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To fence in pastures for sheep today is a major cost, especially because of the time required when using current methods. What takes most time is starting to fence off a new area, but to maintain a fence is also a continuous effort. The main function is to keep the sheep at the …
Respiratory infections are one of the major causes of disease in sheep throughout the world. In the beginning of 2008 the Swedish National Veterinary Institute and the Swedish Animal Health Service together started a project about respiratory infections in Swedish sheep. This …
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Background The Shetland Sheepdog is a popular breed of dogs in Sweden. The breed is mostly used as a companion dog and is also popular within certain dog sports such as agility. The Shetland Sheepdog is not included in any breeding programs regarding joint health. The animal …
… major classes of broad spectrum anthelmintics in a naturally infected flock of sheep of Red Maasai sheep (RM), Dorper sheep (D) and their offsprings on a research farm in Kenya. Resistance to the BZ albendazole (ALB) and most likely also to the imidothiazole levamisole (LEV) had …
Sheep have played a very important part in rural history. In Sweden there were many kinds of small native breeds, kept for their meat and fleece. Women cared for the flock that often had very little to feed on during the cold and sometimes harsh winter months. This meant that …
In Swedish sheep industry it is desired to have lambs slaughtered evenly distributed over the year. Swedish sheep are generally seasonal breeders with lambs born in the spring and slaughtered in the autumn. Some of the breeds, e.g. Swedish Finewool and Roslag sheep breeds have …
En studie av produktion, tafonomi och brända ben från möddingen vid gården Långåker från romersk järnålder
… that he species that are present of the farm are usual Iron Age species (dog, sheep/goat, cattle and swine). We also have a relitivly large number of wild animals in our material (2%). From our taphonomic studies we can conclude that the bone fragments from Långåker is neither …
… yeast. It is generally known that Swedish soils have low Se contents and for sheep, which mostly have a roughage and pasture based diet, this can cause Se deficiency. In this master thesis, different studies were carried out to investigate the Se status of Swedish sheep and the …
… hence the information and knowledge is vast, while the knowledge concerning sheep and TMR is more limited. The aim of this thesis is to present an overview of the scientific knowledge on the subject, and also to compile practical experience from sheep farmers using TMR. The …
… The number of cattle in Sweden have been decreasing while the number of sheep in the country increased by 30%. I examined if there was any differences in the butterfly and herb species diversity between pastures grazed by cattle or sheep. During the fieldwork, ten structurally …
… this bachelor thesis is to describe the use of artificial insemination (AI) in sheep and discuss the possibilities for AI in Sweden. Male and female fertility, heat detection, semen handling and insemination techniques in sheep are described. Advantages and disadvantages of AI …
… was to study causes for wool loss and how common wool loss is in Swedish sheep herds. A questionnaire was sent to 294 sheep owners in Sweden and complemented with an electronic questionnaire online, open for interested sheep owners. Five sheep owners answered further questions …
För artbedömning av får, get och svin utifrån mått av revben
Ribs from sheep, goat and pig are rarely assessed to species due to the fact that they are very similar in their morphology and size. The ribs are instead considered unidentifiable although it is possible to see what kind of bone it is. If these ribs would be identified to …
The evaluation of the function of the feeding of sheep herds is suggested to involve the work effort, the fulfilment of the nutrient needs of the sheep and the feed waste. Mechanisation of the feeding can be very simple or include high degrees of mechanisation. Three different …
The Sheep is the oldest livestock, and has been in Sweden for 4-5000 years. Thanks to that you can obtain skin, as well wool and meat. Therefore it was an important animal. Sheep production has increased, strongly lately due to the pasture support. The purpose of this paper is …
