Essays about: "SEX .animal horse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 essays containing the words SEX .animal horse.

  1. 1. Exploring the genetic cause of myotonic dystrophy in horses

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

    Author : Thomas Simon; [2023]
    Keywords : genetics; bioinformatics; myotonic dystrophy; horses; variant analysis;

    Abstract : Myotonic Dystrophy (MD) is an inherited neuromuscular disorder that leads to a wide range of clinical signs including stiffness, abnormal muscle relaxation, and muscle atrophy or hypertrophy. Affected muscles develop a prolonged contracture in response to percussion of the muscle and show waxing and waning complex repetitive discharges in electromyography (EMG). 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. Bukhinneinflammation hos häst : en retrospektiv jämförelse av Strongylus vulgaris orsakad peritonit och idiopatisk peritonit

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

    Author : Nina Sjödell; [2020]
    Keywords : häst; icke-strangulerande infarkt; avmaskning; bukvätska; Kolik;

    Abstract : Sedan avmaskningsmedel började användas i större utsträckning på 80-talet har prevalensen av stor blodmask, Strongylus vulgaris, minskat. En studie från 2019 visar dock att prevalensen av S. vulgaris åter ökar på svenska gårdar, vilket kan bero på att hästägare inte använder utökad parasitdiagnostik för S. READ MORE

  5. 4. Vanligaste diagnoserna hos svenska travhästar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Equine Studies

    Author : Tamara Skutnabb; [2020]
    Keywords : karpalled; kotled; tränarstatus; ålder; skador; sjukdom; trotter; carpal; fetlock; trainer; status; age; injuries; diseases;

    Abstract : Due to a successful breeding process the fastest trotters will within 50 years run at the speed of 1.09 from volt start. Harness racing is a popular sport and a big industry in Sweden with 850 different racing events and 903 million SEK in purse money annually. Consequently, owners and trainers of racehorses want to see their protegees race. READ MORE

  6. 5. Kontrollerad postanestetisk uppvakning med ett justerbart tak : fysiologiska effekter av stress hos shetlandsponnyer under uppvakningsperioden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Lisa Nilson Hissa; Emelie Margareta Helena Törnqvist; [2020]
    Keywords : häst; anestesi; uppvakning; assisterad uppvakning; assisterad resning; stress;

    Abstract : Hästars uppvakning efter anestesi innebär många risker. Detta bidrar till att mortaliteten vid hästanestesi är mycket högre jämfört med mortaliteten vid anestesi av smådjur och människor. Hästars naturliga flyktbeteende gör ofta att de försöker resa sig innan narkosläkemedlen eliminerats. READ MORE