Department of Animal Nutrition and Management
Screening for microbial biostimulants in aquaculture
Aquaponics, integrated systems for production of fish and plants, display an alternative for production of animal protein and health-promoting vegetables. Scaling up aquaponic systems for primary
Feed ingredients for farmed fish – an opportunity for Sweden
Fish can be farmed with low environmental impact and without antibiotics. What is lacking is domestic feed ingredients for fish feed that do not compete with our own food, and that suits the fish.
Improved utilization of regionally grown protein feeds for Swedish dairy cows
The goal with this project was to make it possible for Swedish dairy farms to replace imported, soy based protein feed with on farm processed concentrate based on home-grown or regionally grown
Education
At our Department, we educate at undergraduate level, advanced level and research level. Our teaching encompass a broad competence area from nutrient metabolism and feed science to management and
Per Knutsson seminar
Per Knutsson, one of the Dryland Transform researchers will on the 6th of October have a webinar on the topic "Commoning or Commodification? Pastoralist Land Rights in the Face of Political, Economic
Hållbara proteinflöden och –produkter
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Livestock café establishment
The concept of a livestock café is an excellent and novel way of engaging with farmers and local communities through a participatory approach of having field experiments. Livestock cafés as locally
Feasibility and potential for farming and conditioning of wild fish fed with by-catches in Sweden
Today farming or conditioning of wild-caught fish is low in Sweden and Europe in general. There are however a number of advantages in farming of wild fish compared to wild catch, such as a better
SustAinimal Academy has started up their doctoral students
This spring, SustAinimal began the recruitment of the center's doctoral students. Now they are in place. Five doctoral students have been admitted to SustAinimal Academy, the center’s career
Influence of environmental and host factors on the gut microbiome and lipid metabolism in salmonid fishes
The goal is to improve our understanding of the environmental impact and influence of host animal factors on intestinal microbiota and lipid metabolism in salmon. Climate change, pollution and
Widening the harvest window of ley by increasing stubble height
Could impaired nutritional quality from delayed harvest of ley be counteracted by increasing the stubble height drastically and how would the total annual yield and quality then be affected? Leys for
Department of Animal Nutrition and Management
The Department conducts research and teaching about nutrition and management of several animal species such as cattle, pigs, poultry, reindeer, fish, horses and dogs.