Blar i Brage NMBU på forfatter "Ådnøy, Tormod"
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Adapting Seasonal Sheep Production to Year-Round Fresh Meat and Halal Market in Norway
Bhatti, Muhammad Azher; Williams, Thomas; Hopkins, David Laurence; Asheim, Leif Jarle; Steinheim, Geir; Campbell, Michael; Eik, Lars Olav; Wynn, Peter Charles; Ådnøy, Tormod (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Norway is the largest sheep meat producer among Nordic countries with more than 1.3 million lambs and sheep slaughtered in 2017. The sheep industry is limited by the need for in-house feeding during the winter months. In ... -
An attempt at predicting blood beta-hydroxybutyrate from Fourier-transform mid-infrared spectra of milk using multivariate mixed models in Polish dairy cattle
Belay, Tesfaye Kebede; Dagnachew, Binyam Sime; Kowalski, Z.Maciek; Ådnøy, Tormod (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017) -
Breeding for Milk Production in Sheep in Ethiopia
Gebreslase, Haile Welearegay (Phd Thesis;2021:34, Doctoral thesis, 2021)The overall aim of this study was to investigate options to breed sheep for milk production and to find out the optimal proportion of Awassi in Local sheep breeds for milk production through the prevailing Community-Based ... -
Development and evaluation of 4-way crossbred chicken population in Southern Ethiopia
Ambaye, Fassil Bekele (PhD Thesis;2010:46, Doctoral thesis, 2010)Village chickens in Ethiopia are predominantly indigenous. They play an important role in the livelihood of farmers mainly by providing animal protein through meat and egg, as a source of income and family saving, and means ... -
Diversity of Sources of Income for Smallholder Farming Communities in Malawi: Importance for Improved Livelihood
Bhatti, Muhammad Azher; Godfrey, Sosheel Solomon; Ådnøy, Tormod; Eik, Lars Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Effect of bypass protein on growth performance of Khari goats in Nepal
K C, Dipendra (Master thesis, 2016-06-06)The bypass protein feeding study was carried out using twenty-four seven months old Khari goat kids at Sarasawati goat farm, Naubise, Dhading, from June to October, 2014. Goats were grouped randomly in three complete blocks ... -
Essentials for sustainable dairy goat breeding program in Tanzania
Nziku, Zabron Cuthibert (PhD Thesis;2016:53, Doctoral thesis, 2022-11-15)The overall objective of this thesis was to develop building blocks essential for establishing a sustainable dairy goat breeding program in Tanzania. To fulfil this objective, three approaches were employed. This included ... -
An exploratory study of Muslim consumers’ halal meat purchasing intentions in Norway
Bhatti, Muhammad Azher; Godfrey, Sosheel Solomon; Ip, Ryan H L; Øvrum Gaarder, Mari; Aslam, Shakar; Steinheim, Geir; Wynn, Peter; Hopkins, David Laurence; Horneland, Reinert; Eik, Lars Olav; Ådnøy, Tormod (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Although Norway is the largest sheep meat producer in Scandinavia and Norwegian Muslims are expected to double in population in the next decade, the overall local per capita red meat consumption is still low. Meanwhile, ... -
Finding best exotic breed proportion in crossbred lactating sheep kept under farmers’ conditions in Ethiopia determined by use of nested Legendre polynomials with limited data
Gebreslase, Haile Welearegay; Banerjee, S.; Ayele, A.; Asfaw, Mestawet Taye; Klemetsdal, Gunnar; Ådnøy, Tormod (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Genetic parameters of blood β-hydroxybutyrate predicted from milk infrared spectra and clinical ketosis, and their associations with milk production traits in Norwegian Red cows
Belay, Tesfaye Kebede; Svendsen, Morten; Kowalski, Z.Maciek; Ådnøy, Tormod (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017) -
Genetic parameters of somatic cell score and lactose content in goat s milk
Bagnicka, Emilia; Lukaszewicz, Marek; Ådnøy, Tormod (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016) -
Impact of milk protein genotypes on milk coagulation properties
Ketto, Isaya (PhD Thesis;2017:74, Doctoral thesis, 2017-08-21)Evaluation of the milk coagulation properties is very important for the dairy industry, because it gives information on the processability of milk for both cheese and yoghurt/cultured milk. Milk that takes a shorter time ... -
Lamb or hogget meat – A different sensory profile? Extending the fresh meat season in Norway
Bhatti, Muhammad Azher; Øvrum Gaarder, Mari; Steinheim, Geir; Hopkins, David Laurence; Horneland, Reinert; Eik, Lars Olav; Ådnøy, Tormod (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study compared the meat sensory profile of lambs (5 months old) and hoggets (17 months old) from two sheep breeds, Norwegian White Sheep (NWS) and Norwegian Spel (NS). The loin (left and right) samples (M longissimus ... -
Management Strategies to Improve the Economics of Sheep Farms in Norwegian Coastal and Fjord Areas—The Effect of Animal Size and Capacities for Rangeland Utilisation
Bhatti, Muhammad Azher; Eik, Lars Olav; Steinheim, Geir; Ådnøy, Tormod; Hopkins, David Laurence; Asheim, Leif Jarle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The morphological and productive aspects of Norwegian sheep have developed over time and adapted to the diverse environment of the country. Before 1900, native Norwegian sheep were crossed with UK breeds to attain higher ... -
Multivariate analyses of milk infrared spectra and predictions from it in dairy cattle populations
Belay, Tesfaye Kebede (PhD Thesis;2017:65, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Fourier-transform mid-infrared (FT-MIR) spectra of milk is one of the multivariate information routinely recorded by many milk-recording organizations in the world. Use of such information is becoming central to research ... -
Nutritional and anti-nutritional quality of range vegetation in southern Ethiopia and supplementary values of selected browse leaves to goats
Woldemariam, Aster Abebe (PhD Thesis;2010:51, Doctoral thesis, 2010)Livestock are reared in all agroecological zones of Ethiopia under various production systems. Goats, although found in all agroecological zones, are popular in the drier environments since they adapt well in harsh condition ... -
Prediction accuracy of direct and indirect approaches, and their relationships with prediction ability of calibration models
Belay, Tesfaye Kebede; Dagnachew, Binyam Sime; Boison, Solomon Antwi; Ådnøy, Tormod (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018) -
Rangeland Grazing Strategies to Lower the Dependency on Imported Concentrates in Norwegian Sheep Meat Production
Bhatti, Muhammad Azher; Eik, Lars Olav; Steinheim, Geir; Ådnøy, Tormod; Horneland, Reinert; Wynn, Peter Charles; Hopkins, David Laurence; Asheim, Leif Jarle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Norway has vast rangeland resources (292,361 km2) with an estimated carrying capacity of nearly four million sheep and lambs, twice the current number. However, the intensive production system currently applied has led to ... -
Relationship inference and inbreeding in forensic genetics
Brustad, Hilde Kjelgaard (PhD Thesis;2021:48, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Inference of relatedness between individuals is of interest in fields as disparate as animal breeding, archaeology, medical genetics and genealogy. In the forensic context, emphasised in this thesis, applications include ... -
Reproductive and Genetic Studies in Large Yellow Croaker
Yu, Xinxiu (Doctoral thesis, 2021-12-15)Large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) is distributed in the coastal regions of East Asia and is one of the most important marine aquaculture species in China. However, due to overfishing, it has been difficult to ...