Essays about: "kalvhydda"

Found 3 essays containing the word kalvhydda.

1. 1. Kalvhyddans utformning : påverkan på kalvens hälsa och komfort

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

   Author : Sofia Lindman; [2013]
   Keywords : kalvhydda; inhysningssystem för kalvar; byggnadsfunktion; kalvhälsa; smittryck;

   Abstract : This paper aims to, through a literature review, examine how to best design and adapt calf huts to meet the calf's physiological requirements and reduce the infection pressure for enteric and respiratory diseases. It illuminates how the calf relates to different temperatures and climate, which temperature control mechanisms it uses and its ability to perform these regulations, as well as providing a summary of the past decades´ research on the calf huts housing system. READ MORE

3. 2. Inhysningssystem för kalvar och ungdjur i större besättningar

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Rural Buildings and Animal Husbandry [LBT]

   Author : Kristin Petersson; [2008]
   Keywords : inhysningssystem; kalv; ungdjur; rekryteringsdjur; stall; stallbyggnader;

   Abstract : In Sweden, there has been a continuous increase in the volume of housing construction for dairy cattle. Since 2004, the number of new, rebuilt and extended dairy cow houses undergoing preliminary inspection by the authorities has grown. READ MORE

4. 3. Optimal välfärd och hälsa för kalvar

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Martin Fredriksson; [2006]
   Keywords : optimering; välfärd; hälsa; kalvar;

   Abstract : In order to optimize calf welfare and health it is important to know the behavior of cattle in free ranging conditions. When the cow is about to give birth to a calf she will leave the heard about 12 hours before. It is then rather obvious that isolating the cow about calving time in a single pen is imitating the cows' natural behavior. READ MORE