Torun Wallgren

Researcher,

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+4651167219

I am a researcher at the Department of Animal Environment and Health, Division of environment, care and herd health in Uppsala. I work with research and teaching mainly on pigs and pig production.

Presentation

I am a agronomist in animal science, and also hold a BSc and MSc in Animal Science from SLU.

Research

I am involved in several research projects at both national and international level.

For example, the following projects are currently ongoing

BroilerNet, a European project focusing on innovations in food bird production. Here Sweden, with Stefan Gunnarsson as project manager, is the main coordinator for a total of 23 partners. Read more here: BroilerNet

ActPig, a Swedish four-year project focusing on improving pig production. The project is financed by Formas and is planned to start in 2o24 when I am back from my parental leave.

Previous projects have included:

FareWellDock an EU project on tail biting in pigs.

LivestockSense an ICT Agri project on precision technology in pig and poultry production.

Publications

Scientific articles:

A survey of straw use and tail biting in Swedish pig farms rearing undocked pigs
Wallgren, T., Westin, R., Gunnarsson, S. 2016. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 201658:84 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-016-0266-8

Wallgren, T., Larsen, A., Lundeheim, N., Westin, R. and Gunnarsson, S. 2018. Implication and impact of straw provision on behaviour, lesions and pen hygiene on commercial farms rearing undocked pigs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 210: 26-37

Wallgren, T., Larsen, A. and Gunnarsson, S. 2018. Tail Posture as an Indicator of Tail Biting in Undocked Finishing Pigs. Animals 2018, 9, 18

See the full list of publications on my orcid 0000-0003-3205-2692 Orcid Torun Wallgren

Teaching