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: | R-18-26-129 |
Kategori: | Strategic program | Integrated milk production |
Ansökningsår: | 2018 |
Huvudsökande: | Pekka Huhtanen |
Organisation: | Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet |
E-postadress: | pekka.huhtanen@slu.se |
Telefon: | 090-7868701 |
Medsökande: | Rebecca Danielsson |
Medsökande: | Mårten Hetta |
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 a trait, FE must be scientifically defined and the animal's variation in FE linked to feed and animal parameters be further explored. The project will initially use Nordic and international data (big data sets) with information on animal consumption, production, digestibility and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). How the FE property correlates with other properties such as digestion, energy metabolism, N-efficiency and health will be calculated to create opportunities for a successful Nordic breeding program. New methods, techniques and calculations will be developed to estimate FE at farm level, which may lead to new methods and tools for use in classical and genomic selection systems.
Förbättrad fodereffektivitet (FE) är en central parameter för ökad hållbarhet i modern mjölkproduktion. Projektet syftar till att öka effektiveten att omvandla foder till mjölk och minska mjölkproduktionens miljöpåverkan. För att näring och avelsföretag skall kunna inkludera FE som en egenskap, måste FE vetenskapligt definieras och djurens variation i FE kopplat till foder- och djurparametrar kartläggas ytterligare. Projektet kommer initialt att använda nordiska och internationella data (big data set) med information om djurens konsumtion, produktion, smältbarhet och utsläpp av växthusgaser (GHG). Hur egenskapen FE korrelerar till andra egenskaper som smältbarhet, energimetabolism, N-effektivitet och hälsa kommer att beräknas för att skapa möjligheter till ett framgångsrikt Nordiskt avelsprogram. Nya metoder, tekniker och beräkningar kommer att utvecklas för att skatta FE på gårdsnivå, vilket kan leda till nya metoder och verktyg för användning i klassiska och genomiska urvalssystem.
Projektnummer: O-18-20-175 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
The project aims to lay the foundation for genomic selection in Swedish beef cattle populations. Genomic selection has revolutionized animal breeding and much increased genetic progress in e.g. dairy cattle. Improved animal breeding increases production efficiency and genomic selection enables …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-15-47-097 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2015
Development of resistance to anthelmintics is a threat to equine welfare. As with antibiotics, restrictive use with anthelmintics in order to retain the effect is essential. Current recommendation for deworming is targeted selective treatment to individuals shedding a certain amount of parasite …
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 …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-17-47-302 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2017
Horse in traffic is a qualitative case study that aims to provide knowledge about interactions between horse, horse users and modern road traffic, and which type of measures might be needed to improve road safety. Providing knowledge about typical events and situations for equestrians and horse …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-17-47-287 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2017
Grass for grazing or forage production contains variable amounts of carbohydrates, which often are described as the good (fiber), the bad (sugar) and the ugly (fructans) in relation to prevention, and development of diseases like insulin resistance and laminitis. There is a large variation in …
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 …
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