Sökning: "maternal behaviour"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 33 uppsatser innehållade orden maternal behaviour.

  1. 1. Play behaviour and maternal relationship between ewe and lambs in Urial sheep (Ovis vignei bochariensis)

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

    Författare :Alicia Josefsson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Urial sheep; play behaviour; social play; locomotor play; maternal behaviour; locomotor behaviour welfare; conservation; ex situ; zoo;

    Sammanfattning : 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). LÄS MER

  3. 2. Modersegenskaper hos suggor

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

    Författare :Sofia Sigerhed; [2022]
    Nyckelord :modersegenskaper; suggor; smågrisöverlevnad; kommunikation; försiktighet; bygga bo; avelsmål; smågrisdödlighet;

    Sammanfattning : I den här litteraturstudien så har litteratur som publicerat forskningsresultat om modersegenskaper hos suggor sammanställts. Syftet med det här arbetet är att ta reda på vilka egenskaper som man anser är modersegenskaper samt hur egenskaperna kan påverka överlevnaden hos smågrisar innan avvänjningen. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Maternal behaviour of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) : Den use, post-denning behaviour, position success rate, home range size and daily movement

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Författare :Olivia Pålsson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Cub development; daily movement; den; den use; denning behaviours; home range size; Panthera uncia; position success rate; post-denning; reproductive behaviours; snow leopard;

    Sammanfattning : Knowledge about a species’ reproductive parameters such as breeding behaviours is a vital building block for essential conservation actions, especially for endangered species. Despite this, there is a considerable knowledge gap about the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) maternal behaviours, as well as the timing of den independence for the cubs. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Evaluation of bonding and maternal behaviours in cattle : swedish dairy cows in a cow-calf contact system

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

    Författare :Elin Svensson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :cow-calf contact; cow-calf bonding; maternal behaviours; preference test; dairy production;

    Sammanfattning : In today’s commercial dairy production, it is common practice to separate the cow and calf a few hours after parturition. There is, however, increased interest from both farmers and consumers, to keep the cow and calf together for a longer period while still maintaining dairy production, because it is perceived as more animal friendly. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Variation in sow and piglet behaviour and welfare over time during a 5-week nursing period in individual loose housing pens

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Författare :Byeonguk Yang; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Nursing behaviour; suckling behaviour; sow welfare; piglet welfare; maternal behaviour;

    Sammanfattning : This master thesis aimed to investigate variation in the sow and piglet behaviour and welfare over time during a 5-week nursing period in the loose housing pen. This study was performed through analysis of video-recorded behaviours in 17 Swedish and Dutch Yorkshire sows and their piglets (284 piglets, pure-bred Yorkshire × Hampshire, average litter size with standard error = 16. LÄS MER