Essays about: "ANIMAL Sex"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 242 essays containing the words ANIMAL Sex.

  1. 1. ESTIMATION OF RADIATION EXPOSURE FROM NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES IN FOOD AND FOODSTUFF

    University essay from

    Author : Ida Bengtsson; [2022-01-13]
    Keywords : Medical physics; Naturally occurring radionuclides; committed effective dose from ingested radionuclides; Biokinetic models;

    Abstract : Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to provide an estimation of the committed effective dose received by the Swedish population from naturally occurring radionuclides (NORM) in the diet. This study was also aiming to investigate the impact on the committed effective dose due to the new developments in the biokinetic model for Po 210. READ MORE

  3. 2. Exploration of the hereditary cause of sex ratio distortion in horses

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

    Author : Susan Ott; [2021]
    Keywords : Sex ratio; horse; selfish genetic elements; meiotic drive; Icelandic horse; Standardbred horse; Coldblooded trotters; heritability; Trivers-Willard hypothesis; pedigree data;

    Abstract : Even sex ratios are seen as evolutionarily stable and are maintained by a selection against a skewed sex ratio. However, sometimes sex ratios at birth are skewed towards one sex. Reasons for this phenomenon are often unknown. READ MORE

  4. 3. Socialisering och träning av kaniner i medicinsk forskning

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Louise Ersbring; [2021]
    Keywords : kanin; hantering; träning; socialisering; fasthållning; rädsla; stress;

    Abstract : Kaninen används till en rad olika områden inom medicinsk forskning. Människans närvaro kan utgöra en permanent källa till stress försökskaninen, vilket kan ha negativ inverkan på djurvälfärd och forskningsresultat via dess effekt på diverse fysiologiska och kemiska parametrar. READ MORE

  5. 4. Hälta hos svenska slaktgrisar : patologiska förändringar och behandling

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

    Author : Johanna Gripsborn; [2021]
    Keywords : hälta; gris; slaktgris; behandling; antibiotika; NSAID;

    Abstract : Hälta är ett vanligt problem inom grisproduktionen med konsekvenser för både djurvälfärd och ekonomi. Definitionen av hälta är en avvikelse i det normala rörelsemönstret, vilken ofta är associerad med smärta. READ MORE

  6. 5. Antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from dairy camels in Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Emelie Lejon Flodin; [2021]
    Keywords : GBS; Camelus dromedarius; tetracycline resistance; mastitis; milk; pastoralist;

    Abstract : Camels (Camelus dromedarius) are the most valuable livestock species in the arid and semi-arid lands in the Horn of Africa where the majority of the human population adopts a pastoralist lifestyle with extensive animal husbandry. Camels provide an important food source, milk, which is considered to be the most important commodity, and a source of income for the pastoralists. READ MORE