Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Scientific interests are animal welfare and behaviour, especially sleep and sickness behaviour in farm animals.
Currently involved with several research projects, such as dairy cattle sleep, pain in pigs, calves and reindeers, farmers´and vets attutudes towards cattle and reindeer pain, canine cognition and animal welfare inspection.
Teaching and supervision of students on animal welfare, protection and behaviour related issues from under grads to doctoral ones.
Specialties:animal welfare research and education, especially issues related to cattle welfare, farm animal sleep and welfare
Education information
PhD
Education/Academic qualification
Animal welfare, ethics and law, (de facto) diplomate, European Board of Veterinary Specialization
Award Date: 1 Nov 2013
applied ethology, adjunct professor
Award Date: 1 Nov 2013
Fields of Science
- 413 Veterinary science
- domestic animal welfare
- cattle welfare
- sickness behaviour
- pain behaviour
- calf welfare
- domestic animal behaviour
- cattle lameness
- automatic behaviour monitoring
- disbudding
- turkey transport
- stress
- canine cognition
- animal protection
- stakeholders´attitudes
- 1 Natural sciences
- applied ethology
- animal behaviour
- EEG
- sleep
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
Evaluation of criminal sanctions concerning violations of cattle and pig welfare
Väärikkälä, S., Koskela, T., Hänninen, L. & Nevas, M., 19 Apr 2020, In : Animals. 10, 4, 11 p., 715.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Lying time and the welfare of dairy cows: a review
Tucker, C., Jensen, M. B., de Passille, A. M., Hänninen, L. & Rushen, J., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Dairy Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Process and follow-up of rehoming in laboratory Beagles
Norring, M. & Hänninen, L., 22 May 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : ATLA.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Veterinarians Experience Animal Welfare Control Work as Stressful
Väärikkälä, S., Hänninen, L. & Nevas, M., 19 Feb 2020, In : Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7, 8 p., 77.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
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. 9, 5, 19 p., 263.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
File
Projects
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
Growth disturbances in Finnish raccoon front legs
Hänninen, L., Lappalainen, A., Malkamäki, S. & Koistinen, T.
01/02/2015 → …
Project: Research project
Canine cognition
Hänninen, L., Somppi, S., Vainio, O., Krause, C. & Pastell, M.
01/01/2008 → …
Project: Research project
Farm animal sleep
Hänninen, L., Pastell, M., Hokkanen, A., Nielsen, P. P., Winckler, C., Agenas, S., Winckler, C., Ternman, E. & Strasser, C.
01/01/2005 → …
Project: Research project
Prizes
adjunct professor of the year of the University of Helsinki
Hänninen, Laura (Recipient), 12 Mar 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
Kooste kuiviketutkimuksessa tehdystä käyttäytymisseurannasta
Laura Hänninen (Speaker)
11 Feb 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Welfare effects of rubber mats for bulls kept on slatted floors
Laura Hänninen (Speaker)
8 Sep 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Member of the Examination committee
Laura Hänninen (Other role (describe in more detail in "Relation description, notes" field))
3 Apr 2020
Activity: Examination types › Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
Ihmeellinen uni
Laura Hänninen (Speaker: Presenter)
28 Jan 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
Eläinten hyvinvointifoorumi
Laura Hänninen (Chair of organizing committee), , Anna Valros (Member of organizing committee), , Ann-Helena Hokkanen (Speaker: Presenter), , Marja Raekallio (Speaker: Presenter), , Lotta Häyrinen (Speaker: Presenter), & Kati Tuomola (Speaker: Presenter)
11 Feb 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
Press / Media
Haastattelu lehmien hyökkäävästä käyttäytymisestä laitumella
08/06/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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
Lihamaaottelu Suomi vs. Ruotsi - onko länsinaapurin lihantuotanto eettisempää?
08/11/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Mikä on naudan ilmastovaikutus, entä ympäristövaikutus? Entä onko se eettisempi valinta kuin broilerin- tai sianliha?
20/10/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media