Essays about: "sheep reproduction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words sheep reproduction.

  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. Effects of melatonin and Single Layer Centrifugation on cryosurvival of ram semen samples

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Lea Enenkelová; [2021]
    Keywords : sheep reproduction; Jezersko-Solčava sheep breed; colloid centrifugation; melatonin;

    Abstract : The composition of the ram sperm membrane renders it vulnerable to injury during cryopreservation. Production of reactive oxygen species, which are by-products of metabolism, increases during freezing and thawing, causing damage to sperm membranes and acrosomes as well as affecting mitochondrial activity. READ MORE

  4. 3. Parasitinfektioners påverkan på köttkvaliteten hos nötkreatur och får

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

    Author : Carina Tufvesson; [2019]
    Keywords : parasiter; infektion; köttkvalitet; idisslare; nötkreatur; får;

    Abstract : Arbetet illustrerar hur köttkvaliteten hos nötkreatur och får påverkas av djurens tillväxt och hur parasiterna kan störa denna. Den främsta påverkan som är återkommande i flera studier är en försämrad aptit samt en negativ effekt på tillväxten. READ MORE

  5. 4. Framtidsutsikter för pastoralism på Kenyanska betesmarker

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

    Author : Zebastian Cederblad; [2019]
    Keywords : Kenya; ; kenyanska betesmarker; pastoralism; zebu; boskap; landfragmentering; klimatförändringar;

    Abstract : Pastoralism är ett system där majoriteten av en individs inkomst och mat kommer från boskapsdjur. Boskapsdjurens huvudsakliga matkälla är naturligt växande bete. Pastoralism kan delas in i tre huvudtyper; nomadisk, transhuman och stillasittande. I Kenya finns variationer av alla tre. READ MORE

  6. 5. Play behaviour in Urial (Ovis orientalis bocharensis) lamb

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

    Author : Irene Guanyabens Garrido; [2018]
    Keywords : play behaviour; ural lamb;

    Abstract : Welfare constitutes of health, physiology, behaviour and reproduction. It becomes very important when a species suffers in any of these parameters and thus, the assessment of welfare should be carried out. Play behaviour has been identified as a positive behaviour performed when satisfactory circumstances are present. READ MORE