• Degradation and digestion of wheat and legume starch in broiler chickens as affected by pelleting and extrusion 

  Palazoglu, Pelin (Master thesis, 2019)

  Starch is a quantitatively most important source of energy in broiler chicken diets. Diets may contain up to 50% starch on a dry matter basis. Despite high starch contents in the diet, broiler chickens can utilize a variety ...

• The role of age in the selection of police patrol dogs using a standardized behavior test 

  Bjørnson, Kim Iversen (Master thesis, 2019)

  Police patrol dogs face many challenging situations, and only a proportion of dogs are suitable for this work. It is desirable to identify suitable dogs as early as possible, allowing unsuited dogs to be released for other ...

• Gene editing of red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) with CRISPR/Cas9 knocking out F3'H 

  Miller, Sara (Master thesis, 2019)

  Breeding new improved crop varieties is a lengthy process that can take many years. With climate change and more rapidly changing environmental conditions, it becomes even more important to develop new varieties quickly. ...

• Small dogs display more aggressive behaviour than large dogs in social media videos 

  Solheim Bernales, Natalie (Master thesis, 2019)

  Due to potentially greater vulnerability to accidents and attacks, the behaviour of small dogs may reflect greater threat sensitivity and need for protection than that of large dogs. Based on this hypothesis, I predicted ...

• Miljøberikelse i form av ulike rotematerialer til avvente smågris : effekter på aktivitetsbudsjett 

  Pedersen, Signe Helen (Master thesis, 2019)

  Tidligere forsøk viser at rotematerialer fungerer godt som miljøberikelser på gris for å øke utforskende atferd, redusere frykt, aggresjon og stereotypiske atferder. Miljøberikelser kan defineres som en modifikasjon av ...

• Karakterisering av leukocytter i råmelk hos melkekyr og i blodet hos deres nyfødte kalver 

  Letnes, Margrete (Master thesis, 2019)

  Hensikten med denne oppgaven var å undersøke populasjonen av hvite blodceller i råmelk fra ku og i blod fra deres respektive kalver. I tillegg ble en eventuell sammenheng mellom hvite blodceller i råmelk og i blod hos kalv ...

• The use of Saccharomyces cerevisae CNCM I-1077 in feed for ruminants : effect on digestibility, rumen enviroment and methane emmission 

  Tonje, Eilerås (Master thesis, 2019)

  The main objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effect of adding live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1077) in rations to dairy cows in early lactation on apparent total tract digestibility, rumen physiological ...

• Epigenetic effects of temperature during embryogenesis on climatic adaptation traits in Norway spruce (Picea abies) : studies of cold hardiness, gene expression and epigenetic marks 

  Slågedal, Kaia (Master thesis, 2019)

  Norway spruce (Picea abies) is known to have an epigenetic memory of temperature during embryogenesis, which affects phenological traits in the trees more than 20 years later. This memory was first shown in trees from ...

• New activity-based fertility traits for Norwegian Red dairy cattle : definitions, heritabilities and comparison to traditional fertility traits 

  Aglen, Johanna (Master thesis, 2019)

  The aim of this study was to define and calculate heritabilities for new activity-based fertility traits for Norwegian Red (NRF) dairy cattle. The traits were time from calving to first high activity episode (CFHA), first ...

• Effekt av bor- og kalsiumgjødsling på rotfysiologi og cellevegg hos gulrot (Daucus carota ssp. sativus) 

  Henriksen, Marte Grøftrem (Master thesis, 2019)

  Gulrot er en mye brukt grønnsak, og for å oppnå best mulig lagringsevne og en høy norskandel på markedet er det avgjørende at den ikke har svakheter. Svakheter i cellevegg kan føre til lavere kvalitet og økt smitte av ...

• Melanin-based skin pigmentation and stress in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

  Thorsen, David Krokedal (Master thesis, 2019-05-12)

  Anybody who has studied, fished for, handled, or consumed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) will have noticed that the skin of these fishes is typically dappled with black spots. In ...

• Betring av NorFor-grovfôropptaksmodellen hos mjølkekyr ved bruk av tyggetidsregistrering 

  Øvreeide, Knut-Olav (Master thesis, 2019)

  Denne oppgåva inneheld ein teoridel og eigne undersøkingar. Teoridelen tek for seg tema omkring fôropptak, tyggeaktivitet og prediksjonsmodellar for fôropptak som er relevante for eige forsøk. Fôr er den største variable ...

• Can drought tolerance be a preadaptation to frost tolerance? : evolution of responses to drought and sudden frost within the grass subfamily Pooideae 

  Stolsmo, Sylvia Pal (Master thesis, 2019)

  The grass family (Poaceae) is one of the most economical and ecological important plant family on earth. The largest of the Poaceae grass subfamilies is Pooideae. This subfamily contains many of our crop and forage grasses ...

• Fusarium poae and Fusarium langsethiae in an oat field-time point of infection and possible inoculum sources 

  Rassat, Alexandra Roos (Master thesis, 2019)

  Fusarium head blight in cereals is a global issue, threatening food production and food security. Most Fusarium head blight organisms are able to produce a wide range of mycotoxins, posing human- and animal health risks ...

• Pollinator trees as a potential inoculum sources for fruit decay fungi on apple 

  Sigei, Titus Kipkoech (Master thesis, 2018)

  Over the recent years it has become common to plant cultivars of crab apple as pollinators at regular distance in the rows of the apple fields. Little or no specific knowledge exist about the susceptibility to diseases of ...

• Hvordan gjøre tareindustrien mer konkurransedyktig? 

  Søndenaa, Herman (Master thesis, 2018)

  Denne studien tar for seg potensialet som ligger i å industrialisere kultiveringen av makroalger i Norge, som en bærekraftig og lønnsom næring. Målet med denne studien er todelt. Studien vil se på den nyeste kunnskapen om ...

• Holistic sustainability in the restaurant industry : implications of focusing on the social dimension 

  Arnesen, Edona Emilie (Master thesis, 2018)

  The purpose of the study is to understand the food service industry better when it comes to sustainability, contributing to the body of literature engaged with the development of sustainable practices in the restaurant ...

• Kvalitetsundersøkelser for en del grønnsaker i detaljomsetningsleddet 

  Vågene, Kristin (Master thesis, 1973)

• Multitrophic effects of the relationship between a plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) and arugula (Eruca sativa) on the predator Doru luteipes, using Plutella xlyostella and Spodoptera frugiperda 

  Hagbardsland, Kim Jarle Fantastico (Master thesis, 2018)

  Background. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) provide several benefits to plants, such as faster growth, larger yields and resistance to pests. When attacked by herbivores, plants defend themselves in various ...

• Fornying av eng ved direktesåing : effekten av tettleik i svoren på etableringssuksess 

  Dysjaland, Bjørg Karin (Master thesis, 2019)

  Med direktesåing kan ein fornya plantedekket med lågare kostnadar og meir miljøvennleg enn ein full fornying med pløying. Men å få til ei vellukka etablering viser seg å vera utfordrande. I fleire forsøk som har blitt gjort ...

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