The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ has been commissioned by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) to draw up a project plan for the development of so-called Animal Welfare stations.
Horses do not experience stress during interactions with veterans with therapy-resistant PTSD. This is according to research on the horses' behaviour, heart rate and heart rate variability.
Livestock farmers are actively preparing for a possible new outbreak of bluetongue. For now, vaccination seems to be the main means of preventing high numbers of deaths.
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."
Research into the exposome, the study of cumulative environmental exposures over a human or animal lifetime, is taking the scientific world by storm. This week, an article was published in Science discussing its importance, goals, and positioning within health research, with contributions from Roel Vermeulen among others.
