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News and events
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New floating platform for seal-safe coastal fishing in southern Sweden
The push-up trap is a vital tool for coastal fishing in northern Sweden, keeping seals away from the catch. In the southern Baltic Sea, algae growth and difficult cleaning have hampered its use. SLU has now developed a work raft to make the job easier and improve fishers’ working conditions. -
New figures on biological nitrogen fixation in nature: Climate models may need to be adjusted
The total amount of nitrogen acquired in forests, prairies and other natural areas via biological nitrogen fixation might be lower than previously estimated. This is indicated in a new study, which has climate implications, as plants need the element to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. -
The noble crayfish in danger – new animated film aims to inspire action
The situation for the noble crayfish, our only native freshwater crayfish species, is critical. The species has disappeared from large parts of Sweden and Finland. Now, a new animated film aims to engage a new generation through a story that blends loss with hope for the future.
Research
Most recently published projects
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Sustainable encounters in large preschool playgrounds
The study examines what the general trend in preschools towards larger two-storey buildings implies for children's social lives, activity and encounters with nature in the preschool playground. -
Sustainable Urban Play Environments
Studies with groups of children in play environments have been carried out in three municipalities to investigate how children's play is affected when different physical and digital play materials are installed in nature-rich environments. -
Fish farming in the North – a food production with environmental potential
The project aims to investigate if and how rainbow trout and Arctic charr can be farmed sustainably in hydropower dams in northern Sweden from a biological, ecological, social and economical perspective.
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Effective treatment prevents laminitis due to EMS
Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) is a disease complex involving severe changes in the metabolism of horses, which, despite proper feeding and care, are at risk of laminitis. A drug that prevents these already severely ill horses from developing laminitis is highly desirable. -
International cooperation for safer penicillin dosing in horses
Antibiotics are medicines used to treat infections caused by bacteria. In antibiotic treatment, it is beneficial to use as often as possible narrow-spectrum antibiotics that kill only the bacteria causing the disease, in order to counteract increasing antibiotic resistance. -
Clear relationship between linear traits and performance in Swedish warmbloods
Linear trait description was introduced in young horse evaluations for SWB-horses more than ten years ago. Now, for the first time, researchers at SLU have investigated how the traits differ between jumping and dressage horses, and to what extent the traits are linked to competition performance.
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