Nieuws /en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:17:49 +0200 Mon, 28 Apr 25 11:00:00 +0200 "Healthy animals on a healthy planet are not possible in the current global livestock industry." /en/background/healthy-animals-on-a-healthy-planet-are-not-possible-in-the-current-global-livestock-industry Arjan Stegeman spoke during the annual congress of the Caring Vets. "The future of livestock farming lies in the hands of people who take both animals and the planet seriously." 148867 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws More pneumonia near goat farms, bacteria possible explanation /en/news/more-pneumonia-near-goat-farms-bacteria-possible-explanation VGO-III, the Livestock Farming and Health of Local Residents study, shows that pneumonia occurs more frequently in areas with many livestock farms. 146646 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Geiten in geitenstal Domestic cats and dogs minimally exposed to bird flu /en/news/domestic-cats-and-dogs-minimally-exposed-to-bird-flu Research shows that of 254 cats and 395 dogs, a limited portion has been exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). 146678 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:36:00 +0100 Nieuws Myrna de Rooij receives a Veni grant for research into zoonotic bacteria and viruses on livestock farms /en/news/myrna-de-rooij-receives-a-veni-grant-for-research-into-zoonotic-bacteria-and-viruses-on-livestock Myrna de Rooij receives a Veni grant for the development of new technologies to monitor zoonotic pathogens on livestock farms. 142254 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:16:00 +0200 Nieuws "It’s always important to stay alert" /en/news/its-always-important-to-stay-alert What diseases are circulating among companion animals in our country? The Veterinary Microbiological Diagnostic Centre (VMDC) provides nationwide monitoring of zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance. 139347 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:37:00 +0200 Nieuws "Avian flu is an invisible enemy" /en/background/avian-flu-is-an-invisible-enemy Showering, washing your hands, and changing your boots. Despite the introduction of basic hygiene rules to minimise the spread of infectious diseases, avian flu keeps penetrating barns 129549 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Virologist in search of the Holy Grail /en/background/virologist-in-search-of-the-holy-grail Before the pandemic, people used to give him a pitiful look when he told them he was a virologist. Today, there are seventeen million virologists in the Netherlands; research on viruses is hot. Berend Jan Bosch has been fascinated by these pathogens for years. 115002 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws 'We need to approach health from a more preventative angle' /en/background/we-need-to-approach-health-from-a-more-preventative-angle Lidwien Smit studies the impact of the living environment on human, animal and environmental health. 114994 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Lessons we can learn from veterinarians /en/background/lessons-we-can-learn-from-veterinarians People used to throw cadavers into the canals of Utrecht. Horses were draught animals and riding wasn't a hobby for young girls. So how has veterinary knowledge changed our behaviour over the last two hundred years? Read the five short articles below to find out. 111563 Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:48:00 +0200 Nieuws What are we doing to arm ourselves against pathogens? /en/background/what-are-we-doing-to-arm-ourselves-against-pathogens What are we doing to arm ourselves against pathogens?The role of Veterinary Medicine in research into ways to fight infectious diseases 98199 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 15:35:00 +0200 Nieuws Microscopisch beeld van coronavirussen Hostile viruses /en/background/hostile-viruses Researcher Berend-Jan Bosch explains why it is both difficult and important to be prepared for future outbreaks of coronaviruses 90989 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:11:00 +0100 Nieuws Berend Jan Bosch