Methods in cell biology and cell culturing science
Acquisition and Processing of Animal Physiological and Health
Data
Summary
At the end of
2002 Helsinki University (HU) and Estonian Agricultural University (EAU)
signed a co-operation contract to participate in the INTERROBO project the
aim of which is:
to establish an Finnish-Estonian researchers network which can respond
to the coming EU�challenges,
to progress and improve the measuring technology for animal husbandry
welfare measurement systems,
to prepare and realize future research in cooperation with HU both at
the EAU and the other Baltic agricultural universities.
Within the
framework of INTERROBO project a joint course �Measurement of Welfare� in
HU was carried out from 22-29.04.2003 by teachers of Veterinary Faculty of
the EAU, Helsinki University, Kuopio University and MTT Agrifood Research
Centre of Finland. From Nov 24 to 30, 2003 joint NOVA-BOVA and INTERROBO
course �Animal Welfare Measurements and Automation in Dairying� took place
in EAU, Tartu.
Aims of the
course - to become familiar with the principles of: data acquisition of
physiological and health data; signal processing of physiological and
health data; statistical analysis of physiological and health data;
simulation programs.
Number of credits in ECTS
4 ECTS
Course period (meeting in person)
May 31 � June 4, 2004
Target groups
Second-year Master students, applicants with Master�s
degrees in related fields are also accepted, PhD students if relevant to
studies
Entrance requirements
To be a second-year Master student,
have a Master�s degree or appropriate educational level in Animal Science,
Food Science, Technology, Technical Science or Veterinary Medicine including
the basic knowledge in data processing (Excel).
V�ino
Poikalainen, Associate Professor, Estonian Agricultural University
(automation in milk production, physiological data acquisition)
Preliminary teaching team:
Jukka Ahokas, Professor, Helsinki University, Faculty of
Agriculture and Forestry (productional environment, measurement techniques,
data acquisition and elaboration) Mikko Hautala, Dots., Lecturer, Helsinki University, Faculty
of Agriculture and Forestry (measurement techniques, data acquisition,
elaboration, modelling) Jaan Praks, Professor, Estonian Agricultural University
(health control, physiological data acquisition) V�ino Poikalainen, Associate Professor, Estonian Agricultural
University (automation in milk production, physiological data acquisition)
Andres Aland, Lecturer, Estonian Agricultural University
(panorama of diseases, health control) Eugen Kokin, Lecturer, Estonian Agricultural University
(automatic data processing, modelling) Tanel Kaart, Statistician, Estonian Agricultural University
(statistical analysis)
Last updated:
2004.05.19
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