Essays about: "Weighing Animals"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the words Weighing Animals.
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11. Analysis of Unmanned Ground Vehicles systems.
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : With the increasing quantity of soldier equipment in some cases weighing up to 50kg per soldier, a need to decrease the workload of the soldier emerges. There are several conventional solutions in the working, amongst them there are unmanned ground vehicles. READ MORE
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12. Maternal behaviour and mobilization of body reserves for progeny growth : a comparative study between sows and does
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and GeneticsAbstract : The maternal behaviour of sows and does differ greatly. Pigs are precocial animals, i.e. piglets seek their mother for feed, whilst rabbits are altricial animals i. READ MORE
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13. Decision making and the role of empathy in animal ethics committees (AECs)
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : Ethical evaluation of scientific studies carried out using animals is legally mandated in many countries and has been so in Sweden for over three decades. The animal ethics committees (AECs) responsible for the task have however been subjected to criticism; common critique being that the wrong issues are discussed and that the ethical evaluation is thus incomplete, that there is a lack of coherence across committees and that the committees are not as democratic as they might appear. READ MORE
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14. Dried distiller’s grains with solubles and Swedish grown soya beans as protein feeds for dairy bull calves
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : The cattle production in the world has been questioned in Sweden due to its negative impacts on the environment. The use of imported soya bean meal as a protein feed for Swedish cattle results in the cutting of rainforest and an extensive use of pesticides in the countries were the soya beans are produced. READ MORE
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15. Hur kan djurvälfärden inom ekologisk grisproduktion förbättras?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : Grishälsan inom KRAV-certifierad produktion har förändrats det senaste årtiondet och besiktningsstatistik utmärks numera av fler ledanmärkningar, lunginflammationer och leverskador orsakade av parasiter. Detta i kombination med en markant ökad smågrisdödlighet är bekymrande eftersom det strider mot den ökade välfärd som KRAV eftersträvar och konsumenterna efterfrågar. READ MORE
