Essays about: "calf hutch"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words calf hutch.

  1. 1. Kalvhyddor ur ett djurhälso-­ och djurvälfärdsperspektiv

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

    Author : Lovisa Waldemarsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Inhysning; beteende; mortalitet;

    Abstract : På 1970-talet introducerades kalvhyddor i Nordamerika som ett försök att komma tillrätta med dålig kalvhälsa i besättningarna. Idag används kalvhyddor utomhus av många kalvuppfödare i Sverige och bönderna verkar mycket nöjda med dem. READ MORE

  3. 2. Pair-housing of dairy calves in outdoor calf hutches : impact on growth and play behaviour

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

    Author : Ellika Waldau; [2017]
    Keywords : calves; pair-housing; play; behaviour; growth; health;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to test the effects on dairy calves (Bos taurus) in outdoor calf hutches of individual vs. pair-housing on behaviour, growth and health. In total 33 female dairy calves of the breeds Swedish Holstein (SH) and Swedish Red (SR) cattle were used in the study. READ MORE

  4. 3. Pair-holding of dairy calves in outdoor calf hutches : Impact on growth and redirected suckling behaviour

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

    Author : Therese Alvegard; [2016]
    Keywords : dairy calves; calf hutches; redirected suckling; cross-sucking; growth rate; kalvar; kalvhyddor; omriktat sugbeteende; tillväxt;

    Abstract : Cows are social animals but today dairy calves are generally housed in single-hutches or -pens instead of together with other calves during the first period of their lives. Concerns are that housing calves in pairs or groups increases the risk of health problems such as diarrhoea and respiratory diseases and also increases the occurrence of redirected suckling behaviours including cross-sucking. READ MORE

  5. 4. Advantages and disadvantages with outdoor hutches as housing system for calves and their future effect on the replacement heifer

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

    Author : Anna Lundell; [2015]
    Keywords : calf hutch; advantage; disadvantage; outside; heifer;

    Abstract : This study has investigated how outdoor hutches for housing dairy heifer calves will have negative and positive effects on calf development. Many studies have shown that an optimal rearing of the young calf is of great importance to up bring a profitable dairy cow. The dairy calf and growing heifer is subject for a great scientific interest. READ MORE

  6. 5. Kalvhyddans utformning : påverkan på kalvens hälsa och komfort

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

    Author : Sofia Lindman; [2013]
    Keywords : kalvhydda; inhysningssystem för kalvar; byggnadsfunktion; kalvhälsa; smittryck;

    Abstract : This paper aims to, through a literature review, examine how to best design and adapt calf huts to meet the calf's physiological requirements and reduce the infection pressure for enteric and respiratory diseases. It illuminates how the calf relates to different temperatures and climate, which temperature control mechanisms it uses and its ability to perform these regulations, as well as providing a summary of the past decades´ research on the calf huts housing system. READ MORE