Lantbruks- och trädgårdsföretagarnas egen forskningsstiftelse finansierar behovsdriven forskning för svenska förhållanden.
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Lantbruks- och trädgårdsföretagarnas egen forskningsstiftelse finansierar behovsdriven forskning för svenska förhållanden.
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Projektnummer: O-16-23-749 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2016
Swedish farmers, advisors, authorities and researchers are working together towards the same goal of Zero Eutrophication by reducing losses of nutrients and sediment from agricultural land to streams, lakes and the Baltic Sea. The Focus on Phosphorus project was carried out to test measures of …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-18-47-390 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
Laminitis, an extremely painful disease of the equine foot, is most commonly caused by elevated insulin
concentrations in blood (hyperinsulinemia). Therefore, strategies to reduce hyperinsulinemia in horses are warranted.
Studies in obese children with insulin dysregulation and hyperinsulinemia …
Projektnummer: H-18-47-401 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
The goal of the applied project is to shed light on overlooked aspects of the complex subject of horse welfare.
Because of the specific position stall owners have, they are especially suitable to contribute to our knowledge about
the possibilities and limitations that set the conditions for …
Projektnummer: O-18-21-139 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
Farmers with animal production can experience different types of criticisms directed against their activities from consumers, the media and inspecting government agencies. On another level, criminal acts are directed against the farm's activities and people on the farm, The main goal is to …
Läs merProjektnummer: V0530011 • Status: Avslutat • Datum för slutrapport:
Projektnummer: H-17-47-286 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2017
Motor laterality, such as left or right-handedness, is a well-known asymmetric phenomenon in both humans and animals, incl. horses. Concurrently, lameness caused by orthopaedic injury is a common cause for asymmetry. In our study of riding horses in training, 73 % had motion asymmetries, warranting …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-18-47-383 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
A few years ago, media reported on a 7 year-old girl who was killed during a riding lesson. The accident evokes questions about children, horses and safety. Children are small and horses big, and the horse is a herd and prey animal whose behaviour is partly controlled by instincts. Today, many …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-18-47-406 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
The overall aim of this project is to improve equine health and welfare by identifying causative mutations for inherited diseases to aid informed breeding of healthy horses. We will use a comparative genomics approach, combining whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and bioinformatics with state-of-the-art …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-18-47-393 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
Soft tissues around the kneecap (patella) as a cause of equine lameness is an area yet to be scientifically investigated but that is often clinically treated with “alternative” methods without an established diagnosis. In human medicine, patellar tendinosis is a common verified diagnosis. …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-18-47-403 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
This project will study the social, cultural and economic impact of the equine sector on local development. Furthermore, ti will study the land and resource use of the equine sector and how it co-exist and collaborate with other sector and other land use locally. The starting point for social and …
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