Essays about: "animal dung"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words animal dung.

  1. 1. Refining the particulate matter airway deposition arising from indoor cooking-related biomass combustion for children in the Haramaya district in Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi

    Author : Kasper Malmborn; [2023]
    Keywords : Air pollution exposure; charcoal; wood; animal dung; low-income setting epidemiology; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Background: Air pollution, a global issue affecting millions of individuals, is linked to adverse health effects on the respiratory system, but also to e.g., cancer and cardiovascular ailments. In low-income countries, cooking is often conducted by biomass-combustion, causing women and children to be exposed to high levels of indoor air pollution. READ MORE

  3. 2. Day or night? Testing thermal imaging technology for estimating ungulate population densities in southern Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Julia Nowak; [2023]
    Keywords : monitoring; ungulates; thermal imaging; population density; distance sampling; Dama dama;

    Abstract : To be able to make a proper judgement and choose the best management or conservation solution when working with populations of wild ungulates or any other wildlife, it is important to obtain good estimates of population densities. Inventing or improving wild animal monitoring methods is a key to protect what may be endangered or to avoid human-wildlife conflicts. READ MORE

  4. 3. Utformning av spaltbevattning : kan det vara vägen mot renare grisar?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Cecilia Johansson; [2019]
    Keywords : spaltbevattning; droppbevattning; duschbevattning; djurvälfärd; boxhygien; slaktsvinstall;

    Abstract : Hygien i svenska slaktsvinsstallar och arbetsbelastningen under sommartid kan vara ett problem i Sverige på grund av att grisarna använder den fasta liggytan som gödselyta under sommartid. Att grisen försöker kyla sig när den utsätts för värmestress, hög beläggning, icke optimal utfodringsstrategi samt ökad produktivitet är faktorer som alla bidrar till dålig boxhygien. READ MORE

  5. 4. Fluralaner : – en säker substans med hög effektivitet?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Sanna Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Isoxazoliner; fluralaner; Bravecto; Exzolt; säkerhet;

    Abstract : Fluralaner är en ny ektoparasiticid som tillhör substansgruppen isoxazoliner och introducerades på marknaden 2014 av MSD Animal Health. För närvarande finns det bara två veterinärmedicinska läkemedel på marknaden som innehåller fluralaner, vilka är Bravecto™ och Exzolt™. READ MORE

  6. 5. Effect of restoration and surrounding grassland proportion on the dung beetle metapopulation abundance in the fragmented semi-natural grasslands : dung beetles in restored semi-natural grasslands

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Vivek Babu; [2018]
    Keywords : dung beetle; grassland proportion; restoration; Aphodius; Geotrupes; abundance; semi-natural grassland; Scarabaeidae; metapopulation; habitat fragmentation; landscape ecology;

    Abstract : The importance of landscape composition surrounding the local habitats is increasingly recognized, especially with goal of enhancing the understanding about its role in various conservation frameworks. The dung beetles which depend on human mediated ephemeral resources (Dung from domestic animal) gives a valuable opportunity for understanding landscape moderated effects of both the landscape structure as well as sensitive grazing management on the local populations of semi-natural grasslands in Sweden. READ MORE