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Deadline for presentations: May 31st – 2026
Deadline for attendance only: June 30st – 2026
HEALTHY UDDERS THROUGH VETERINARY ADVISORY SUPPORTED BY AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED DATA
Bovine mastitis is an inflammation of the mammary gland, primarily caused by bacterial infections. It is the most common disease affecting dairy cows in modern production systems and therefore represents the leading cause of antibiotic use in adult dairy cattle. Mastitis also reduces milk quality as well as farm profitability and can, in clinical cases, compromise animal welfare. The One Health approach and animal welfare aspects highlight the need for effective herd-level mastitis management, to not only improve animal health and farm economics, but also to diminish its broader implications for public health and environmental sustainability
The 8th Seminar on Nordic Mastitis will be organized as an on-site meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on August 24-25, 2026. The seminar will focus on herd-level monitoring of udder health and its best-practice application in the Nordic countries. In addition to invited speakers, the program will also include presentations by participants about their ongoing research on mastitis-related topics.
Monday, August 24
Tuesday, August 25
Thanks to the NKJ networking grant, there is no registration fee for mastitis researchers and advisers from farmer organizations in the Nordic countries actively working on udder health issues, but registration is required. Registration includes lunch and coffee on both days and dinner on Monday evening.
PhD Students and Postdoctoral Researchers who are presenting at the seminar may apply for a travel grant to support travel and accommodation expenses. Those who wish to be considered should indicate this when registering for the seminar.
Deadline for presentations: May 31st – 2026
Deadline for attendance only: June 30st – 2026
Venue for the seminar
Frederiksberg, Copenhagen.
At the University of Copenhagen/Vet school:
Reachable by direct connection from Copenhagen Airport and Copenhagen Central Station.
Further information will be provided closer to the seminar.
If you have any questions regarding the Copenhagen meeting, please feel free to send them to Line
Riitta Niemi, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Production Animal Medicine, Finland
Camilla Kielland, University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Department of Production Animal Sciences, Norway
Josef Dahlberg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary medicine and animal science, Department of Clinical Sciences, Sweden
Line Svennesen, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Denmark
Svenja Woudstra, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Denmark
Dinah Seligsohn, Swedish Veterinary Agency, Sweden
Under the coordination of Riitta Niemi (University of Helsinki), the Healthy udders through a herd health perspective -network supported by NKJ (Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Research) brings together professionals across the Nordic region to advance herd-level strategies for udder health monitoring and mastitis prevention.
In the past years, the NKJ funded the two successful networks “Healthy udders for sustainable milk production 2017-2019” and “Healthy udders with low or no use of antibiotics 2020-2021”.
The NKJ funding of these previous networks has been a crucial element to initiate and establish collaborations between the partners of the current Healthy udders through a herd health perspective -network, to benefit from each other’s experiences, and to ensure a high scientific research quality. The established network assembles people with many different backgrounds in the context of udder health management who will bring up-to-date knowledge on evidence-based mastitis management from various successfully conducted and ongoing research projects, as well as from advisory work with farmers.
Network partners in Healthy udders through a herd health perspective include: