Essays about: "moose condition"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words moose condition.

  1. 1. Fibre content in moose (Alces alces) faeces : a comparison between free-ranging and captive moose in Sweden

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

    Author : Ada Trapp; [2022]
    Keywords : diarrhoea; zoo; browser; ruminant; Alces alces;

    Abstract : Animals have evolved adaptations to survive and reproduce in certain environments. Based on these adaptations, different feeding types can be identified among ruminants from the continuum of browsers to grazers. Browsers are assumed to digest forage rich in soluble cell contents, while grazers are more equipped to digest cellulose. READ MORE

  3. 2. Korrelation av kliniska och genetiska data hos älgar diagnosticerade med och utan Moose Wasting Syndrome

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

    Author : Rosie Johannesson; [2020]
    Keywords : älg; Moose Wasting Syndrome; undernäring; sjukdomsdata;

    Abstract : År 1985 upptäcktes en sjukdom som drabbade svenska älgar. Sjukdomen fick namnet Moose Wasting Syndrome (MWS). Älgarna som hittades var i mycket dålig kondition eller självdöda. Symptomen på MWS är anorexi, svaghet, nedsatt syn, minskad skygghet, utmärgling och diarré. READ MORE

  4. 3. Slaughter weight in relation to calving date : can area quality compensate for being born late?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Sanna-Maja Breiman Wistbacka; [2020]
    Keywords : moose; slaughter weight; birth timing; area quality;

    Abstract : The interaction between wildlife and environmental properties such as climate, water and forage availability and competition is a fundamental part when studying wildlife. In ungulates, mortality rates and reproductive success are closely linked to body condition. READ MORE

  5. 4. Betesskador : en studie av människans och naturens inverkan

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Henrik Kämpe; Ludvig Strandberg; [2018]
    Keywords : klimatdata; avskjutning; foderprognoser; klövvilt; viltstatistik;

    Abstract : Skogssällskapet har under en period bedrivit en uppföljning av betesskador och klövviltspopulationernas storlek på deras fastighet i Selesjö. Vi har i vårt arbete valt att använda oss av inventeringsdata från Skogssällskapets fastighet Selesjö samt referensområdena Öster-Malma och Växjö som ingår i projekt FOMA (Fortlöpande miljöanalys). READ MORE

  6. 5. Socio-ecological preditors of moose body condition across a latitudinal gradient in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Regina Gentsch; [2017]
    Keywords : moose condition; body mass; multispecies; ungulate; database;

    Abstract : Factors predicting moose body condition in Sweden were investigated by means of dressed weight from shot animals and combining a range of potential explanatory variables from public national databases. There were significant differences between regions, sexes and age-classes with considerable variation between years and moose populations. READ MORE