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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
27
Citations
2968
World Ranking
2793
National Ranking
43

Best Publications

  • EFFECT OF REARING FACTORS ON THE PREVALENCE OF FLOOR EGGS, CLOACAL CANNIBALISM AND FEATHER PECKING IN COMMERCIAL FLOCKS OF LOOSE HOUSED LAYING HENS

    S Gunnarsson;L J Keeling;J Svedberg

  • Effects of Electro-Acupuncture on Nerve Growth Factor and Ovarian Morphology in Rats with Experimentally Induced Polycystic Ovaries

    Elisabet Stener-Victorin;Thomas Lundeberg;Urban Waldenström;Luigi Manni

  • Rearing without early access to perches impairs the spatial skills of laying hens.

    Stefan Gunnarsson;Jenny Yngvesson;Linda J Keeling;Björn Forkman

  • Animal welfare science—Working at the interface between the natural and social sciences

    Vonne Lund;Grahame John Coleman;Stefan Gunnarsson;Michael Calvert Appleby

  • Prevalence and magnitude of helminth infections in organic laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus) across Europe.

    Sundar Thapa;Lena K. Hinrichsen;Christine Brenninkmeyer;Stefan Gunnarsson

  • Research on Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability in Dairy Farming: A Systematic Mapping of Current Literature

    Katarina Arvidsson Segerkvist;Helena Hansson;Ulf Sonesson;Stefan Gunnarsson

  • Animal production systems in the industrialised world

    Jt Sorensen;S Edwards;Josephus Noordhuizen;S Gunnarsson

  • The demand for straw and feathers as litter substrates by laying hens

    S Gunnarsson;L.R Matthews;T.M Foster;W Temple

  • Health and welfare in organic livestock production systems—a systematic mapping of current knowledge

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  • Welfare Quality® assessment of a fast-growing and a slower-growing broiler hybrid, reared until 10 weeks and fed a low-protein, high-protein or mussel-meal diet

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  • Poultry health and behaviour in a tiered system for loose housed layers

    S. Gunnarsson;K. Oden;B. Algers;J. Svedberg

  • The conceptualisation of health and disease in veterinary medicine

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  • A survey of straw use and tail biting in Swedish pig farms rearing undocked pigs

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  • Development of perching behaviour in chicks reared in enriched environment

    Matti Heikkilä;Anette Wichman;Stefan Gunnarsson;Anna Valros

  • Farmers’ Perspectives of the Benefits and Risks in Precision Livestock Farming in the EU Pig and Poultry Sectors

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  • Feed efficiency, growth performance, and carcass characteristics of a fast- and a slower-growing broiler hybrid fed low- or high-protein organic diets

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  • Tail Posture as an Indicator of Tail Biting in Undocked Finishing Pigs

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  • Possible risk factors for keel bone damage in organic laying hens

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  • Impact of litter size on sow stayability in Swedish commercial piglet producing herds.

    Emma Andersson;Jenny Frössling;Jenny Frössling;Linda Engblom;Bo Algers

  • Effects of sex composition on fear measured as tonic immobility and vigilance behaviour in large flocks of laying hens

    Kristina Odén;Stefan Gunnarsson;Charlotte Berg;Bo Algers

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