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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Status: | Pågående |
Projektnummer: | JTI-20-82-482 |
Kategori: | S-JTI | Klimat-, miljö- och produktionsutmaningar |
Ansökningsår: | 2020 |
Huvudsökande: | Cecilia Lindahl |
Organisation: | RISE Research Institutes of Sweden |
E-postadress: | cecilia.lindahl@ri.se |
Telefon: | 010-516 69 38 |
Medsökande: | Charlotta Löfström |
Medsökande: | Cecilia Hagberg |
Heat stress is expected to be of major concern in Swedish animal production systems in the future. The air temperatures in parts of Sweden are expected to correspond to today's temperatures in southern Europe, where livestock experience heat stress today. Excessive thermal load affects the welfare and health of pigs negatively. Confined pigs have limited physiological and behavioural abilities to loose heat. In an effort to loose heat during warmer periods pigs often choose to lay on the cooler slatted floor resulting in pen fouling, increased workload, disturbance of the pigs' resting behaviour and increased agonistic behaviours. Pen fouling also has negative impacts on the air quality (ammonia, airborne bacteria and respirable particles). Floor cooling in pens for fattening pigs has the potential to enhance the thermal and gaseous environment in the fattening pig barns resulting in improved pig welfare, performance and health as well as the working environment.
Värmestress förväntas bli ett stort problem inom svensk animalieproduktion i framtiden. Lufttemperaturerna i delar av Sverige förväntas motsvara dagens temperaturer i södra Europa där produktionsdjur upplever värmestress idag. Bl.a. påverkar alltför hög värmebelastning grisars välfärd och hälsa negativt. Inhysta grisar har begränsade fysiologiska och beteendemässiga möjligheter att göra sig av med överskottsvärme. Redan idag väljer ofta grisarna att lägga sig på det svalare spaltgolvet under varma perioder. Detta leder till nedsmutsning av boxarna, ökad arbetsbelastning, störning av grisarnas vilobeteende och ökade agonistiska beteenden. Smutsiga boxgolv har även en negativ inverkan på stallmiljön som påverkar grisarnas hälsa samt arbetsmiljön negativt. Golvkylning i boxar till slaktsvin har potential att förbättra den termiska och gasformiga miljön i slaktsvinsavdelningar som i sin tur leder till förbättrad djurvälfärd, produktion och hälsa likväl som förbättrad arbetsmiljö.
Projektnummer: O-19-22-292 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2019
The conversion into a bio-based economy in Sweden requires a broad range of initiatives. One of the challenges is that additional sources of biomass will be needed. High yield potential, low conversion and production costs are critical success factors for new raw material. Salix is an energy crop …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-19-23-298 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2019
Adding flowers to the cropping system that support beneficial insects is a promising option to achieve crop protection
in Swedish agriculture and horticulture. However, the wide-spread adoption of this approach has been hampered by
limited economic benefit and the risk of propagating pests and …
Projektnummer: O-19-23-309 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2019
Climate projections for Sweden indicate higher temperatures during summer and larger variability in precipitation between years. This poses enormous challenges for Swedish agriculture. The main aim of this project is to investigate relationships between soil management, soil quality and crop yield. …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-19-47-479 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2019
Insulin dysregulation (ID), a condition with excessive hyperinsulinemia, is the most common cause of laminitis in the horse. Insulin dysregulation is a core component of equine metabolic syndrome. Management strategies for ID include feeding diets low in non-structural carbohydrates, but excessive …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-19-47-485 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2019
This study focuses on the meaning of equine related sports- and leisure activities in the life of persons (children, young and adults) with intellectual disabilities (ID). Regarding equine related activities aimed at people with disabilities people with ID is the largest group who take part in such …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-19-21-317 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2019
Automation technology is developing rapidly, not least in agriculture. Several of the biggest challenges in vehicular automation technology, such as complex interactions with other road users, are less problematic for agricultural vehicles than for road vehicles. There is therefore potential for …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-19-20-312 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2019
About 200 dairy farms in Sweden use recycled manure solids (RMS) as bedding material and the number is increasing. Advantages is low price, reliable availability and good cow comfort. The main disadvantage is the risk of increased bacterial growth on the lying area affecting especially udder health …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-19-20-305 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2019
The project aims are to use the information about cow's DNA profile to estimate the severity of fertility problems caused by specific genetic defects in the Swedish Red (SRB) and Holstein dairy breeds, and to estimate the economic impact of pregnancy losses caused by these genetic defects. Our goal …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-17-21-948 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2017
This project aims at deepening knowledge about drivers of farm business development and about how different strategies for business development impact the financial outcome of the farms. These are our research questions:
1. What are the driving forces for farmers’ choices of different strategies …
Projektnummer: 0034001 • Status: Avslutat • Datum för slutrapport: