Main activities:
Work package leader in Foods of Norway, for feed efficiency, health and robusteness
Feed efficiency in salmon (PhD Hanne Dvergedal)
Identifying recessives for fertility in dairy cattle (PhD Henriette Berg Olsen)
Challenge testing of catfish in Vietnam (PhD Khoi Dinh Pham)
Other activities:
Long standing publishing in horse breeding
Heading a group reporting to the ministry on action points in breeding of the Døle, The Fjord and the Norsland/Lyngen horse breeds
To publish on Nile Tilapia in Ethiopia
To publish on production experiments with dairy, focusing heifer feeding intensity
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Publications
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Projects & research
Projects
Successful reproduction is the result of complex interactions of many factors affected by genetics as well as environment. This project will deliver knowledge and tools to improve dairy cow fertility
Increased yield per cow and an increasing number of dairy cows milked in automatic milking systems (AMS) constitute the current trends in Norwegian dairy production.
Areas of research