Research

Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) is a collective term for several hereditary retinal diseases that occur in various dog breeds and result in blindness.

Tollers disease is the name given to two different immunological diseases (SRMA and IMRD, see below) with different symptoms that affect dogs of different ages. The diseases also occur in other dog breeds, but are more common in Tollers than in most other breeds.

It is likely that different genes cause epilepsy in different breeds, based on both different inheritance patterns and the fact that the clinical picture varies between breeds.

"Moose and people during 8000 years in Sweden" is a popular science book about the king of the forest. The authors are researchers at SLU.

Over the years, cats have gone from “anonymous” barn animals to beloved family members. Today, they are our most common pets and—like humans—cats are living longer than ever. Knowledge about age-related diseases is therefore increasingly important, not only for a long life, but a good one.

Different nitrogen fertilisers increase tree growth, but nitrate also specifically affects wood formation and wood properties. Anna Renström has shown this in her PhD thesis, offering new fundamental insights that can support more sustainable nitrogen use in forests.

Interest in the use of open barns on Swedish horse farms is increasing as an alternative to keeping horses in box stalls. What is the best way to introduce new horses to the facility's automated feeding system?

Free faecal liquid (FFL) is a condition in horses which manifests as differential defecation of solid and liquid phases of faeces. The etiology of FFL is currently unknown, but deviances in the hindgut microbiota has been suggested to be of importance.

In the EU project GenTORE, we developed and tested genomic tools to optimize resilience and efficiency at the animal and system levels.