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Department of Animal Nutrition and Management

Department of Animal Nutrition and Management

The Department conducts research and teaching about nutrition and management of several animal species such as cattle, pigs, poultry, reindeer, fish, horses and dogs.

 

Measurement of variety experiments with timothy. Photo.

Vertical fractionation at ley harvest for improved quality
Test tube with feed sample in a lab. Photo.

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Grazing reindeer in terrain. Photo.

Reindeer use of Arctic tundra correlates with landscape structure

Cow and calf together - status report
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Cover of Peter Ruvuga´s doctoral thesis. Picture.

New doctoral thesis: Rangeland and livestock management practices for improved herder livelihoods in miombo woodland

Doctoral thesis by Peter Rogers Ruvuga. The general objective of this project was to enhance food security in Tanzania through improved rangeland and livestock management practices in miombo woodlands.

The cows and the drought

Professor Sigrid Agenäs, Department of Animal Nutrition and management, SLU, held her honorary lecture: “No food without rain - but why is everyone talking about cows?” at SLU's Doctoral Award Ceremony in Uppsala 6 October 2018. The lecture is given in English.
Three reindeer and one reindeer calf on pasture in the forest. Photo.

Reindeer green‐wave surfing

Reindeer at higher bear densities selected movement paths with lower access to high‐quality forage and deviated more in time from following the peak of the green wave, thus missing out on valuable forage.
Published: 09 September 2021 - Page editor: marie.liljeholm@slu.se
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