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 - 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
How is phosphorus transported and stored in the landscape?
Phosphorus transport in the landscape is described in a new thesis from the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment. Legacy phosphorus in the streambed sediment, as well as short time
Clear-cutting leads to changed functionality of fungal communities
Clear-cutting forests results in major short- and long-term changes in the ecologically important fungal communities. Both the abundance of fungi and the species composition are affected, which in
Dissertation - Dissecting the genetics of athletic performance and conformation traits in horses
Dissecting the genetics of athletic performance and conformation traits in horses patrik.claesson@slu.se Maria Rosengren defends her thesis: Dissecting the genetics of athletic performance and
Interactions between soil organic carbon and mineral constituents and its consequences for soil structure and physical processes
How does organic carbon in the soil, the structure of the soil and different physical processes affect each other? These are factor are important to understand water dynamics and if the soil will
Dissertation: Cardiac biomarkers in cats. Associations with feline characteristics and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Cardiac biomarkers in cats. Associations with feline characteristics and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Patrik.claesson@slu.se Sofia Hanås defends her thesis: Cardiac biomarkers in cats. Associations