Essays about: "Calving"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 165 essays containing the word Calving.

  1. 16. The ethical price for dairy

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

    Author : Katrin Bauer; [2021]
    Keywords : animal ethics; dairy industry; Europe;

    Abstract : In the 21st century people in modern society within Europe are used to go to a supermarket to buy groceries of daily need. Everything is easily available and affordable and barely anyone is aware of the production of their consumed goods, their origin and unpleasant side effects. READ MORE

  3. 17. Multi-method based characterization of calving events at Sálajiegna Glacier - Lake Sulitelma, Northern Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Martin Schulthess; [2021]
    Keywords : Glaciology; Glacier; Glaciers; Calving; calving front; detection algorithm; Acoustic; Acoustics; Photogrammetry; ice-ocean interactions; UAV; drone; time-lapse; Salajiegna;

    Abstract : Sea level rise concerns millions of people in coastal areas across the globe. One of the largest uncertainties to project future sea level rise is the frontal ablation (accounting for calving and submarine melt) at marine ice margins, around the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheet. READ MORE

  4. 18. Modelling the effects of climate change on ice dynamics at Kangerlussuaq Glacier, Greenland

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Jamie Barnett; [2021]
    Keywords : Glacier; Greenland; Ice Sheet; Outlet; Discharge; Sea level; Kangerlussuaq; calving; ice mélange; melt; retreat;

    Abstract : A consequence of climate change is rising global sea levels, predicted to bring increased socio-economic and environmental impacts to coastal communities. The Greenland Ice Sheet has become a prominent contributor to rising sea levels, a consequence of the Arctic warming at twice the rate of the global average. READ MORE

  5. 19. Sinperiodens inverkan på nästkommande laktation : hur vanliga produktionssjukdomar kan förbyggas

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

    Author : Tilde Larsson; Elisabet Nilsson; [2021]
    Keywords : dry cow; dry period; dry cow management; dry cow feeding; acetonemia; ketosis; displaced abomasum; dry cow fertility; fatty liver; hypokalcemia;

    Abstract : I takt med att avkastningen hos mjölkkor ökat på grund av förbättrade avelsstrategier och bättre management har också produktionssjukdomarna fortsatt vara närvarande, framför allt vid tiden runt kalvning. Vid denna tid är kon extra utsatt på grund av att hon ofta drabbas av negativ energibalans vilket kan leda till fysiologiska och biokemiska förändringar i kroppen. READ MORE

  6. 20. Lying behaviour of lactating dairy cows in a cow-calf contact system

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

    Author : Claire Sydney Wegner; [2021]
    Keywords : cow-calf contact system; dairy cattle; lying behaviour; welfare;

    Abstract : Conventional dairy farming practices usually involve the early separation of calves from their dams. Cow-calf contact (CCC) systems may offer an alternative rearing solution that allows for the expression of natural behaviours, such as suckling and bonding. READ MORE