Research at KV | Externwebben

Subject areas

The department's activities are divided into 13 different subjects
where the goal is to conduct high-quality clinical veterinary research.
A description of all subjects and research can be found in alphabetical order below.

Anaesthesiology

Anesthesiology is the study of anesthesia and various anesthetic methods and anesthesia and intensive care is a relatively young specialty.

Diagnostic Imaging

The core of the subject veterinary imaging is knowledge of and understanding of the imaging methods

Veterinary Nursing

Veterinary nursing ncludes nursing and care planning for various illnesses, rehabilitation and aftercare

Porcine and Poultry Medicine

The subject includes propaedeutics, medicine and surgery on pig and has teaching responsibility for propaedeutics and medicine for poultry.

Equine Medicine

Equine medicine covers a number of diseases and conditions in equidae that make their owners feel that the animal is not functioning normally.

Ruminant Medicine

Discipline that focuses on teaching and research comprehensive identification, treatment and prophylaxis of diseases.

Clinical Pathology

Clinical pathology laboratory diagnostics are used to diagnose diseases and increase knowledge about the pathogenesis of various diseases.

Comparative Medicine

Experimental medicine using animal models for translational and biomedical research for increased biological and medical knowledge.

Veterinary epidemiology

How veterinary medicine can be used to prevent disease and other disorders and thereby promote animal and human health, welfare and well-being.

Small Animal Surgery

Prevent, diagnose, cure or alleviate diseases through surgery of a patient

Small Animal Medicine

Clinical issues concerning pets, which include several species of animals but mainly dogs and cats

Large Animal Surgery

Surgical treatments on horses and pigs, as well as the large and small ruminants

Domestic Animal Reproduction

The subject covers various aspects of the reproduction of domesticated animals and wild animals.

Research projects

22 April 2024
FUnctional Length of Life (FULL) - a better indicator of the length of life of dairy cows
The goal of this project is to develop FULL – FUnctional Length of Life of a dairy cow – a metric...
13 March 2024
Could a low input/low output system be the solution for future organic dairy production?
As the external resources and especially the feeding costs account for the largest part of the...
13 March 2024
Reduced dairy cow mortality for improved animal welfare and sustainability
A high rate of on-farm deaths and euthanized cows is an indication of poor animal welfare, leads ...

Research news

31 May 2023
Age, weight and circulating concentrations of total testosterone are associated with the relative prostatic size in adult intact male dogs
Prostatic hyperplasia (PH) is an androgen-dependent condition associated with increased prostatic...
31 May 2023
The costs of chronic mastitis: A simulation study of an automatic milking system farm
Mastitis is a production disease in dairy farming that causes economic losses. Especially chronic...
31 May 2023
Veterinarians' perspectives on farmer-veterinarian relationships and use of antimicrobials for Swedish dairy cattle
Studies have shown that farmer-veterinarian relationships influence antimicrobial use (AMU) in...