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
Publications and projects within past five years.
Profiles
Stefan Björkman
- Production Animal Medicine - Clinical Instructor
Person: Teaching and research personnel
Taehee Han
- Production Animal Medicine - Doctoral Student
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine
Person: Teaching and research personnel
Laura Hänninen
- Production Animal Medicine - Clinical Instructor
- Research Centre for Animal Welfare
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: UH, Teaching and research personnel
Mari Heinonen
- Production Animal Medicine - Professor
- Research Centre for Animal Welfare
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: UH, Teaching and research personnel
Research Units
Projects 1995 2023
TERVA: Terveellisemmät ja turvallisemmat tavat rauhoittaa nupoutettavia vasikoita
Hänninen, L., Salla, K., Hokkanen, A., Raekallio, M., Taponen, S., Adam, M., Aho, R. & Norring, M.
MAA- JA METSÄTALOUSMINISTERIÖ, Valio
01/06/2018 → 30/06/2020
Project: Research project
Utaretulehdus ja antibioottiresistenssi − mikä on kalvovesikkeleiden rooli?
Siljamäki, P., Savijoki, K., Varmanen, P., Taponen, S. & Nyman, T.
01/05/2018 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research project
Lypsykarjojen hyvän paratuberkuloositilanteen todentaminen ja sertifiointi lypsykarjatalouden tukemiseksi
01/02/2018 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
Farm-based adapted education for pupils in the secondary school
Berget, B., Thodberg, K., Lidfors, L., Pálsdóttir, A. M. & Wikman, I.
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research project
Publications 1986 2019
Acceptability of flavoured pharmaceutically non-active mini-tablets in pet cats tested with a rapid 3-portal acceptance test with and without food
Savolainen, S., Hautala, J., Junnila, J., Airaksinen, S., Juppo, A. M., Raekallio, M. & Vainio, O., 2019, In : Veterinary and Animal Science. 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Analysis of factors affecting the pregnancy rate of mares after inseminations with cooled transported stallion semen
Kareskoski, M., Venhoranta, H., Virtala, A-M. & Katila, T., 15 Mar 2019, In : Theriogenology. 127, p. 7-14 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Anti-Ascaris suum IgG antibodies in fattening pigs with different respiratory conditions
Lassen, B., Geldhof, P., Hälli, O., Vlaminck, J., Oliviero, C., Orro, T. & Heinonen, M., Jan 2019, In : Veterinary Parasitology. 265, p. 85-90 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Assessment of animal welfare problems in Finnish cattle and pig farms based on official inspection reports
Väärikkälä, S. S., Hänninen, L. T. & Nevas, M. A., 22 May 2019, In : Animals.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
Assessment of the feasibility of serological monitoring and on-farm information about health status for the future meat inspection of fattening pigs
Elina, F., Outi, H., Mari, H., Jukola, E. & Maria, F-A., 1 Jan 2019, In : Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 162, p. 76-82 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Activities 1986 2019
Eläinlääketieteellisen tiedekunnan tiedekuntapäivä 2019
Laura Talvikki Hänninen (Attendee), Anna Elisabet Valros (Attendee)15 Jan 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Research assessment panel interview
Laura Talvikki Hänninen (Participant)14 Mar 2019
Activity: Other activity types › Types for other activities - Other
Sikakurssi 2019
Claudio Oliviero (Chair of organizing committee), Claudio Oliviero (Speaker: Presenter)25 Feb 2019 → 1 Mar 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
2019 Annual Conference of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM)
Maria J Vilar (Speaker: Presenter)27 Mar 2019 → 29 Mar 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Pedaforum 2019
Laura Hänninen (Attendee)5 Jun 2019 → 6 Jun 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Prizes
adjunct professor of the year of the University of Helsinki
Laura Hänninen (Recipient), 12 Mar 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
Best poster award (2010) in annual veterinary meeting in Finland
Heli Venhoranta (Recipient), 1 Dec 2010
Prize: Prizes and awards
Press / Media
Katso video: Lehmät kinoksessa – näinkö sitä jäätelöä tehdään?
29/01/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Tidningsinterjuv om terapidjurens välfärd vid besökshundsutbildning för Österbottens Tidning/Vasabladet/Sydin
27/01/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Contributions to Korean agricultural newspaper
05/10/2018
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Maitotilan nuori isäntä kuvasi lehmiään vastaiskuna salaa kuvatuille navettavideoille – "Minäpä näytän, miltä ruuantuotanto näyttää"
16/03/2018
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media