Sökning: "gotland ponies"

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  1. 1. Habitat preferences and shelter seeking behaviour of extensively kept Gotland Ponies

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Författare :Karin Näslund; [2016]
    Nyckelord :year round grazing; extensive grazing; shelter; shelter seeking haviour; GPS-collar; horse;

    Sammanfattning : The constant decline of permanent pastures in Sweden has a negative impact on biodiversity. A multidisciplinary project is investigating if the endangered native Gotland pony could be used to keep and restore the biodiversity of permanent pastures and forests, on a minimal labour input, without compromising the ponies’ welfare. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Gotland ponies on extensive pastures – a welfare assessment

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Författare :Mathilda Börjesson; [2015]
    Nyckelord :welfare quality; djurvälfärd; häst; ferala hästar; extensivt bete; beteende; fysiologi; bcs; horse; pasture;

    Sammanfattning : Swedish farmers have the possibility to be subsidized by EU rural development programme for grazing animals on pastures to promote the biodiversity of flora and fauna. The environmental remedy sometimes does not allow supplementary feed and at the same time the Swedish Animal Welfare Act and the Swedish Agricultural Board’s regulations for animal welfare and protection states that animals, in this case horses, shall be fed with food of good quality and adapted for the species. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Parasite detection in extensively hold Gotland ponies

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Författare :Johanna Karlsson; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Gotland pony; horse; parasite; strongyle; roundworm; tapeworm; pinworm; extensive holding;

    Sammanfattning : Horses are herbivores that spend almost all day grazing. While grazing they are infected by different endoparasites through ingestion of infective eggs or larvae on pasture. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Welfare assessments performed on Gotland ponies used as restorers of landscape biodiversity in the project “The Gotland pony as a conservationist – a way to promote biodiversity and conserve an endangered breed”

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Författare :Isabella Heiwe; [2015]
    Nyckelord :welfare quality; gotlandsruss; ferala hästar; extensivt bete; hästar som naturvårdare; hullbedömning; BCS; beteende; fysiologi; biologisk mångfald; häst; horse; gotland ponies; landscape biodiversity; conservationist; endangered breed;

    Sammanfattning : In Sweden the use of forests and outfields as pastures for livestock has decreased during the 20th century due to modern forestry, a diminished human population in the countryside, government grants for better pastures and a more widespread use of artificial fertilizers. This has resulted in a radical change when it comes to biological diversity. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Slinger och cerebellär abiotrofi hos häst : en litteraturstudie

    Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Författare :Linn Broström; [2011]
    Nyckelord :gotlandsruss; arabhäst; slinger; cerebellär; abiotrofi; ataxi;

    Sammanfattning : Slinger är en neurologisk defekt hos det gotländska russet och orsakar en rubbning i koordinationen av muskelrörelser (ataxi) härrörande från en underutveckling av lillhjärnan. Liknande fall av defekten har observerats hos arabhästar men under benämningen cerebellär abiotrofi (CA). LÄS MER