Onderzoekers van de faculteit Diergeneeskunde schreven een artikel over de negatieve effecten van de elektronische halsband op het welzijn van honden, en positieve trainingsmethoden als alternatief, voor het Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde.
How is it that some covid-19 patients are affected much worse than others? Can we predict beforehand which of them will develop critical symptoms. A diverse consortium of universities, academic hospitals and industrial partners is looking for the answers to these questions.
The government has announced a ban on electronic collars, leading to public debate that will also involve veterinarians. What is the behavioural and physical impact of using electronic collars? Can veterinarians support and substantiate the ban on electronic collars? What can veterinarians recommend as an alternative to using electronic collars for dogs with undesirable behaviour?
Over time, cancer cells tend to become desensitised to specific drugs or chemotherapy 鈥 a phenomenon that claims the lives of many patients each year. Berkers is engaging with tumours and looking for the weak link in their metabolism.
At the behest of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine is coordinating the research project 鈥楩ighting COVID-19 in animals and humans, a 鈥淥ne Health鈥 approach鈥.
Eight municipalities, three knowledge institutions, farmers鈥 organisation LTO-Noord and the regional water board have concluded a deal: they will collaborate on sustainable farming and awareness about healthy food.
Alain de Bruin, Professor of Pathobiology in Veterinary Medicine, and Monique Minnema, internist-haematologist and Professor of Haematology at UMC Utrecht, want to jointly develop a new therapy against lymphoma.
In addition to Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 programmes, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 increasingly offers education to professionals, from short courses and workshops to extensive programmes.
What makes an ideal veterinarian? the Master鈥檚 programme review committee under the leadership of Merel Langelaar is developing a revised curriculum from 2022 onwards, based on input from veterinary practice, lecturers and students.
Five projects from Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 have received funding from the so-called National Science Agenda. The Utrecht led consortia receive a total 24.8 million.
Researchers from, among others, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, (HU) and the RIVM are developing a Virtual Human Platform to assess the safety of chemicals and medicines without the use of laboratory animals.
Utrecht researchers are involved in four major European Horizon 2020 projects that are all connected with research into substances that are harmful to our health. A brief impression of the projects is provided below.
Researchers investigated the genetic origin of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) on sixteen infected Dutch mink farms and the people who live or work there.
Roger Adan is a Professor at Translational Neuroscience at the 木瓜福利影视 Medical Centre Utrecht. We asked him about his view on the transition to animal-free innovations.
