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Arend Schot died on 11 April 2024. He worked at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine for 47 years and was well known for his kindness, empathy and honesty.

Master's student Femke Castellino is taking the clinical ethology course, in which she spends five weeks studying animal behaviour. She talks to Yvonne van Zeeland, vet and lecturer in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

The Animales Foundation supports our faculty in a wide range of animal welfare research and projects.

Student Olivier Weber chose the 'Animal Welfare Management' track in his master's. He researched the risks and areas of improvement for the welfare of beagles used in veterinary education.

As per October 2024, Professor Paul Coffer will be appointed the new scientific director of the university-wide strategic theme Life Sciences.

In PetScan, the information system for diagnoses in dogs and cats, you can now also enter behavioral diagnoses of dog and check for additional information.

Sometimes the best choice is to end an animal's life. Three vets on dilemmas surrounding euthanasia in animals

"The basic principle of stress-free handling or animal-friendly handling is that you look closely at the animal's behaviour and reactions during a visit."

We call on Utrecht students, alumni, residents and poetry lovers to take part in this poetry contest and make your voice heard for human rights.

Uncertainty is ubiquitous among healthcare professionals and digital escape rooms can provide a solution.

The number of animal experiments at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� and UMC Utrecht has decreased in the past year.

Ten Utrecht-based reseachers have been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC).

The focus area Applied Data Science again provides funding to finance research projects within the SIGs of Applied Data Science.

Daniel Hurdiss had been awarded an ERC Starting Grant.

Last Friday, the first group of Defence dog handlers completed the first module of the course ‘Combat Casualty Care for Dog Handlers

On June 19, the conference 'The 3Rs and NAMs: all-inclusive?' was held at Jaarbeurs Media Plaza. Various stakeholders in the biomedical field gathered to discuss the 3Rs and NAMs.

Several different bacteria play a role in the onset and development of bacterial vaginosis, a bacterial infection of the vagina.

For the first time, researchers have conducted a large-scale study on the microbiome of our upper airways.

Veterinary medicine researchers form Utrecht and Cornell have identified DNA markers that influence the risk of gastric cancer in Belgian Shepherd dogs.

Renske ten Ham has received a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) for her research into improving cost-effectiveness analyses for gene therapies.

Myrna de Rooij receives a Veni grant for the development of new technologies to monitor zoonotic pathogens on livestock farms.

Fourteen promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (DRC).

Prof. dr. Roel Vermeulen has been appointed Distinguished ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Professor at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� as of 15 July. His focus in this role will be on the theme of planetary and preventive health.

Researchers from Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��, with the help of a breeder, discovered the genetic cause for brain disorder "cerebellar ataxia" in flatcoated retrievers.

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