Make plans to join Nordic colleagues for an informative meeting with active discussion.
Call for Presentations
Presentations on ongoing mastitis-related research are warmly welcomed. Each talk will be 10 minutes long, followed by 5 minutes for questions and discussion.
Registration Deadlines
We look forward to seeing you in Tuusula!
See below for registration details.
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 7th Seminar on Nordic Mastitis will be organized as an on-site meeting in Tuusula, Finland, on November 3-4, 2025. The seminar will focus on herd-level information for monitoring 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.
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.
Presentations on ongoing mastitis-related research are warmly welcomed. Each talk will be 10 minutes long, followed by 5 minutes for questions and discussion. When registering, it is sufficient to provide only the title of your presentation. Priority will be given to presentations by PhD Students and Postdoctoral Researchers.
Registration Deadline for Presenters: October 6, 2025
Registration Deadline for Other Participants: October 20, 2025
The November 3-4, 2025 seminar will be held in area called Krapi, at Rantatie 2, 04310 Tuusula, Finland. The meeting venue, hotel, and restaurant for the event are all located within the same Krapi area. Nearby, there is area called Onnela, which offers additional accommodation. Krapi is located on the eastern shore of Lake Tuusula, at the at the intersection of museum road Rantatie and Tuusulantie (Road 145). The distance to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is 15 kilometres and to the center of Helsinki, 30 kilometres. View Google Maps.
Distance from Helsinki Airport to Krapi is about 15 km. The most convenient way to come to Krapi is to take a taxi from the airport (about 15 min).
Hotel Krapi’s reception can arrange a private airport taxi for you. The transfer is from the airport to Krapi, the price is fixed and the booking must be made in advance, no later than 24 hours before your arrival time.
Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen, Vantaa, Kerava, Sipoo, Tuusula, Kirkkonummi and Siuntio form an integrated public transport area where traveling is easy and affordable. The region has an integrated ticketing system and HSL tickets are valid on all buses, commuter trains and trams, as well as on the metro and Suomenlinna ferry on the area.
You get to Krapi by bus directly from Helsinki, Kerava and Järvenpää.
Arriving from the direction of Järvenpää the bus stop ”Krapin pysäkki” is just in front of Krapi. Arriving from south the bus stop is about 150m after Krapi.
Rooms have been pre-booked for event participants at two hotels located within the seminar venue. The reservation block will be held until October 3, 2025, after which rooms will be released to the public sale.
Hotel Krapi Address: Rantatie 2, Tuusula, Finland.
Hotel Onnela Address: Rantatie 34, Tuusula (approx. 1 km from Hotel Krapi)
Room Rates (same for all room types):
All prices include VAT and breakfast at Restaurant Krapihovi.
Each guest is responsible for booking their own room and paying on-site.
Reservations. Please use the booking code NKJ.
Email: hotelli@krapi.fi
Phone: +358 9 274841
Whether you prefer to stay close to the Airport for convenience or enjoy the atmosphere of city center, there are plenty of hotel options to choose from. See Visit Helsinki.
Riitta Niemi, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Production Animal Medicine, Finland
riitta.e.niemi@helsinki.fi
Camilla Kielland, University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Department of Production Animal Sciences, Norway
Camilla.kielland@nmbu.no
Josef Dahlberg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary medicine and animal science, Department of Clinical Sciences, Sweden
Josef.dahlberg@slu.se
Line Svennesen, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Denmark
line.svennesen@sund.ku.dk
Svenja Woudstra, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Denmark
svenja.woudstra@sund.ku.dk
Dinah Seligsohn, Swedish Veterinary Agency, Sweden
dinah.seligsohn@sva.se
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: