Doctoral theses
Some of SLU's doctoral theses are presented as news. The doctoral thesis is an academic work where the doctoral student reports on their area of research and their research results.
The doctoral thesis is presented and defended at a licentiate final review or a public defence of doctoral thesis.
Dissertation: The genetic basis and monitoring of anthelmintic resistance in the pathogenic endoparasites of small ruminants
The genetic basis and monitoring of anthelmintic resistance in the pathogenic endoparasites of small ruminants sofia.webering.ekberg@slu.se Paulius Baltrusis defends his thesis: The genetic basis
Microorganisms can reduce nitrogen emissions from the mining industry
Nitrogen emissions from agriculture and industry lead to eutrophication and health-threatening groundwater. In her doctoral thesis, Maria Hellman investigated whether nitrate-containing water from
New knowledge on fungi that produce laughing gas
Nitrous oxide is a powerful greenhouse gas and also the most prominent ozone depleting chemical. In her doctoral thesis, Yvonne Bösch has shown that denitrifying fungi which can produce nitrous oxide
Dissertation - Towards sustainable livestock systems: Developing and applying tools for broad sustainability assessment of pig and cattle systems
Towards sustainable livestock systems: Developing and applying tools for broad sustainability assessment of pig and cattle systems patrik.claesson@slu.se Stanley Zira defends her thesis: Towards
Mitigation role of forested buffers for streams in agricultural landscapes
The role of forested buffers for improving ecological status in linked stream–riparian habitats in human-modified landscapes across Europe is investigated and described in a new thesis from the
Dissertation - There´s no time to rush! Pigs and transport drivers welfare and interactions during slaughter transport
Dissertation - There´s no time to rush! Pigs and transport drivers welfare and interactions during slaughter transport patrik.claesson@slu.se Sofia Wilhelmsson defends her thesis: There´s no time
Dissertation - Oats in the diet of dairy cows – Milk production and enteric methane emissions
Oats in the diet of dairy cows – Milk production and enteric methane emissions patrik.claesson@slu.se Petra Fant defends her thesis: Oats in the diet of dairy cows – Milk production and enteric
Disputation: Insect-specific viruses as control measures for West Nile virus infection of animals and humans
Dissertation: Insect-specific viruses as control measures for West Nile virus infection of animals and humans Patrik.claesson@slu.se Pontus Öhlund defends his thesis: Insect-specific viruses as
New findings on resistance to root rot can be used in spruce breeding
There is a large variation in Norway spruce in resistance to the fungi H. parviporum and H. annosum s.s. This is shown in Hernán Dario Capador-Barreto's new doctoral thesis. The results can be used
Disputation: Novel insight of thymidylate kinase biochemistry
Dissertation: Novel Insight into Thymidylate Kinase: Biochemical Characterization of the Human and Zebrafish Enzymes Patrik.claesson@slu.se Junmei Hu Frisk defends his thesis: Novel Insight into
Novel insights into the welfare of farmed fish
Just like pigs, chicken and cows, farmed fish are protected by Swedish animal welfare legislation, but there is a great lack of knowledge about how fish should be kept, cared for, handled and finally
Dissertation - Physiological assessments for improved welfare of farmed fish
Physiological assessments for improved welfare of farmed fish patrik.claesson@slu.se Per Hjelmstedts defends his thesis: Physiological assessments for improved welfare of farmed fish. Join the