Animal science
Animal science includes the anatomy, fysiology, behavoiur, breeding, feeding and management of animals that are under the control of humankind. The animals studied are livestock species and also companion animals like dogs and cats, and many exotic species.
EFSA reports and other material concerning fish slaugther
Here you find links to reports concerning fish slaughter Fish welfare in European Aquaculture Welfare of farmed fish Knowledge gaps and research needs for the welfare of farmed fish Food Safety
Att känna sig trygg
Can we improve the rearing environment of laying hens chicks, so that they are better prepared for their future life as laying hens? In this research project, we investigate if a rearing environment
Economic effects of improved animal welfare in livestock and pigs at slaughter
Animal welfare at slaughter has recently caught increased public attention and slaughterhouse businesses face the challenge of potentially high costs for animal welfare improvements. However,
SowNest
Nest building is one of the important natural behaviours of sows. Although domestic sows are kept indoors with resources to keep the piglets warm, they are still performing specific behaviour
Improving sow welfare in group housing systems
- Effects of genotype and rearing strategy on gilts’ social ability, productivity and reproduction later in life. The transition from individually stalled to group housed gestation sows is an ongoing
Conture project
The aim of the practical study is to evaluate pigs behavioural and physiological reaction to nitrogen high expansion foam as a stunning method as well as study the stunning process itself. The study
Economic effects of improved animal welfare in livestock and pigs at slaughter
Animal welfare at slaughter has recently caught increased public attention and slaughterhouse businesses face the challenge of potentially high costs for animal welfare improvements. However,
Ask the pig
Improved welfare in Swedish pig production through benchmarking. Development of a tool for advisors, certification and improved competitiveness Wouldn’t it be great if we could ask pigs how they feel
NordCAW
NordCAW (Nordic Network for Communicating Animal Welfare) is a Nordic co-operation to communicate within animal welfare. SCAW is one of the initiators of the project.
NordCAW seminar 2025
The 2025 NordCAW seminar will be held in Denmark during the fall and the topic will be pig welfare. More information about the seminar will be published here further on.
About us
The research environment currently consists of about 100 people engaging in one or more of our three research themes . Our six goals aiming to improve animal welfare: To provide a dynamic scientific
Three themes
The research environment has six goals , and consists of three interconnected research themes (click to enlarge the picture), which develop three separate but linked lines of original research: