Essays about: "levandevikt"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word levandevikt.

  1. 1. Vad påverkar slaktgrisens renlighet i boxen? : kartläggning av grisens gödslingsbeteende i boxen och hur problemet kan minskas

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

    Author : Linnéa Andersson; Isabelle Karlsson; [2021]
    Keywords : slaughter pigs; indoor pens; drained floors; fully and partly slatted floors; fouling;

    Abstract : Slaktgrisstallar är vanligtvis byggda för ca 400 djurplatser. Boxarna brukar vara anpassade för 10 – 12 grisar med en slaktvikt på ca 100 kg levandevikt. Boxen där grisarna ska inhysas har ett minimikrav på storlek baserat på svenska Jordbruksverkets författningssamling. READ MORE

  3. 2. Factors influencing variation in birth weight and its impact on later performance in Swedish Yorkshire pigs

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Paulina Wahlgren; [2018]
    Keywords : Piglets; birth weight; field performance test; backfat thickness; growth performance;

    Abstract : The phenotypic variation in piglet birth weight caused by gender, birth parity number and litter size, and later how this variation in birth weight influenced growth rate until 100 kg and backfat thickness at 100 kg live weight were analysed in this study. Data on purebred Swedish Yorkshire pigs from 13 nucleus herds was the base for the analyses. READ MORE

  4. 3. Vaccinerad hangris : optimal lysinhalt?

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

    Author : Louise Lundahl; [2017]
    Keywords : vaccinerade hangrisar; lysin; protein; foder; tillväxt; klassning; kompensatorisk tillväxt; kväveutsläpp; foderstrategi;

    Abstract : Vaccination against boar taint with Improvac® is one of the alternatives to surgical castration. It was not until 2009 the use of Improvac® was approved within EU. There is a lack of Swedish studies concerning the requirement of protein and lysine to vaccinated male pigs. READ MORE

  5. 4. Piglets milk intake during nursing in sows treated with oxytocin

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Elin Karlsson; [2017]
    Keywords : sow; oxytocin; milk stasis; piglet; weight changes; weigh-suckle-weigh; milk ejection; milk let down;

    Abstract : Milk ejection occurs in response to release of the hormone oxytocin from the pitui-tary, and this hormone is also used as treatment of milk stasis in sows in the Swe-dish piglet production. Today, there are few reports on the effect of oxytocin injec-tion on sow milk let down, piglet and sow nursing behaviour or piglet milk intake. READ MORE

  6. 5. The effect of production system on carcass and meat quality in lambs

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Elin Stenberg; [2017]
    Keywords : intact male lamb; production system; pH; temperature; lactate;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to evaluate effects of different production models in Swedish lamb production on live weight gain (LWG), carcass quality and meat quality. The experiment included four typical production models for weaned male lambs in Sweden; indoor feeding (group 1), grazing on cultivated pasture (meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds. READ MORE