Paulina Berglund

I graduated from the Agricultural program - Animal science (Husdjursagronom) in 2021 and thereafter I started as a PhD student at the former Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics (Now Department of Animal Biosciences).

The title of my PhD project is Improved breeding program for trotting horses in Sweden. 

In my first paper "Should performance at different race lengths be treated as genetically distinct traits in Coldblooded trotters?" I studied re-ranking of stallions based on performance in different race lengths. 

Currently I am working on the project "Better hoof, better horse?" where the aim is to study if the ability to race barefoot, as an indirect measurment of hoof quality is a heritable trait in Swedish trotters. The study also aims at investigating if barefoot racing in young horses have an impact on the career length and performance later in life.

The project is in close collaboration with The Swedish Trotting Association (ST), with representatives in the reference group.

2021 Degree of Master of Science in Agricultural science, Agronomexamen