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Quantitative genetics of growth rate and carcass quality traits in Atlantic salmon
(Phd Thesis;2021:39, Doctoral thesis, 2021-05-06)Quantitative genetic parameters of quality traits and growth rate in Atlantic salmon are commonly recorded at a target average market body weight (4-5 kg) at which the individuals are at the same age, which is less labour ... -
Genomic methods in breeding programs: Parental assignment, triploid genomics and case-parental control modelling
(Phd Thesis;2021:7, Doctoral thesis, 2021)The use of high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotypes enables us to perform highly accurate parentage assignment. However, dependence between loci often results in using a subset of the data to obtain ... -
Identification of photoreceptors with functional characterization of photolyase in Pseudoidium neolycopersici
(PhD Thesis;2021:72, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Powdery mildew caused by Pseudoidium neolycopersici is one of the most destructive diseases, occurring predominantly on greenhouse grown tomatoes, and has gained importance worldwide due to severe economic losses in terms ... -
A new approach for predicting milk production responses and feed utilization in dairy cows
(Doctoral thesis, 2021)Feed evaluation systems (FESs), such as the Nordic Feed Evaluation System (NorFor), aim to help dairy producers compare the nutritive value of various types of feed, formulate of balanced diets, and predict animal performance ... -
Reproductive and Genetic Studies in Large Yellow Croaker
(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 ... -
Nutritional, health, and technical properties of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) feeds
(PhD Thesis;2021:79, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Black soldier fly (BSF) (Hermetia illucens) has been identified as a promising novel ingredient in fish feeds. The knowledge on optimal downstream processing of BSF is, however, lacking in the literature. The main objective ... -
Sheep breeds in contrasting environments - pasture utilization at different spatiotemporal scales
(PhD Thesis;2018:24, Doctoral thesis, 2018)In Norway, approximately 2 million sheep are released onto outer fields for summer grazing. Indeed, during the summer months sheep are the most common large herbivores in most Norwegian mountain areas. The sheep, of which ... -
Growth, stomatal responses and postharvest characteristics of Rosa x hybrida : the influence of air humidity and light quality
(PhD Thesis;2013:77, Doctoral thesis, 2013)Greenhouse production systems are important in the production of vegetables, herbs and ornamentals. Roses are among the most valuable crops in the greenhouse floriculture industry and are produced as pot plants or as a cut ... -
Dynamic dietary salmon farming in the Faroe Islands with regards to production, quality and economic improvements
(PhD Thesis;2018:104, Doctoral thesis, 2018)The development of feeds for Atlantic salmon has been an ongoing process since the industry started in the 1970s. In the early years, salmon feeds had higher share of proteins than lipids, but after the introduction of ... -
Tetradecylthioacetic acid (TTA) : a functional feed ingredient for Atlantic salmon affecting early sexual maturation, cardiac robustness and β-oxidative capacity
(PhD Thesis;2018:36, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Utilisation of fatty acids highly dominates energy metabolism in high performance fish as the Atlantic salmon. It is well established knowledge that feed intake and growth of salmon is highly influenced by water temperature ... -
Growth, feed utilization, health and biometric parameters in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) - Influence of dietary protein-to-lipid ratio and body fat status
(PhD Thesis;2018:103, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Today, commercial diets for large farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) commonly contain 30-35 % protein and 35-39 % lipids, i.e. a ratio of protein-to-lipids below 1. Such energy dense diets have generally been shown ... -
Genetic improvement of feed efficiency in dairy cattle
(PhD Thesis;2017:106, Doctoral thesis, 2017)The main objective of the thesis was to investigate the requirements and possibilities for including feed efficiency (FE) in the breeding goal in dairy cattle and hence enable the genetic improvement of feed efficiency. ... -
Management of genomic inbreeding in breeding schemes
(PhD Thesis;2019:25, Doctoral thesis, 2019)The overall aim of this research work was to explore strategies that manage genetic variation at the genomic level in the era of powerful genomic selection methods. In paper 1, the role of alternative genomic relationship ... -
Starch digestion dynamics in broiler chickens as affected by structural components, starch properties and level of inclusion
(PhD Thesis;2019: 57, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Quantitatively, starch is the most important component and the major energy source in poultry diets. Although it is commonly believed that the broiler chicken has a large capacity to digest starch, numerous studies have ... -
Improved starch and protein utilization by extruded feed pellets targeted to benefit dynamics of rumen digestion in dairy cows
(PhD Thesis;2021:15, Doctoral thesis, 2021)To meet their requirements for energy and amino acids, high-producing dairy cows are fed compound feeds containing high amounts of starch and protein. Optimal utilization of these high-quality feeds is critical, where the ... -
Improving the utilisation of phytate-bound phosphorus in feed for poultry and pigs through increased efficacy of exogenous phytase in the anterior digestive tract
(PhD Thesis;2020:76, Doctoral thesis, 2020)The majority of phosphorus (P) in feedstuffs is present as phytate-P. Phytate is the storage form of P in seeds and grains and consists of an inositol ring with six phosphate groups bound to it. The phytate-P is only ... -
Sensitivity of plants exposed to gamma radiation : a physiological and molecular study
(PhD Thesis;2019:100, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Sessile organisms such as plants need to cope with a range of changing environmental conditions and stressors, including ionizing radiation like gamma, beta or alpha radiation and non-ionizing radiation (UV-A and UV-B ... -
Sweet potato virus in Ethiopia : detection, characterization, elimination and management
(PhD Thesis;2019:94, Doctoral thesis, 2019)The initiative to improve sweet potato production and productivity in Ethiopia began in the 1980s and so far, there are 26 improved sweet potato varieties made available for farmers. Lack of a rigorous quarantine scheme ... -
Sweet potato production in South Sudan : current status, virus infections and whitefly vector diversity
(PhD Thesis;2019:98, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is an important staple food crop that assures food security in sub-Saharan Africa, especially East Africa. In South Sudan, sweet potato is a main staple food crop for many farming ... -
Multivariate analyses of milk infrared spectra and predictions from it in dairy cattle populations
(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 ...