DVM, PhD, Dip. ECAWBM-WSEL Ann-Helena Hokkanen and DVM Kati Salla from the faculty of veterinary medicine, University of Helsinki got 4000 eur grant for the studying oral meloxicam for long-term pain relief in disbudded calves. Hokkanen was awarded with a PhD at 2015 at the University of Helsinki. She studied Hot-Iron disbudding pain in calves - studies on perception of pain and options to increase pain alleviation. Salla is finalizing her PhD on veterinary pharmacology.
Julia von Wendt - society funded also veterinarian Jaana Pehkonen with 1400 eur to support farmers study visit to Danish pig-farms with outside paddocks for the fattening pigs. Information will be used for designing more welfare-friendly housing systems for pigs in Finland.
More Information:
doctoral student Kati Salla, DVM, tel. 045 1205179 (kati.salla@helsinki.fi)
PhD, DVM Ann-Helena Hokkanen tel. 0400 489123 (ann-helena.hokkanen@helsinki.fi)
veterinarian Jaana Pehkonen, (jaana.pehkonen@hippomedi.fi)
Marianna Norring, Juliana von Wendt society, p: 050 3246923 (jvws@jvws.org)
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