A5069744568- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Veterinary Equine Medical Research
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Animal health and immunology
- Animal Virus Infections Studies
- Research in Social Sciences
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Livestock and Poultry Management
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Plant and fungal interactions
University of Helsinki
2016-2025
Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
2004-2024
Animal Production Institute
2008-2019
University of Veterinary Medicine
2006-2016
Agricultural Research Service
2014
Finnish Veterinary Foundation
2012
Helsinki Art Museum
2010
Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore
2006
Foot pad dermatitis and hock burn lesions are a form of contact dermatitis, condition affecting skin areas in with unsuitable or irritating material. Contact is common problem, reducing the welfare broilers, believed to also affect broiler breeders. However, there very little research on This study followed severity foot breeders throughout production period. At slaughter presence burns breast blisters was determined. In addition, changes litter over time impact quality pads were evaluated....
Abstract The welfare of production animals provokes wide social discussion among the public, yet, despite this, farmers’ voices and their representations animal are rarely heard, even though farmers ones actually able to improve welfare. Farmers’ perceptions what constitutes how it may be improved can differ from those consumers other stakeholders, therefore is crucial understand mean when they talk about improving To chart perceptions, we conducted qualitative interviews a questionnaire...
Modern fast-growing broilers spend excessive periods resting and their activity further decreases with age. Inactivity has been suggested to increase impaired gait the incidence of leg disorders. Tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) is a common pathology in broilers. A more complex environment might facilitate improve health. Perches or elevated platforms bring variety broilers' could motivate locomotion. This study examined impact perches on walking ability, occurrence TD level bone ash mineral...
Most of us have experienced deterioration mood while ill. In humans, immune activation is associated with lethargy and social withdrawal, irritability aggression; changes in motivation could, theory, lead to less functional interactions. This might also be the case for animals housed close confinement. Tail biting pigs an example damaging behavior, sickness thought a risk factor tail outbreaks. One possible mechanism whereby may influence behavior through cytokines. To identify mediators...
Abstract The extraordinary genetic and behavioural diversity of dog breeds provides a unique opportunity for investigating the heritability cognitive traits, such as problem-solving ability, social cognition, inhibitory control, memory. Previous studies have mainly investigated differences between breed groups, information on individual is scarce. As result, findings are often contradictory inconsistent. aim this study was to provide more clarity between-breed traits in dogs. We examined...
Tail biting is a serious and common welfare problem in modern pig production. The aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence tail damage Finland relationships between carcass condemnations. Information on total 10,852 pigs from 479 farms was collected at Finnish abattoir. 34.6%, but majority healed damage. fresh versus severe 11.7% 1.3%, respectively. All forms caused an increased risk condemnation, especially due abscesses (RR: 4.9 for all damage). Severe highly condemnation 5.2...
Health in relation to tail-biting behaviour was investigated on a problem farm. Quartets (n = 16) of age- and gender-matched fattening pigs including tail biter (TB, n 16), victim (V, control the same pen (Ctb, 10) where no biting observed (Cno, 14) were chosen by direct behavioural observation. Haematological clinicochemical analyses, autopsy histological examination 16 different tissues carried out. Tail lesion severity evaluated both macroscopically, basis inspection, histologically,...
Tail biting is a common welfare problem in pig production and addition to being sign of underlying problems, tail reduces itself. The aim this study was evaluate the effects on different pre post mortem indicators stress slaughter pigs carcass meat characteristics. A total 12 bitten (TB) 13 control (C) from farm with long-term were selected for salivary cortisol analyses before after transport slaughterhouse. After stunning, samples taken analysis serum cortisol, blood lactate, intestinal...