Essays about: "pig producers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 essays containing the words pig producers.

  1. 1. Riskhantering i Animalieproduktion : hur hanterar integrerade grisproducenter risker kopplade till verksamhetens insatsvaror & personal?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Carl Wejsfelt; Oswald Mörk; [2023]
    Keywords : Integrerad grisproducent; Risk; Riskhantering; Beslutsprocess;

    Abstract : Världsläget idag med kriget i Ukraina, hög inflation och höga räntor har haft en betydande påverkan på det svenska lantbruket. Bristen på råvaror har satt större press på svenska bönders produktionsresultat samtidigt som det har gjort deras produktion väsentligt dyrare och därmed likviditeten sämre. READ MORE

  3. 2. Increase of biogas production by incorporating residual streams from agriculture

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

    Author : Stephanie Fjäll; [2022]
    Keywords : Anaerobic digestion; Agricultural residue; Lignocellulosic biomass; Mechanical pretreatment; Biogas production; Biorefinery; Chemical engineering; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : To expand the biogas production in Region Västra Götaland (RVG), residual streams from the agricultural sector can function as a large-scale supplier of biomass. The production of biogas decreases the dependence of fossil fuels and the digestate that is formed can also be returned to the agricultural sector, creating a closed loop. READ MORE

  4. 3. Boxtemperaturens effekt på antalet avvanda smågrisar : en fältstudie under svenska förhållanden

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

    Author : Fay Wharton; [2021]
    Keywords : Gris; sugga; grisning; kullnummer; box; temperatur; avvanda smågrisar;

    Abstract : Att maximera antalet avvanda smågrisar per sugga har blivit ett viktigt mål inom dagens svenska grisproduktion, men fortsatt stora problem med hög smågrisdödlighet utgör en utmaning för producenterna och har negativa konsekvenser för djurvälfärden. Temperatur är en miljöfaktor som kan inverka på smågrisdödligheten och som visat sig kunna variera mellan boxar i samma stall, men få studier har undersökt omgivningstemperaturens effekt på suggornas prestation under svenska produktionsförhållanden. READ MORE

  5. 4. Japanese encephalitis in small-scale pig raising in rural Cambodia : Seroprevalence, reproductive disorders and disease awareness

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Ellinor Henriksson; [2020]
    Keywords : Japanese encephalitis; JE; Japanese encephalitis virus; JEV; Cambodia; pig; swine; vaccination; seroprevalence; reproduction; disease knowledge; mosquito-borne diseases; prevention;

    Abstract : Japanese encephalitis (JE) is endemic in several Asian countries, including Cambodia. It is a neurologic disease caused by the mosquito-borne virus JEV, which infects a wide range of vertebrate hosts. In humans, infection is usually subclinical, but one out of around 250 infected people develop acute encephalitis. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gyltors anpassningsförmåga till nya miljöer : i relation till ras och social miljö

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

    Author : Ida Hellsten; [2020]
    Keywords : gris; gylta; social behandling; genotyp; isolering;

    Abstract : Since 1988, Sweden has had legal requirements to keep gestation sows group-housed. In 2012 there was a switch in the Swedish breeding material ant the Dutch Yorkshire (DY) was introduced to the Swedish producers, a breed that has been kept in individual stalls in comparison to the Swedish breeds, like Swedish Yorkshire (SY) that DY replaced. READ MORE