411 uppsatser · sida 9 av 28
a case study of goals and decision-making within the household
… the year. The pastoral dairy production has two vital characteristics; breeding and milking. Traditionally, breeding is the men’s responsibility, while milking is the duty of women. Depending on this partition of chores between men and women, they also have different management …
… has been addressed many times, and its salvation has also been addressed by breeding. Breeding for increased piglet survival has been successful, but is time consuming and could not be seen as a quick fix. Through analyzes of production results, interviewing staff about …
… and can probably be used as indirect selection criteria of fertility in breeding programs. Research has also shown that certain genes, associated with fertility and metabolism, are epigenetically regulated. Epigenetics explains variations in gene expression that not originates …
… thereby causes vision loss and blindness. The disease affects many different breeds and is inherited. What have been shown is that it is different genes that had become mutated in the different breeds, this conclude that despite similar clinical symptoms, the underlying reason …
Rektaliseringsmodellen Breed?n Betsy är tänkt att användas som ett komplement till undervisningen med levande djur i anatomi- och reproduktionskurserna på veterinärprogrammet vid Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (SLU). Modellen består av en metallram där bäcken och konstgjorda …
… to care for them. A major social issue is the societies viewpoint to fighting breeds and similar breeds with an aggressive behavior. We experience that there is an increasing problem with aggressive dogs and their owners in Sweden that needs to be taken seriously.The aim of our …
… outwintering animals that had not gone to court. The results showed that some breeds were overrepresented in animal welfare cases involving outwintering animals, and that the opinions differed when it came to the weather resistance of such breeds. Gaps in knowledge were found …
… resourcebased parameters were observed. Twelve one-year old stallions of the breed Gotland ponies purchased from different breeders were used in the study. They were divided into three groups and released in equivalent enclosures of the size eight to ten acres, consisting of one …
… are in this literature review summarized to investigate whether selective breeding could be useful to improve purebred dogs´ health and welfare. The four traits are leg length, leg weakness, hip joint and elbow joint conformation. When summarized, the genetic parameters are …
… only one or two cows, and in intensive farming systems. There are 17 cattle breeds in Ethiopia and some of them are more suitable for milk production than others. Several environmental and economic problems arise from livestock holding in the country, for example overgrazing …
en studie över 249 hästar under perioden 2002 till 2005 försäkrade i Agria
… insurance company Agria. Survival was studied with respect to age, gender, breed, diagnosis (small intestinal problems, caecal problems, large intestinal problems, incarceration in nephrosplenic ligament, unspecific colic and other colic problems) and treating hospital …
… than other forms of diabetes (median age 6 years compared to 9 years). The breeds seen in this study were mostly breeds that have previously been reported to have a predisposition for diabetes. All dogs affected had an onset of the disease no earlier than week four of the …
Rhodesian ridgeback is a dog breed that originates from southern Africa. The characteristic ridge (a dorsal ridge where the hair grows in the opposite direction to the general coat) is shared with an Asian breed, Thai ridgeback. The origin and inheritance of the ridge has been …
en fallstudie
… 28 dogs had died, while 14 were still alive. The dogs were of 26 different breeds, of predominantly large breeds. The first seizure occurred at a mean age of 4 years, with a range from 2 months to 12 years of age. The average time between onset of seizures and death was 2,5 …
… with high morbidity and mortality and with a high prevalence in certain breeds. Predominatly large breeds are affected, such as Great danes, Newfoundlands, Deerhounds and Dobermanns. One exception is Cocker spaniels, where both American and English Cocker spaniels are affected …
