Kartläggning av prestationsegenskaper, genetisk variation och hälsa hos kallblodstravaren

This SLU - NMBU collaborative study seeks to improve the performance, health and welfare of the Norwegian/ Swedish Coldblooded trotter. Experts in Equine clinical veterinary medicine, performance evaluation and genetic testing will analyze the genome of this horse breed for: 1) race performance …

Pneumonia is the most prevalent disease in Swedish feedlot cattle herds, causing mortality as well as affecting weight gain, rearing time and economy. Viral infections, including bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) and bovine coronavirus (BCV) as major actors, cause respiratory disease. …

Piglet mortality in Swedish pig herds is too high and if the sow should be completely loose or fixed a short time in connection with farrowing, is an important issue.
However, to perform internationally publishable studies of piglet mortality, parallel studies in the same herd, are required. These …

We are currently evaluating the effectiveness of grass buffer strips (GBS-eff) for nutrient retention. Today, there are no obligations to cut or remove the grass on GBS which may lead to phosphorus (P) saturation. In the on-going field experiments we are testing if removal (harvesting) the grass …

Part time grazing where dairy cows are offered high pasture allowance during daytime has given good results compared with exercise pasture. We now want to study if even better results can be achieved with part-time grazing morning+evening or at night. Results have shown that automatically milked …

The project aims to develop a novel strategy to improve longevity and maternal traits in a pig breeding program. We will evaluate the use of genetic markers on crossbred animals to strength pig breeding. A method called genomic selection (GS) will be used, which utilizes DNA-markers for the genetic …

Winter wheat harvests shows large variations over the years, and for the optimal plant population in the spring sowing time, stand establishment and winter survival is crucial. We want to examine the relation between sowing time, seed rate and temperature, and how it affects winter wheat crop …

The competitiveness of Swedish agriculture is discussed extensively in media. Lean is a managerial strategy that developed in post-war Japan. Studies of manufacturing and service companies show better capacity utilization, quality control and ability to follow price signals. The issue is if lean …

The aim of this project is to optimize management decisions in large dairy herds by integrating systematic on-farm experimentation into advanced dairy herd management systems, i.e. an evolutionary management system. Systematic experimentation is a way to detect and estimate the effects of changing …