Hanna Eriksson

Research interests:

Evaluate how management systems affect the health and welfare of dairy cattle, focusing on the social environemnt of the animals.

Goals with my research:

Evaluate how housing calves with their dams affect the health, welfare and fertility of the dams, and the health of the calves. Evaluate if cow-calf contact results in robust calves, with better abilities to transition to productive dairy cows.

Involved in education of master level in the Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine program at SLU.

Supervision of Bachelor- and MSc-students.

On-going research projects:

Career Grant for Early-career Researchers 2025-2028

Steering group member SLU One Health 2025-

I graduated from the veterinary program at SLU 2000, and first worked as a field veterinarian until I returned to SLU 2006. Between 2006 and 2014 I worked as junior lecturer at the Division of Ruminant Medicine, where I was involved in education and practical supervision of veterinary students. During my PhD at the University of British Columbia, I became interested in how management of dairy cattle affect their hoof health.

Co-supervisor PhD student Claire Wegner (2021 -)

van Zyl, C.L., Eriksson, H.K., Bokkers, E.A.M., Kemp, B., van Knegsel, A.T.M., Agenäs, S., 2025. Consequences of weaning and separation for feed intake and milking characteristics of dairy cows in a cow-calf contact system. Journal of Dairy Science, 108(3): 2820-2838.

Churakov, M., Eriksson, H.K., Agenäs, S., Ferneborg, S. 2023. Proposed methods for estimating loss of saleable milk in a cow-calf contact system with automatic milking. Journal of Dairy Science, 106(12): 8835-8846.

Hellström, M.V., Ternman, E.M., Eriksson, H.K., 2023. Calf or grass - What would the cow choose? Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 268:106087.

Eriksson, H.K. et al., 2022. Strategies for keeping dairy cows and calves together - a cross-sectionl survey study. animal, 16(9):100624.

Eriksson, H.K., Daros, D.D., von Keyserlingk, M.A.G., Weary, D.M. 2021. Standing behavior and sole horn lesions: A prospective observational longitudinal study. Journal of Dairy Science, 104(10): 11018-11034.

Eriksson, H.K., von Keyserlingk, M.A.G., Weary, D.M. 2021. The effects of social environment on standing behavior and the development of claw horn lesions. Journal of Dairy Science, 104(2): 2195-2211.

Eriksson, H.K., Daros, D.D., von Keyserlingk, M.A.G., Weary, D.M. 2020. Effects of case definition and assessment frequency on lameness incidence estimates. Journal of Dairy Science, 103(1): 638-648.

Daros, D.D., Eriksson, H.K., Weary, D.M., von Keyserlingk, M.A.G. 2019. Lameness during the dry period: Epidemiology and associated factors. Journal of Dairy Science, 102(12): 11414-11427. 

Daros, D.D., Eriksson, H.K., Weary, D.M., von Keyserlingk, M.A.G. 2020. The relationship between transition period diseases and lameness, feeding time and body condition during the dry period. Journal of Dairy Science, 103(1): 649-665.

Thesis:

Eriksson 2019. Management practices and cow-level factors related to claw horn disruption lesions in dairy cows. University of British Columbia.

Cow and calf together