rich in protein and phosphorus.

During the summer of 2005 a number of steer producers in Skåne, Sweden, found that their animals graded less favourable according to the EUROP carcass grading system when slaughtered, than ordinary. The aim with this project was to determine factors that affects the production result in steer production and to find the reason to the lower classification. The project was initiated by Anita Persson, LRF, Skåne and was preformed with supervision from Ingemar Olsson, SLU, and Jens Fjelkner, Skånesemin. Ten producers of dairy steers located in Skåne was chosen for this study. The producers were interviewed to collect information about their steer production with respect to their planning and results.