Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation Profile
We are a multidisciplinary research community uniting animal welfare and behavior researchers from different fields to a common pool of expertise. The group was established in 2003, and currently consists of more than 20 researchers, of which approximately half are senior researchers. The background of our members is within veterinary, agricultural, biological, cognition and engineering sciences.
Fields of Science
- 413 Veterinary science
- sickness behavior
- pain behavior
- animal behaviour
- play behaviour
- animal welfare
- 412 Animal science, dairy science
- agrotechnology
- 119 Other natural sciences
- ethology
- human-animal relationship
- 6162 Cognitive science
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Magdy Adam
- Production Animal Medicine - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Departments of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Visiting scholar
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine - Supervisor for doctoral programme
- Helsinki One Health (HOH)
- Research Centre for Animal Welfare
Person: Visiting scholar
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Kristina Helena Sylvia Ahlqvist
- Production Animal Medicine - Doctoral Researcher
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine
- Research Centre for Animal Welfare
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, Doctoral Researcher
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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, Doctoral Researcher
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Nona Borgström
- Equine and Small Animal Medicine - Project Planner
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Veterinary Medicine
- Research Centre for Animal Welfare
Person: Doctoral Researcher, M5 Teaching and research support staff
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Standardizing the Scent Dogs Training Methods and Evaluation; Dogs in Identifying Equine Gastric Ulcers
Malminen, R. J. (Project manager) & Hielm-Björkman, A. (Principal Investigator)
01/01/2026 → 01/01/2031
Project: Research project
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Training Speed of New Medical Scent; Dogs Ability to Early Identify Human Breast Cancer
Malminen, R. J. (Project manager) & Hielm-Björkman, A. (Principal Investigator)
01/01/2026 → 01/01/2031
Project: Research project
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Lapaerottimien toimivuus joutilasosastolla ja vaikutukset eläinten hyvinvointiin
Swan, K.-M. (Project manager)
27/09/2025 → 01/12/2027
Project: Research project
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Provet Cloud -portaali 2025
Raekallio, M. (Project manager)
Eläinlääketieteen tutkimuksen tukisäätiö sr
25/03/2025 → 31/12/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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DI-FoOD: Prospective randomized controlled diet intervention for obese dogs
Hielm-Björkman, A. (Project manager), Hemida, M. (Participant), Holm, S. V. (Co-Principal Investigator), Bergström, J. M. (Participant) & Anturaniemi (o.s. Roine), J. (Participant)
01/01/2025 → 01/03/2027
Project: Research project
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A comparison of short-term analgesic effects of xylazine alone or combined with levomethadone or ketamine in calves after hot-iron disbudding
Adam, M., Hokkanen, A.-H., Hänninen, L., Taponen, S., Norring, M., Aho, R. H. & Salla, K., 16 Nov 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Dairy Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Agreement between arterial blood pressures measured non-invasively and invasively in anaesthetised sheep
Sainmaa, S. K., Adam, M. A. H., Casoni, D., Huuskonen, A. V., Valldeoriola Cardó, A., Raekallio, M. R. & Mykkänen, A. K., 8 Dec 2025, In: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica. 67, 1, 8 p., 54.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Älysikala - datan yhdistämisen malli
Palva, R., Heinonen, M. & Immonen, N., 2025, Työtehoseura ry. 24 p. (TTS Työtehoseuran julkaisu; vol. 483)Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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American mink as an animal model to study SARS-CoV-2 and vaccine response
Aaltonen, K., Virtanen, J., Kegler, K., Venkat, V., Kareinen, L., Korhonen, E. M., Niamsap, T., Malmgren, R., Korpela, J., Naves, R. A., Iso-Oja, M., Svenns, S., Häggvik, T., Ojala, E., Vapalahti, O., Peura, J., Sukura, A., Ritvos, O., Pasternack, A. & Nordgren, H. & 2 others, , 2025, (Submitted) In: bioRxiv.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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Animal caretaker perceptions and experiences of the use of local anaesthesia in piglet castration in Finland
Kupsala, S., Hokkanen, A.-H., Heinonen, M., Hänninen, L. & Valros, A., 2025.Research output: Conference materials › Poster › peer-review
Activities
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Eläinlääketiede Suomessa ennen ja nyt - paneeli
Hänninen, L. (Speaker: Chair)
3 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
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Tuotos ja pitoisuudet hukassa - salapoliisityön jatkokurssi
Hovinen, M. (Speaker)
14 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Supervision of licentiate thesis of veterinary student Iida Lahti: The effect of antimicrobial treatment of a pregnant sow on the intestine and immunity of its offspring
Heinonen, M. (Supervisor)
2025Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
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Supervision of licentiate thesis of veterinary studentElisa Kristola: The most common health issues of hobby chicken farms. Questionnaire study
Heinonen, M. (Director)
2025Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
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Kati Vainio
Mykkänen, A. (Supervisor), Hänninen, L. (Co-supervisor), Kareskoski, M. (Member of thesis committee / follow-up group) & Raussi, S. (Member of thesis committee / follow-up group)
2025 → …Activity: Examination types › Member of doctoral thesis committee / follow-up group
Prizes
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adjunct professor of the year of the University of Helsinki
Hänninen, L. (Recipient), 12 Mar 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Press/Media
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Hyvinvointineuvottelukunta perusti hevosjaoston – Ensin pohditaan päävarusteita
11/09/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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