31-08-2012

Researchers at Uppsala University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and their international collaborators have discovered a mutation in a single gene in horses that is critical for the ability to perform ambling gaits, for pacing and that has a major effect on performance in ...

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09-11-2010

Studies of heavy, fast-growing hens and small, slow-growing hens provide important new knowledge on the origin of the genetic variation that has enabled them to adapt rapidly to new extreme environments. This is shown by new research findings published in PLOS Genetics. The studies have been ...

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30-08-2010

The immune-mediated disease SLO can lead to severe claw problems in dogs. Researchers have now identified genetic risk factors underlying this disease. The obtained results that were reported in PLoS ONE can lead to increased knowledge about similar nail diseases that affect ...

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03-06-2010

Various forms of cancer are one of the most common causes of death in dogs today. But both diagnosis and methods of treatment for cancer in dogs and cats have developed dramatically in recent years. In his doctoral dissertation at SLU, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in ...

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17-05-2010

How can a tiny spider body contain material for several decimeters of gossamer silk, and what governs the conversion to thread? Researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) can now explain this. The new research findings are presented in Nature. “We have seen how the ...

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