Essays about: "Sows"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 100 essays containing the word Sows.
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21. Stress and meat quality in two lines of the Yorkshire pig breed: Swedish and Dutch
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : Pigs are exposed to several different environmental stressors in the modern production from weaning, mixing, crowding etc. Preslaughter stressors may result in meat quality problems, such as the formation of pale, soft and exudative meat as well as the formation of dark, firm and dry meat, which makes the meat to be unattractive. READ MORE
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22. Effekt av raslinje och social miljö under di-perioden på smågrisars hälsa och tillväxt fram till 9 veckors ålder
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and GeneticsAbstract : Nederländsk Yorkshire (Z-linjen; ZY) är vanligt förekommande i svensk grispro-duktion idag eftersom aveln med Svensk Yorkshire (SY) lades ner 2012. I den tidi-gare svenska aveln, har grisarna indirekt selekterats för att fungera i grupphållnings-system eftersom svensk djurskyddslag skärptes i slutet av 1980-talet med att suggor ska hållas i grupp under dräktighet. READ MORE
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23. Difference in general behaviour and social interactions of young Yorkshire gilts in different social environments
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : In Sweden, there was a switch of breeding material for pigs in year 2012 where Swedish producers were introduced to the Dutch Yorkshire (DY) instead of the Swedish Yorkshire (SY). Gestating sows have, in Sweden, been kept in group housing since the 1980s while DY gilts on the contrary have been kept in individual stalls. READ MORE
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24. Patologiska förändringar och behandling av halta suggor i svenska grisbesättningar
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public HealthAbstract : Upp mot 50 % av suggorna inom grisproduktionen slås ut årligen, vilket inte är gynnsamt för varken produktionen, ekonomin eller djurvälfärden. Ben- eller klövproblem och trauma som ger hälta hos suggor är en vanlig förekommande orsak till oplanerad utslagning av suggor. READ MORE
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25. Difference in health and behaviour between two different pig line crosses
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and GeneticsAbstract : The most common housing system within the European Union for gestating sows and gilts have for many years been individual stalls while Sweden on the contrary has a long history, since the end of the 1980s, of group housing. The switch of breeding material in the beginning of the 2000ies in Sweden resulted in the end of breeding of the Swedish Yorkshire (SY), and instead the Dutch Yorkshire (ZY) was introduced to Swedish pig producers. READ MORE