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1070
National Ranking
21

Overview

Bo Algers is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden and has contributed to research primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Veterinary fields. Their work has a significant emphasis on Animal Science and Zoology as well as related subfields such as Small Animals, Genetics, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The scientist's research topics cover various aspects of animal behavior, welfare, and product quality. Key areas include Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Odor and Emission Control Technologies, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology.

Bo Algers has authored several recent papers, including:

  • Animal handling and stress-related behaviour at mobile slaughter of cattle (2020), published in Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Animal Welfare and Meat Quality Assessment in Gas Stunning during Commercial Slaughter of Pigs Using Hypercapnic-Hypoxia (20% CO2 2% O2) Compared to Acute Hypercapnia (90% CO2 in Air) (2020), published in Animals
  • Preslaughter stress and beef quality in relation to slaughter transport of cattle (2022), published in Livestock Science
  • Associations between litter size and medical treatment of sows during farrowing and lactation (2020), published in Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A - Animal Science

The research collaborations of Bo Algers include frequent co-authors such as Charlotte Berg, Jan Hultgren, Katarina Arvidsson Segerkvist, Anders Karlsson, and Sophie Atkinson.

The venues for publication reflect the scientist's focus on veterinary and agricultural sciences, including Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Animals, Livestock Science, and Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A - Animal Science.

Best Publications

  • Review of the Community Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic agents and Antimicrobial Resistance in the European Union in 2005

    Bo Algers;Harry Blokhuis;Martin Wierup;A. Osterhaus

  • Rearing conditions and foot-pad dermatitis in Swedish turkey poults.

    C. Ekstrand;B. Algers

  • Rearing conditions and foot-pad dermatitis in Swedish broiler chickens.

    C. Ekstrand;B. Algers;J. Svedberg

  • Maternal behavior in pigs.

    Bo Algers;Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg

  • Research on animal health and welfare in organic farming—a literature review

    Vonne Lund;Bo Algers

  • Selection for increased production and the welfare of dairy cows: are new breeding goals needed?

    Pascal A. Oltenacu;Bo Algers

  • Prevalence and control of foot-pad dermatitis in broilers in Sweden

    C. Ekstrand;T.E. Carpenter;I. Andersson;B. Algers

  • Communication during suckling in the domestic pig. Effects of continuous noise

    Bo Algers;Per Jensen

  • Aggressive and sexual behaviour of growing and finishing pigs reared in groups, without castration

    L. Rydhmer;G. Zamaratskaia;H. K. Andersson;B. Algers

  • The role of nursing frequency in milk production in domestic pigs.

    M. Špinka;Gudrun Illmann;Bo Algers;Z. Štétková

  • Behaviour of laying hens in two types of aviary systems on 25 commercial farms in Sweden.

    K Odén;L J Keeling;B Algers

  • Nursing behaviour of sows during 5 weeks lactation and effects on piglet growth

    A.E Valros;M Rundgren;M Špinka;H Saloniemi

  • Nursing in pigs: communicating needs and distributing resources

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  • Teat stimulation and milk production during early lactation in sows: Effects of continuous noise

    Bo Algers;Per Jensen

  • Preparturient variation in progesterone, prolactin, oxytocin and somatostatin in relation to nest building in sows

    H. Castrén;B. Algers;A.-M. de Passillé;J. Rushen

  • Nursing and suckling behaviour of semi-naturally kept pigs during the first 10 days postpartum

    Per Jensen;Gunilla Stangel;Bo Algers

  • Suckling in Free‐ranging Beef Cattle — Temporal Patterning of Suckling Bouts and Effects of Age and Sex

    Lena M. Lidfors;Per Jensen;Bo Algers

  • Quantitative relationships between suckling-induced teat stimulation and the release of prolactin, gastrin, somatostatin, insulin, glucagon and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in sows

    B. Algers;A. Madej;S. Rojanasthien;K. Uvnäs-Moberg

  • Behaviour and weight changes at weaning and regrouping of pigs in relation to teat quality.

    B. Algers;P. Jensen;L. Steinwall

  • Metabolic state of the sow, nursing behaviour and milk production

    A. Valros;M. Rundgren;M. Špinka;H. Saloniemi

  • Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) on a request from the Commission on porcine brucellosis (Brucella suis)

    B. Algers;H.J. Blokhuis;A. Bøtner;D.M. Broom

Frequent Co-Authors

Charlotte Berg
Charlotte Berg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Per Jensen
Per Jensen Linköping University
Donald M. Broom
Donald M. Broom University of Cambridge
Harry J. Blokhuis
Harry J. Blokhuis Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus
Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Ronald J. Roberts
Ronald J. Roberts University of Idaho
Linda J. Keeling
Linda J. Keeling Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Marek Špinka
Marek Špinka Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong
Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg
Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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