Animal science
Animal science includes the anatomy, fysiology, behavoiur, breeding, feeding and management of animals that are under the control of humankind. The animals studied are livestock species and also companion animals like dogs and cats, and many exotic species.
Nina Alveheim Känsälä
nina.kansala@slu.se After a career as a professional rider and trainer in dressage, I started to study animal science. Nowadays I combine them - the daily training with horses and students and life
Online animal science conference
This conference is organized jointly by the Ministry of Health and Science of Ukraine, the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, and the Department of Molecular Sciences,
Maria Vilain Rørvang
andrus.kangro@slu.se Researcher at the Department of Biosystems and Technology, animal group. I have a Masters degree in Agrobiology and a PhD in Animal Science and work mainly on research
Website of EURCAW- Ruminants & Equines launched
The European Reference Centre for animal welfare for ruminants and equines, EURCAW-RE, has launched its website. The Centre is coordinated by SLU/SCAW and the work is performed together with several
NordCAW seminar 2022
NordCAW seminar 2022 elin.spangenberg@slu.se This years NordCAW seminar will be held on November 30, in Tartu Estland. The theme for the seminar is “Animal welfare conflicts, aims and challenges
Anders Herlin
andrus.kangro@slu.se Animals, technology, buildings, and sustainability are the combination of subjects that characterize my research and collaboration. A good building function creates the
Oleksiy Guzhva
andrus.kangro@slu.se My research area is within innovation and new technological solutions for agriculture (sensor technology, computer vision, IoT and digitalised agriculture, smart buildings). I
Teresa Johansson
teresa.johansson@slu.se I am currently a research assistant - I have worked in a variety of projects, all focused on cattle welfare and behaviour. After working with research animals at the
Keni Ren
keni.ren@slu.se Postdoc in Precision livestock farming: focus on sensors and data analysis. I am interested in developing technologies that increase the automation of animal behaviour monitoring
Tomas Bergström
tomas.bergstrom@slu.se My research is mainly focused on inherited retinal diseases such as progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) that leads to visual impairment and blindness in dogs. 2021-present:
Cecilia Hagberg
cecilia.hagberg@slu.se I'm pursuing an industrial PhD at the Department of Animal Environment and Health. I'm studying different measures in the indoor envrionment to improve ambient air and climate
The role of animal livestock in a circular food production system
A sustainable diet requires changes in our production system. What should we eat? Some diets are better from a health perspective than from a circularity perspective and vice versa. Recent research