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Royal visit as SLU presents Outstanding Veterinary Research Award
Under solemn and celebratory circumstances, the newly established Award for Outstanding Research in Veterinary Medicine was presented on 26 November 2025.
A global project offers new insights into biodiversity
Fieldwork for the ambitious Lifeplan project has now been completed. Over six years, teams across the world have collected vast amounts of data on life on Earth.
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SLU is a world-class university, consistently ranked among the global leaders in life and environmental sciences. Here, people come together to make a real difference. Through knowledge and action, we create the conditions for a sustainable, vibrant and better world.
News and events
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SLU researcher Marcos Lana shared expertise at COP30
He placed the science of agroecology at the heart of the climate negotiations. SLU researcher Marcos Lana gave two presentations at COP30 in Brazil. -
Three SLU researchers receive Wallenberg funding for research on the future of forests
Three researchers at SLU have been awarded grants within the Wallenberg Foundations’ initiative in humanities and social science forest research. The projects will generate new knowledge on forest restoration, forest owners’ decisions and the role of forest history in future forest management. -
Nitrate affects wood development, not just growth
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. -
Antibiotics in surface waters: Breakdown products can also be problematic
Most of the antibiotics and antiviral drugs we use have changed when they leave the body. Many of these breakdown products can remain in aquatic environments for a long time with preserved biological activity and risk spreading antibiotic resistance, according to a new dissertation from SLU.
Research
Most recently published projects
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Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA)
Progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) is a collective term for several hereditary retinal diseases that occur in various dog breeds and result in blindness. -
Immunological diseases in Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers
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. -
Idiopathic epilepsy
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.
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Introduction to automatic forage stations and measurement of forage intake rate in an active stable for horses
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? -
Faecal bacterial composition in horses with and without free faecal liquid
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. -
GenTORE
In the EU project GenTORE, we developed and tested genomic tools to optimize resilience and efficiency at the animal and system levels.
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