Essays about: "diurnal rhythm"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words diurnal rhythm.

  1. 1. Play behaviour and maternal relationship between ewe and lambs in Urial sheep (Ovis vignei bochariensis)

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

    Author : Alicia Josefsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Urial sheep; play behaviour; social play; locomotor play; maternal behaviour; locomotor behaviour welfare; conservation; ex situ; zoo;

    Abstract : Ex situ conservation is done to alleviate the risk of threatened species going extinct and one major conservation aim is increasing the population size. One place working with ex situ conservation is the zoo Nordens Ark in Sweden, and one of their target species is Urials (Ovis vignei bochariensis). READ MORE

  3. 2. City centre rhythms: The case of gender in Dotonbori

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Carl Olsson; [2016-09-23]
    Keywords : rhythmanalysis; rhythm; assemblage; policy and planning; gender;

    Abstract : Traditional social practice holds the urban night and day in binary opposition – each with a set of unique issues and problems to deal with. While such an attitude can be beneficial due to its clearness, it is at a risk of oversimplifying the fluidity of timespaces. READ MORE

  4. 3. The behaviour and movement of dairy calves in low light intensities

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

    Author : Emelie Battersby; [2016]
    Keywords : light intensity; calves; behaviour; locomotion;

    Abstract : According to the Swedish welfare act, cattle stables must have inlet of natural light and artificial light that do not disturb the animals’ natural behaviour and diurnal rhythm, dairy cows should also be provided with light at night. However, there are no specific recommendations on light programs for calves. READ MORE

  5. 4. Welfare impairment of lambs around weaning. Play and other behaviour indicative of affective state

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

    Author : Joyce Broekman; [2014]
    Keywords : lamb; weaning; separation; play; vocalisation; affective state;

    Abstract : The abrupt and early weaning of intensively kept lambs may have serious animal welfare implications, but relatively little is known about this. Weaning includes the breaking of the mother-young bond and abrupt replacement of milk by solid food, often coinciding with changes in the (social) environment. READ MORE

  6. 5. Diurnal rhythm of the savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana africana) in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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

    Author : Mikaela Persson Wallenius; [2010]
    Keywords : Elephants; Loxodonta africana; diurnal rhythm; hindgut fermenters;

    Abstract : Elephants are hindgut fermenters, which affects their diurnal rhythm. To reach their nutrient demands, elephants must eat almost constantly throughout the light part of the day. Sexual dimorphism may also affect their behavioral patterns. READ MORE