Search for dissertations about: "companion animals"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words companion animals.

  2. 1. An animal without an animal within : investigating the identities of pet keeping

    Author : David Redmalm; Ylva Uggla; Tora Holmberg; Hanna Bertilsson-Rosqvist; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; animal studies; animality; anomalies; companion animals; Michel Foucault; Donna Haraway; human-animal studies; materialsemiotics; pets; posthumanism; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : If the human is an animal without an animal within—a creature that has transcended the animal condition—what is a pet? This creature balancing on the border between nature and culture, simultaneously included in and excluded from a human “we”, is the focus of this thesis. The thesis analyzes the discourses and normative frameworks structuring the meaning of pets in people’s lives. READ MORE

  4. 2. Bioinformatic screening for candidate mutations underlying phenotypic traits in domestic animals

    Author : Shumaila Sayyab; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Domestic animals represent excellent model organisms for gene mapping and identification of mutations underlying phenotypic traits. Humans have selected spontaneous mutations in farm and companion animals since they were domesticated and this has resulted in large phenotypic variation among different breeds. READ MORE

  5. 3. Stone Age Companions: Humans and animals in hunter-gatherer burials in north-eastern Europe

    Author : Aija Macane; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; human–animal relationships; relational ontologies; companionship perspective; burial archaeology; mortuary practices; zooarchaeology; hunter-gatherers; Stone Age; Mesolithic; Neolithic; north-eastern Europe; southern Sweden; Latvia; central European Russia;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the relationships between humans and animals in their mutual environment and how these relationships were expressed in the burial practices of northern foragers. The empirical research material consists of animal remains, particularly animal tooth pendants, deposited in graves at Zvejnieki (Latvia), Skateholm I and II (Sweden) and Sakhtysh II and IIa (Russia) cemeteries. READ MORE

  6. 4. Dissemination of Multiresistant Bacteria : Their Selection, Transmission, Virulence and Resistance

    Author : Gustaf Starlander; Åsa Melhus; Jørgen Vildershøj Bjørnholt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Klinisk bakteriologi; Clinical Bacteriology;

    Abstract : Multiresistant bacteria are an emerging threat in modern medicine. Consumption of antimicrobial agents among humans, animals and in agriculture causes a selection of resistance genes. READ MORE

  7. 5. Everyday behaviour in dogs : breed differences and genetic analysis

    Author : Helena Eken Asp; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The absolute majority of dogs are kept as companion animals. Dogs kept as family pets are frequently exposed to noisy and crowded environments, and often have to interact with unfamiliar dogs and humans. In Sweden, we have a long history of recording behaviour in dogs on a large scale. READ MORE