Migration is a worldwide phenomenon that has occurred for thousands of years in a vast variety of species. The general knowledge of migrating animals is poor even though billions of animals from a range of different groups migrate every year. The human impact on migrating ungulates is high and many populations are declining globally due to direct and indirect causes. Hence it becomes vital to study the migration phase and the habitat and resources selected during migration. The objective with this study was to identify the habitat characteristics and resource selection of moose during migration and compare the selection between different seasons and utilization distribution (relative frequency distribution for the points of location of an animal over a period of time) categories.

Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of the zoonotic disease tularaemia, is highly contagious and potentially fatal for a wide range of wildlife species of the northern hemisphere, also humans. Although recognized as a pathogen for over 100 years, much still remains to be elucidated concerning the ecology and transmission of the bacterium, hence this literature overview aims at compiling data regarding the aquatic association and the role of mosquitoes in transmission of Francisella tularensis subspecies holartica, the sole subspecies in Sweden. While a linkage between the bacterium and natural waters stands beyond dispute, there is no consensus in the literature concerning its potential as a reservoir. However, two prevailing theories can be distinguished; one proposes the water association being Mammaldependent and thus merely the result of contamination from semi-aquatic Mammals living in close vicinity to the water source. The other, quite contrary, suggests Mammal-independence and hence that water, possibly in association with protozoa, serves as an environmental reservoir for the bacterium.

The Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor) belongs to the Carnivore-family and is a species endemic to North America. Every year hundreds of orphaned raccoon cubs are admitted into the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota (WRCM), a non-profit organization where all injured or orphaned wild animals are admitted and receive quality health care with the goal of being released out into the wild. The WRCM routinely vaccinate all of the admitted raccoon cubs with a killed feline panleucopenia vaccine, but despite this there are outbreaks of parvovirus infection every year where up to 50% of the admitted cubs have been euthanized or died. The objective of this study was to determine whether vaccinating the admitted raccoon kits has any significant protective effect to developing clinical parvoviral disease. A single-blinded cohort study was designed with two parallel, independent groups. One group was given a dose of killed feline parvovirus vaccine at admission, and the other group was not given any vaccination at all. Assignment to the vaccinated or unvaccinated group was on a per-litter basis and done randomly by drawing lots out of a box.

Däggdjur diar sina ungar under den första tiden efter förlossningen men hos många arter består moderskapet av mer än att bara erbjuda mat. Många däggdjur som hålls i fångenskap har separerats från sina mödrar långt tidigare än vad som sker i naturen och separationen sker ofta abrupt utan möjlighet för ungarna att successivt vänja sig vid de nya förutsättningarna som separationen innebär. Syftet med den här litteraturstudien är att undersöka vad som är viktigt i moder-unge-relationen, för att sedan titta på hur däggdjurs beteende påverkas av att förlora sin mamma tidigt i livet, och hur problemen kan undvikas med exempel från häst, får, nötkreatur, gris, gnagare, mink och primat. Det sociala bandet som bildas mellan moder och unge strax efter födseln är viktigt för att de ska känna igen varandra och hos vissa arter är det livsviktigt för ungarnas näringsintag och överlevnad. Hos de flesta arter verkar dock moderns närvaro och omvårdnad vara minst lika viktig, om inte viktigare för ungarnas utveckling och välbefinnande.

The mouse (Mus musculus) is the most commonly used Mammal in biomedical research and can easily be restrained by both hand and by a device. Restraining animals causes stress that not only decreases the animal?s wellbeing, but may also influence the research results. The first aim of this study was to train mice to voluntarily stand still using positive reinforcement training. Another benefit of teaching a mouse to stand still is that you can avoid anaesthesia for some procedures.