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Animal Science and Veterinary
Sweden
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
58
Citations
10213
World Ranking
393
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Ulf Emanuelson is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research focuses primarily on agricultural and biological sciences as well as veterinary studies, with significant attention to specific subfields including small animals, agronomy and crop science, genetics, food science, and animal science and zoology.

The scientist's main topics of study cover several areas within animal science and veterinary research. These include:

  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Emanuelson has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed papers in prominent publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Livestock Science
  • Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Veterinary Record
  • Scientific Reports

Some of the recent papers associated with Emanuelson include the following titles and publication years:

  • "Culling reasons and risk factors in Estonian dairy cows" (2020), published in BMC Veterinary Research
  • "Effectiveness of alternative measures to reduce antimicrobial usage in pig production in four European countries" (2020), published in Porcine Health Management
  • "Training in motivational interviewing improves cattle veterinarians' communication skills for herd health management" (2020), published in Veterinary Record
  • "Symposium review: Animal welfare in free-walk systems in Europe" (2020), published in Journal of Dairy Science
  • "Herd-level risk factors for cow and calf on-farm mortality in Estonian dairy herds" (2020), published in Acta veterinaria Scandinavica

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Nils Fall
  • Ilka Christine Klaas
  • John Bonestroo
  • H. Hogeveen
  • Mariska van der Voort

Best Publications

  • Morbidity in Swedish dairy calves from birth to 90 days of age and individual calf-level risk factors for infectious diseases.

    Catarina Svensson;Karin Lundborg;Ulf Emanuelson;Sven-Ove Olsson

  • Genetic parameters for clinical mastitis, somatic cell counts, and milk production estimated by multiple-trait restricted maximum likelihood.

    U. Emanuelson;B. Danell;J. Philipsson

  • Relationship between somatic cell count and milk yield in different stages of lactation.

    C. Hagnestam-Nielsen;U. Emanuelson;B. Berglund;E. Strandberg

  • Bovine subclinical mastitis caused by different types of coagulase-negative staphylococci.

    B.-M. Thorberg;M.-L. Danielsson-Tham;U. Emanuelson;K. Persson Waller;K. Persson Waller

  • A 1-year epidemiological study of campylobacters in 18 Swedish chicken farms

    E. Berndtson;U. Emanuelson;A. Engvall;Marie-Louise Danielsson-Tham

  • Genetic and Environmental Correlations Among Female Fertility Traits and Milk Production in Different Parities of Swedish Red and White Dairy Cattle

    Anki Roxström;Erling Strandberg;Britt Berglund;Ulf Emanuelson

  • An epidemiological study of hyperketonaemia in Swedish dairy cows; Determinants and the relation to fertility

    L. Andersson;U. Emanuelson

  • Characterisation of the Repeat Breeding Syndrome in Swedish Dairy Cattle

    H Gustafsson;U Emanuelson

  • Evaluation of the relationship between the biosecurity status, production parameters, herd characteristics and antimicrobial usage in farrow-to-finish pig production in four EU countries

    Merel Postma;Annette Backhans;Annette Backhans;Lucie Collineau;Svenja Loesken

  • Risk factors associated with the incidence of veterinary-treated clinical mastitis in Swedish dairy herds with a high milk yield and a low prevalence of subclinical mastitis.

    A.-K. Nyman;T. Ekman;U. Emanuelson;A.H. Gustafsson

  • Nonlinear mixed model analyses of five production disorders of dairy cattle.

    Ulf Emanuelson;Pascal A. Oltenacu;Yrjö T. Gröhn

  • Effects of diseases on reproductive performance in Swedish Red and White dairy cattle

    D.O. Maizon;P.A. Oltenacu;Y.T. Gröhn;R.L. Strawderman

  • Perceptions of antimicrobial usage, antimicrobial resistance and policy measures to reduce antimicrobial usage in convenient samples of Belgian, French, German, Swedish and Swiss pig farmers.

    V.H.M. Visschers;A. Backhans;L. Collineau;D. Iten

  • Outcome of pyometra in female dogs and predictors of peritonitis and prolonged postoperative hospitalization in surgically treated cases

    Supranee Jitpean;Bodil Ström-Holst;Ulf Emanuelson;Odd V Höglund

  • Yield Losses Associated with Clinical Mastitis Occurring in Different Weeks of Lactation

    Christel Hagnestam;U Emanuelson;B Berglund

  • The biosecurity status and its associations with production and management characteristics in farrow-to-finish pig herds.

    Merel Postma;A Backhans;L Collineau;S Loesken

  • Herd-level risk factors associated with cow mortality in Swedish dairy herds

    K. Alvåsen;M. Jansson Mörk;C. Hallén Sandgren;P.T. Thomsen

  • Risk factors for antimicrobial resistance in fecal Escherichia coli from preweaned dairy calves

    Anna Duse;Anna Duse;Karin Persson Waller;Karin Persson Waller;Ulf Emanuelson;Helle Ericsson Unnerstad

  • Effect of milk yield on relationship between bulk milk somatic cell count and prevalence of mastitis.

    Ulf Emanuelson;Hans Funke

  • Effects of housing, management, and health of dairy heifers on first-lactation udder health in southwest Sweden.

    C. Svensson;A.-K. Nyman;K. Persson Waller;K. Persson Waller;U. Emanuelson

  • Incidences and Effects of Diseases on the Performance of Swedish Dairy Herds Stratified by Production

    U. Emanuelson;P.A. Oltenacu

  • Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to African Swine Fever Within Smallholder Pig Production in Northern Uganda

    E. Chenais;E. Chenais;S. Boqvist;S. Sternberg-Lewerin;U. Emanuelson

  • Relationships between herd bovine leukemia virus infection status and reproduction, disease incidence, and productivity in Swedish dairy herds

    Ulf Emanuelson;Krister Scherling;Hans Pettersson

  • Recording of production diseases in cattle and possibilities for genetic improvements: A review

    U. Emanuelson

  • Metabolic profiles in five high-producing Swedish dairy herds with a history of abomasal displacement and ketosis

    Lena Stengärde;Madeleine Tråvén;Ulf Emanuelson;Kjell Holtenius

Frequent Co-Authors

K. Persson Waller
K. Persson Waller Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jenny Frössling
Jenny Frössling National Veterinary Institute
Stefan Alenius
Stefan Alenius Lund University
Kjell Holtenius
Kjell Holtenius Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Karl Ståhl
Karl Ståhl National Veterinary Institute
Ann Lindberg
Ann Lindberg National Veterinary Institute
Agneta Egenvall
Agneta Egenvall Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jeroen Dewulf
Jeroen Dewulf Ghent University
Britt Berglund
Britt Berglund Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Erling Strandberg
Erling Strandberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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