Projects per year
Organization profile
Organisation Profile
The Department of Production Animal Medicine operates in two locations: the Saari estate in Mäntsälä (some 60 kilometres northeast of Helsinki) and the Viikki Campus in Eastern Helsinki.
The Saari Unit accommodates the disciplines of both reproduction of domestic animals and production animal medicine. Reproduction of domestic animals investigates the reproduction of the most important domestic animals in Finland, and production animal medicine focuses mainly on ruminants and pigs. The Saari Unit also houses the Production Animal Hospital, one of the clinics of the University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital,which includes a mobile clinic, a hospital for production animals and an outpatient clinic.
The Helsinki Unit offers the discipline of animal management and welfare, which covers the feeding of and the effects of the production environment on domestic animals as well as animal welfare, ethology and animal protection.
Both the Saari Unit and the Helsinki Unit have their own research laboratories. The Saari Laboratory concentrates primarily on patient samples and on laboratory work supporting research in animal reproduction. The Helsinki/Viikki Laboratory serves those departments of the Faculty that focus on clinical medicine and, in addition to analysing patient samples, offers ample opportunities for extensive research. Furthermore, the Helsinki Unit features an ethology laboratory specialising in technology related to the description and analysis of animal behaviour.
The teaching staff are involved in organising the operations of the Research Centre for Animal Welfare, which is a cooperation network of experts in the field at the University of Helsinki. The national ANIWEL Graduate School in Animal Welfare will focus on a multidisciplinary investigation of animal welfare and clinical veterinary research for the period 2010-13. The Department also accommodates the Finnish Centre for Animal Welfare, which is a national cooperation network funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
International and National Collaboration
Profiles
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Magdy Adam
- Production Animal Medicine - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Departments of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Grant-funded researcher
Person: Visiting scholar
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Riikka Helena Aho
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine
- Helsinki One Health (HOH)
- Research Centre for Animal Welfare
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff
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Stefan Björkman
- Production Animal Medicine - Clinical Instructor
- Animal Reproduction Science
- Helsinki One Health (HOH)
- Departments of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Title of Docent
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Doctoral Programme in Integrative Life Science - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, Teaching and research personnel
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Karoliina Hagner
- Production Animal Medicine - Doctoral Student
- Veterinary Biosciences - Clinical Instructor
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff
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Taehee Han
- Production Animal Medicine - Doctoral Student
- Helsinki One Health (HOH)
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff
Research Units
Projects
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Pig intestinal health
Oliviero, C., Peltoniemi, O., Venhoranta, H. & Mahmud, M. R.
01/08/2020 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research project
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Lypsylehmien kuolemaan johtavat syyt ja riskitekijät
01/04/2020 → 01/07/2023
Project: Research project
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FEVICO - Feeding, Vitality and Colostrum in pigs
Oliviero, C., Hasan, S. M. K., Uddin, M. K. & Peltoniemi, O.
15/01/2020 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research project
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Porojen kastrointikipu ja hyvinvointi
Hänninen, L., Adam, M., Nurmi, H. K., Laaksonen, S., Hokkanen, A. & Valros, A.
01/02/2019 → 31/03/2023
Project: Research project
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Umpeenpanokäytännöt suomalaisilla lypsykarjatiloilla
01/07/2018 → 01/09/2021
Project: Research project
Publications
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Artificial intelligence identifies inflammation and confirms fibroblast foci as prognostic tissue biomarkers in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Mäkelä, K., Mäyränpää, M. I., Sihvo, H-K., Bergman, P., Sutinen, E., Ollila, H., Kaarteenaho, R. & Myllärniemi, M., Jan 2021, In : Human Pathology. 107, p. 58-68 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Coping with large litters: the management of neonatal piglets and sow reproduction
Peltoniemi, O., Yun, J., Björkman, S. & Han, T., 2021, In : Journal of Animal Science and Technology. 63, 1, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Dry cow therapy and early lactation udder health problems - Associations and risk factors
Niemi, R., 21 Jan 2021, In : Preventive Veterinary Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105268.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Effects of prepartum stocking density and a blind on physiological biomarkers, health, and hygiene of transition Holstein dairy cows
Creutzinger, K. C., Dann, H. M., Moraes, L. E., Krawczel, P. D. & Proudfoot, K. L., Jan 2021, In : Journal of Dairy Science. 104, 1, p. 886-898 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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IGF-1 concentrations after weaning in young sows fed different pre-mating diets are positively associated with piglet mean birth weight at subsequent farrowing
Han, T., Björkman, S., Soede, N., Oliviero, C. & Peltoniemi, O., 2021, In : Animal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Eettinen asiantuntijaneuvosto (Event)
Laura Hänninen (Member)
1 Feb 2021 → 12 Dec 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in public Finnish or international organization
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Eläinten käsittelyopetus eläinlääketieteellisessä - opettajien työpaja
Laura Hänninen (Attendee), Anna Valros (Attendee), Katja Maria Mustonen (Attendee), Eeva Mustonen (Attendee) & Anna Mykkänen (Attendee)
13 Feb 2021 → 14 Feb 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Pig reproduction and herd health
Claudio Oliviero (Chair of organizing committee) & Claudio Oliviero (Speaker: Chair)
24 Feb 2020 → 28 Feb 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Luteinizing hormone and progesterone dynamics in the early pregnancy of the sow
Olli Peltoniemi (Supervisor)
1 Jan 2020 → 25 Sep 2020Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
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Improving piglet birthweight and litter uniformity; physiological and genetical approach
Taehee Han (Speaker)
18 Sep 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Prizes
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adjunct professor of the year of the University of Helsinki
Hänninen, Laura (Recipient), 12 Mar 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Best poster award (2010) in annual veterinary meeting in Finland
Venhoranta, Heli (Recipient), 1 Dec 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Press / Media
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Jokainen kohtaaminen eläimen kanssa opettaa eläintä
05/10/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Forskare vill förbjuda minkfarmarna med anledning av covid-19
29/09/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Haastattelu lehmien hyökkäävästä käyttäytymisestä laitumella
08/06/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Katso video: Vasikka nukkuu silmät auki ja näkee luultavasti unia – aikuinen nauta nukkuu vain muutaman tunnin vuorokaudessa
12/02/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media