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Status: | Pågående |
Projektnummer: | S-17-24-784 |
Kategori: | Agria |
Ansökningsår: | 2017 |
Huvudsökande: | Christer Bergsten |
Organisation: | SLU |
E-postadress: | christer.bergsten@slu.se |
Telefon: | 040415475 |
Medsökande: | Marie Jansson Mörk |
Medsökande: | Evgenij Telezhenko |
Slippery floors results in falls and injuries which can be fatal. Moreover, on dairy farms slippery floors impede oestrus behaviour and ease of heat detection and as result cause economical losses due to impaired fertility. Grooving is the most common way to treat concrete floors to reduce slipperiness. This study aims to evaluate the effect of grooving of concrete walkways on the slipping risk of cattle. For that purpose the project aims to develop a state of the art, animal-oriented model for assessment of slipping. Most informative movement parameters associated with animal manoeuvrability on a slippery surface will be established from inertial sensors and 3D movements of the cow using multiple high-speed video cameras and reflective markers in a locomotion laboratory. The best adaptable model from the locomotion laboratory will then be used to test cows on dairy farms before and after longitudinal or diamond pattern grooving the walkway surfaces.
Halkiga golv ökar risken för fallolyckor med fläckning och andra traumatiska skador som kan vara fatala. I mjölkbesättningar påverkar halkiga golv kornas brunstbeteende vilket gör det svårare att upptäcka brunst vilket i sin tur leder till sämre fertilitet. Det vanligaste sättet att minska halkighet och öka gångsäkerheten på betonggolv är att rilla golvet. Denna studie avser att undersöka hur rillning av betonggolv påverkar nötkreaturs risk för att halka. För att bedöma halkrisken på olika underlag kommer en högteknologisk djurmodell att utvecklas. De viktigaste parametrarna som kan relateras till kons sätt att röra sig på halkiga underlag identifieras med hjälp av sensorteknik samt med 3D teknik och höghastighetsfilming i ett rörelselabb sedan kon försetts med reflekterande markörer. Den mest fältanpassade modellen från rörelselabbet kommer därefter att användas för att testa kor i bruksbesättningar före och efter att golven har rillats longitudinellt eller med diamantmönster.
Projektnummer: R-18-25-022 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
The root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne hapla, is an increasing problem in carrot cultivation in Sweden and Europe. Soil analysis is extremely important to plan sustainable crop rotations, reduce nematode multiplication in soil and eventually minimize yield loss. Traditional soil analyses are time …
Läs merProjektnummer: R-18-26-129 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
Improved feed efficiency (FE) is a key parameter for increased sustainability in modern diary production. The project aims to increase the efficiency of converting feed into milk and reducing the environmental impact of dairy production. In order for farmers and breeding companies to include FE as …
Läs merProjektnummer: 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-15-47-063 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2015
The purpose is to examine haylage 'intolerance' in horses, which is expressed as diarrhoeic faeces in some horses when they are fed haylage (sometimes also when fed hay). A typical appearance is two-phase faeces - one solid and one liquid. It is not known why or how this condition appears, and it …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-16-47-182 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2016
Joint inflammation (osteoarthritis) is a common cause of lameness in horses. There is a need for safe and effective treatments of the disease. Blood derived autologous biological products such as autologous conditioned serum (ACS) and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) are used as intra-articular …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-16-47-178 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2016
Many horses in training show motion asymmetries, but it is not known if these are due to pain caused by training; or due to individual biological variations. The aim of this project is to initiate three cohort studies where changes in motion symmetry will be monitored over time in riding horses and …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-16-47-193 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2016
Resistance against antiparasitic drugs is now an increasing problem. Despite a lot of effortd put on preventive measures, such as egg counting and selective treatments, there is still a need for alternative and sustainable methods that do not result in rapid development of drug resistance. The …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-16-47-192 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2016
The current project has a basic science and a clinical relevance part. The main project aim is to describe the blood supply to the growth cartilage of the small tarsal bones in young Icelandic Horses. Similar studies of the blood supply to long bones that ossify from three separate centers have …
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