We perform research on nutrition and management in monogastric animal species such as horse, pig, dog, bird and fish. The purpose is to provide knowledge for sustainable animal husbandry with good animal welfare. Interactions between feed constituents and animal metabolism, intestinal microbiota and health are key concepts in our research projects.
Research area contact person: Johan Dicksved
EasyMining, the Swedish University of Agricultural Services (SLU) and Lantmännen have started an innovative project testing the precipitated calcium phosphate (PCP) recovered in the Ash2Phos-project as feed phosphate to poultry and pigs. The hypothesis is that recovered calcium phosphate from sludge ash has the same level of phosphorus digestibility as conventional MCP in pigs and poultry.
Målet med projektet är att utveckla en mobil utfodringsanläggning som kan användas både inomhus och på bete där foder kan regleras för varje sugga individuellt.
The aim of this PhD project is to gain a better understanding of how feeding of dietary supplements, derived from new and sustainable sources, affect nutrient uptake, metabolism and gene expression and the gut micro flora of rainbow trout.
The aim of the project is to build up knowledge about how feed with different compositions, regarding carbohydrates and fibres, affect metabolism and satiety regulation in dogs. In addition, the dogs' ability to assimilate the feed and its impact on intestinal function are examined.
The purpose of this project is to identify how various bioactive compounds affect the maturation, physiology and microbiota of the intestine, and how these substances can contribute to maintaining good gut health in pig and other monogastric animals.
This research project aims to map feeding, management and faecal composition in horses showing symptoms of a condition known as free faecal liquid, and to compare them with horses free of these symptoms in a case-control study.
The goal with this project was to increase our knowledge about the feeding value of faba beans, and to find out if/how colour-flowered can be used in pig feed.
The aim of the proposed project is to find nutritional strategies to enhance immune competence in young pigs to improve their resilience against enteric infections.
