Sökning: "rearing systems"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 32 uppsatser innehållade orden rearing systems.

  1. 1. Effect of different food by-products on Tenebrio molitor growth and development in an industrial environment

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Författare :Anton Laggar Andreasson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Tenebrio molitor; yellow mealworm; growth; development; industrial farming; wet feed; dry feed; by-products; insects; insects as food and feed; maturation; pupation;

    Sammanfattning : Due to an increasing need for high-quality protein around the world, eyes are turning towards alternative methods of farming, such as insect farms. As insects can eat what humans cannot, e.g. food by-products, they can be a part of sustainable food systems. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Homestead gardening in rural Bangladesh : women’s contribution to sustainable local food system and security

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Författare :Khondaker Nusrat Sharmin Tumpa; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Homestead gardening; sustainable; food system; food security; women;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents qualitative research to explore women’s contribution to sustainable food systems and security through homestead gardening in rural Bangladesh. In rural Bangladesh, women frequently undertake homestead gardening, a traditional and widespread practice of producing different vegetables and rearing domestic animals in a small plot of land beside their house. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Kan möjligheten till rörelse i olika kalvhållningssystem påverka tjockleken på klövens elastiska puta? : en pilotstudie

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

    Författare :Andrea Carlsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :elastiska putan; rörelsemängd; mjölkraskalv; klövhornsskador; sulblödning; klövsulesår;

    Sammanfattning : Syftet med studien var att undersöka om möjligheten till rörelse i olika kalvhållningssystem kan påverka utvecklingen av klövens stödjevävnad med fokus på den elastiska putan. Sulblödningar och klövsulesår är två vanliga klövlidanden i mjölkproducerande besättningar. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The broiler production systems of Sweden and the United States : a comparison of the processing systems andhealth and welfare programs

    Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Författare :DenaMarie Bengtsson; [2021]
    Nyckelord :animal welfare; antibiotics; automation in poultry production; breeders; broilers; conventional broilers; feed; hatcheries; organic broilers; poultry production; poultry slaughter; poultry vaccines;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to research broiler production in Sweden and the United States and to evaluate their processing systems as well as their health and welfare regulations. Sweden produces 110 million broilers a year and the United States produces 9 billion broilers a year. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Lying behaviour of lactating dairy cows in a cow-calf contact system

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

    Författare :Claire Sydney Wegner; [2021]
    Nyckelord :cow-calf contact system; dairy cattle; lying behaviour; welfare;

    Sammanfattning : Conventional dairy farming practices usually involve the early separation of calves from their dams. Cow-calf contact (CCC) systems may offer an alternative rearing solution that allows for the expression of natural behaviours, such as suckling and bonding. LÄS MER