Master's theses (IHA): Recent submissions
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The Effect of Dietary Phytase Supplementation and Incubation in Soy Protein Concentrate based diet Fed to Nile Tilapia
(Master thesis, 2015-05-07)Aquatic feed require high quality, low cost nutrients with increasing aquaculture production. Tilapia has become the third most important cultured fish species in the world, just after salmonids and carps. Soybean and its ... -
Effekt av produksjon, helse, fruktbarhet og melkingsstatistikk på kvotefyllingsgrad i AMS-besetninger
(Master thesis, 2015-03-16)Bakgrunnen for oppgaven var å sammenlikne to grupper produsenter med Lely melkerobot på bakgrunn av kvotefylling og kvalitet av melk i kvoteåret 2012-2013. Den ene gruppen (høygruppa) hadde kvotefylling mellom 99 og 105 ... -
Morfologiske trekk og korrelasjoner til atferd hos varmblods ridehest
(Master thesis, 2015-03-10)Menneskers har benyttet seg av hester i mange århundre. De har blitt brukt som transportmiddel, i landbruk, krig, konkurranse, hobby, turkamerat og som terapidyr. Samspill mellom hest og menneske har vært avgjørende for ... -
Importance of social behaviour in eliciting A-not-B error in domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) with “Unidentified Moving Object” (UMO) as partner
(Master thesis, 2015-02-27)Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are highly sociable animals that are observed to be experts at interacting, understanding and cooperating with humans (Homo sapiens). Social behaviour is difficult to study due to the ... -
The rise and fall of the farrowing sow : does communication matter?
(Master thesis, 2015-02-27)Piglet mortality is both reducing animal welfare and production yield. A large part of the piglet mortality is due to crushings by the sow, as a direct effect of the sows posture changes. Both frequencies, duration and ... -
The effect of reward type and reward preference on the performance of detection dogs
(Master thesis, 2015-02-25)Eight young labradors and spaniels of working strains at Fjellanger Detection Dog Academy in Os, Norway, were used in an alternating treatment design to assess the effect of reward type (toy or food) and reward preference ... -
Atferdsegenskaper hos rasekatter i Norge
(Master thesis, 2015-02-24)I denne studien er det utført en undersøkelse om atferdsegenskaper hos rasekatter i Norge, hvor det totalt ble sett på atferden til 1204 katter. Hovendelen av studien som omhandlet raseforskjeller, bestod av 1137 katter ... -
Laterality in dogs in response to odour of human stress
(Master thesis, 2015-02-24)Can dogs smell that humans are stressed? Lateralization of behaviour and neural functions is found among humans and non-human animals like mammals, amphibians, birds, fishes and reptiles. The structures in the right ... -
Effects of supplement feed on cattle behaviour on pasture
(Master thesis, 2015-01-28)Genetics, supplement feed, environment, and management affect cattle behaviours and diurnal patterns on pasture, thus reflecting individual and/or group difference in time budgets. The aim of this study was to investigate ... -
Genetic analysis of sheepdog trials in Norway - a proposal of new trait definitions and improved recording in Border Collie
(Master thesis, 2015-01-27)Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of the data material provided from sheepdog trials in Norway, estimate heritabilities and repeatabilities for the traits included in the trial, as well as ... -
Mutation screening of DNA isolated from formalin fixed paraffin embedded tumor blocks
(Master thesis, 2014-12-11)Colorectal carcinoma is one of the leading cancers in Norway. Molecular profiling of the different stages of colorectal cancers is still in demand as molecular markers to stratify patients for correct treatment response ... -
Sammensetning av egenskaper innen temperament hos varmblods ridehest, islandshest og ponni.
(Master thesis, 2014-12-11)Gjeldende studie var designet for å undersøke struktur og oppbygging av temperament hos rasene varmblods ridehest, islandshest og ponni (Connemara, Dartmore, Exmoore, Welsh, Sportsponni, Shetlandsponni, Gotlandsruss og New ... -
Does feeding frequency affect utilization of added amino acids in Nile tilapia?
(Master thesis, 2014-12-11)Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is one of the major farmed fish species, with main production in Asia, South and Central America that can tolerate a wide range of environmental stress and easily adapt with low quality ... -
Frie fettsyrer i automatiske melkesystemer (AMS)
(Master thesis, 2014-10-17)Stadig flere norske bønder velger å investere i AMS, da AMS har vist seg og være fordelaktig i norsk melkeproduksjon. Det er ikke lenger bare melkebruk med stor kvote og et høyt antall melkekyr (60-70 kyr) eller samdrifter ... -
Use of eigenvectors in modelling longitudinal data
(Master thesis, 2014-09-25)The modelling of longitudinal data by a regression model generally utilises a set of basis functions of a certain type (polynomial, exponential, etc.) to be used as regressors in the model. Along with the regression ... -
Effect of hammer milling, roller milling and pelleting on technical and nutritive value of barley for ruminants
(Master thesis, 2014-09-24)Barley is world’s fourth grain with respect to its production. To understand its characteristics and effects of different processing methods upon its utilization by ruminants, a comprehensive literature review was conducted ... -
Propionsyrebakteriar for mjølkekyr : effekt på produksjon og kjemisk samansetnad av mjølk
(Master thesis, 2014-09-23)Gjennom millionar av år har drøvtyggjarane utvikla si evne til å fordøye og utnytte tungtløyselege celleveggstoff i plantemateriale ved hjelp av mikroorganismar i vomma. Dei flyktige feittsyrene produsert under fermentering ... -
Reduction of rearing cost of replacement Heifers by genomic selection
(Master thesis, 2014-09-22)The development of methodologies with genomic information to incorporate into genetic evaluation of animals and plants for selection purposes has been a breakthrough research of this decade. Since then, research has been ... -
The accuracy of genomic prediction for viral nervous necrosis and vibrosis disease resistance in atlantic cod
(Master thesis, 2014-09-18)The objective of this study was to estimate accuracy of genomic prediction for disease resistance to viral nervous necrosis and vibriosis using sparse and genome sequence SNP-data in Atlantic cod. The disease challenge ... -
Evaluation of animal welfare in dogs working with animal assisted interventions for elderly people with dementia
(Master thesis, 2014-09-17)Animal assisted interventions (AAI) have a beneficial effect on human health, but little research is done on the impact this kind of work has on the animals involved. The aim of this study is to evaluate the welfare of ...