Department of Animal Nutrition and Management
Aquaculture opportunities and challenges
Say 'agriculture' and everyone gets an idea of what you're talking about. But say 'aquaculture' and the associations might not be as clear. Aquaculture has great potential to grow, as more than
Analytical laboratory in Umeå
THV's analytical laboratory is situated at SLU on campus and also include a gas in vitro laboratory. Analytical laboratory The analytical lab is found of floor five in the SLU building on campus. It
Improved calf performance in small-scale dairy production in Southern Vietnam
The purpose of this project was to identify which routines in the handling of the commercial dairy calf can be improved on the small-scale dairy farms in Vietnam. Dairy production is rather new in
Feed availability and utilisation for dairy cattle in Uganda
Dairy production in the south western rangelands of Uganda like other agricultural production enterprises in the country, is responding to the increasing demand for food products arising from the
Changing the rearing environment for parental animals, as a potential way to improve animal welfare in the chicken meat sector
This project aim to investigate the effect of specific environmental inputs during rearing, which has seen to promote animal welfare long-term for laying hens in experimental farms, on farms with
Beijerlab
The research at the Beijer Laboratory for Animal Science (BLAS) aims to make better use of data automatically collected at high-tech farms so that management and breeding of future generations of
Education
As of January 1, 2024, we are part of the new Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare. You can find information about our undergraduate education on our new website.
SLU's focus on food science
A significant portion of SLU's research revolves around putting food on the table. It is an ever-relevant issue in society during a time of changing climates and a need for increased food resilience.
Recovered phosphorus as feed phosphate to pigs and avians
EasyMining, the Swedish University of Agricultural Services (SLU) and Lantmännen have started an innovative project testing the precipitated calcium phosphate (PCP) recovered in the Ash2Phos-project
Future feed is circular
Our research is about how we can select from thousands of possible microbes, to isolate promising candidates for a more detailed evaluation. The microbes are mainly intended to be used in fish feed
Department of Animal Nutrition and Management
We conduct research and teaching about nutrition and management of several animal species such as cattle, pigs, poultry, reindeer, fish, horses and dogs. As of January 1, 2024, we are part of the new
Improved sustainability in dairy production by increased feed efficiency
This project aims to improve feed efficiency (FE) in dairy production by introducing new technology and digitalization (analysis of large data) and thereby develop new practical methods to include FE