HuVetA: Recent submissions
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How Traditional Chinese Medicine and Cultural Beliefs Impact the Wildlife in Africa
(2019)This Thesis is an investigation into how Chinese cultural beliefs, behaviors and the use of traditional medicine is directly effecting rhino and elephant populations in Africa. China’s lust for endangered animal products ... -
Implications and management of L. salmonis in Norwegian aquaculture
(2019)L. salmonis is a notorious parasite known to affect the two major cultured fish species in Norwegian aquaculture and wild stock populations. The first chapter of the thesis explains the significance of commercial aquaculture ... -
Three-Dimensional Morphological Comparison of Feline Tibiae
(2019)Objectives: To investigate feline tibiae anatomy in order to determine how similar they are to one another, and evaluate the possibility to develop universal bone implants for i.e. fracture repair. Material and methods: ... -
Behaviour analysis of the effect of fox pheromones on mice
(2019)In the current thesis we wanted to study the effect of synthetic TMT, similar to the TMT found naturally in fox faeces, on fear response in mice. Several studies have previously suggested them to have a good ability to ... -
Syringomyelia in Dogs
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How is the animal’s welfare maintained when used in prisons? Norway as a case study
(2019)This thesis is a study into how animal welfare is maintained when animals are used in AAI programs in prisons in Norway. All the prisons in Norway were approached, and four prisons were identified as using AAI. The four ... -
Effects of mycotoxin binders on serum levels of vitamins and minerals in pigs
(2019)The hypothesis of this thesis was, that there is no significant difference between the means the three groups fed with basal diets combined mycotoxin binders and a control group fed with nothing but the basal diet. In ... -
Unethical and forensic aspects of pet keeping
(2019)In this thesis, literature on unethical and forensic aspects of pet keeping has been reviewed. It has been thoroughly shown that animal abuse exists and is being carried out in many different forms, mainly separated by ... -
A survey to monitor oestrus detection in Norwegian cattle farms
(2019)This thesis was based on a questionnaire sent out where 42 farmers replied. It summarizes how to succeed in the herd when it comes to oestrus expression and detection, when the fertility in the bovine population is declining ... -
The Genetic and Clinical aspects of Common Canine Retinopathies, Progressive Retinal Atrophy
(2019)PRA is an autosomal inherited condition that causes deterioration of the retina affecting photoreceptor cells the extent of retinal involvement and time of onset in dogs determines the degree of vision impairment. The ... -
Communication Skills in Veterinary Education in Comparison to Medical Communication Training
(2019)The question of this work is, in which elements of effective communication the medical profession is comparable with the veterinary counterpart. The view of similarities and distinction of the veterinarian-client relationship ... -
Influence of music on the welfare of dairy cattle: towards the establishment of an experimental protocol
(2019)Contemporary concerns have been brought into the light of scientific research, emerging simultaneously with the intensifi-cation of animal production ushered by the industrialization of agriculture over the past five ... -
Chronic Wasting Disease Outbreak in Scandinavia
(2019)Prion diseases are a family of rare and fatal progressive neurogenerative diseases, characterised by incubation periods up to several months or years, spongiform changes seen as neuronal loss, and no inflammatory response, ... -
Mycoplasma bovis: A review of the ongoing phased Eradication Programme in New Zealand
(2019)The purpose of this thesis was to research the ongoing M. bovis eradication programme in New Zealand in terms of its nature, progress and potential challenges. The eradication programme is in its very early stages having ... -
Canine and Feline Geriatrics: A Canadian Survey on the Health and Welfare of Senior Pets
(2019)During ageing, dogs and cats undergo numerous biochemical and physiological changes. In-depth knowledge about these changes is key to better understand the challenges of veterinary geriatrics that face owners and veterinarians, ... -
Longitudinal volumetric assessment of ventricle enlargement in dogs trained for functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies
(2018)Recent studies suggest that clinically sound ventriculomegaly in dogs could be a preliminary or an arrested form of the clinically significant hydrocephalus. There are only a few longitudinal studies measuring ventricular ... -
The effect of the predator odour TMT on the behaviour of mice and the possibility of its epigenetic transmission
(2019)The accuracy of anxiety studies using live animal trials is constantly challenged by the difficulty to create a controllable and yet easily triggered fear response in the test subjects. We proposed the predator odour ... -
Diagnostics of atopic dermatitis in dogs and cats
(2019)In the analysis conducted, we examined over 1000 environmental allergen-serology IgE test results of both dogs and cats conducted in the greater Budapest (Hungary) area from the past 10 years. In this analysis, along ... -
The evolutionary impact of domestication on the palpebral opening of ruminants
(2019)Evolution has been a driving factor in the development of life on Earth, and that process still drives the changes in species continuously. Some of these changes have been selected by humans to reach certain aims in terms ...
