Essays about: "forage quality"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 81 essays containing the words forage quality.

  1. 6. Mapping of feeding strategies in Swedish riding schools with different housing systems and its impact on horse health and body condition

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

    Author : Jasmine Lindholm; [2023]
    Keywords : riding school; horse; housing system; feeding strategies; horse health; body condition scoring; group housing of horses; individual housing of horses;

    Abstract : With around 500 riding schools, equestrian sport is one of Sweden’s largest sports organisations and the second largest youth sport. Horses are traditionally held in individual boxes but can also be kept in groups, so-called group housing. READ MORE

  3. 7. Vallfoderensilage inverkan på sensorisk och teknologisk kvalité hos griskött

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

    Author : Malin Hägg; [2023]
    Keywords : fettsyra; Warner-Bratzler shear force; M. longissimus dorsi;

    Abstract : Vallfoder används i dagsläget i ekologisk grisproduktion för att stimulera naturliga behov såsom t.ex. söka efter föda, vilket bidrar till högre välfärd med färre foderrelaterade störningar och stereotypa beteenden hos grisen. READ MORE

  4. 8. Utfodringsrutiner hos privatägda hästar : en enkätstudie

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry

    Author : Olof Vejmarker; Jennifer Widegren; [2022]
    Keywords : grovfoder; utfodring; foderstat;

    Abstract : In Sweden, there are a large number of horses owned by private people who are not part of business activities, calculated from the Swedish Board of Agriculture's figures of approximately 266,000 horses. In order to take into account the horse's natural needs as a grazing large intestine fermenter, Swedish horse owners need knowledge about feeding and the role of forage in the horse's well-being. READ MORE

  5. 9. Variation i torrsubstanshalt mellan balar från samma vallfoderparti och dess påverkan på utfodring

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry

    Author : Karin Berlin; Carin Danielsson; [2022]
    Keywords : hösilage; häst; grovfoder;

    Abstract : Horses are adapted to eat grass and require sufficient amounts of forage with good hygienic quality. Forage with good hygienic quality have low levels of detrimental bacteria, fungi and toxins. For this reason, conserved grass such as hay, silage or haylage is necessary during the winter period, due to the absence of fresh grass. READ MORE

  6. 10. Utfodring med ensilage till slaktgris : effekter på köttkvalitet och fettsyrasammansättning

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

    Author : Erika Ohlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : köttkvalitet; fettsyrasammansättning; slaktgris; ensilage; vallfoder; proteinfodermedel;

    Abstract : Ensilage är en potentiell proteinkälla till gris då vallens aminosyraprofil passar grisens behov bra. I Sverige är förutsättningarna för vallodling goda och vallen har positiv inverkan på odlingsmarken. Vallen kan även skapa ett mervärde då den har positiva effekter på grisens välfärd samt är lokalt odlad. READ MORE