Department of Animal Environment and Health
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,
The importance of weaning age
There is a lack of scientific data to support the weaning ages set for pigs in EU and Swedish animal welfare legislation. Previous studies on weaning age in pigs have focused on short-term effects on
French Embassy
Delegates from the French Embassy visited SLU in Uppsala in the beginning of February as part of their Swedish university tour. They will, during a couple of weeks, visit all Swedish universities and
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
Department of Animal Environment and Health
We aim to increase knowledge about the relationship between housing, management, feeding, housing environment, animal health, behaviour, animal welfare and environmental hygiene. This will be
Animal welfare protection and assessment.
What to assess, how best to collect indicators, interpret them and, not least, what to do with them afterwards? We apply our research in this area across all species, irrespective of the reason for
Hang your hat on fish welfare!
All fish kept by humans must be stunned before slaughter. However, how to do this in an ethically defensible manner is unclear. The lack of knowledge when it comes to stunning methods for fish is