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The 3Rs Centre Utrecht will host a conference on the future of animal-free biomedical research, in close collaboration with the Transition Animal Free Innovation (TPI) Programme.

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has decided to extend the accreditation for veterinary medicine faculty for another seven years.

The spread of swine flu appears to be changing in recent decades. Industry, veterinarians and Dutch knowledge institutes have joined forces in a consortium.

Dobermanns suffer from liver inflammation (hepatitis) and the heart muscle disease DCM (dilating cardiomyopathy) more often than other dog breeds.

As of 1 January 2024, Pascalle van Loo is the new head of the Animal Welfare Body of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� and ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Medical Center Utrecht.

The Universities of the Netherlands (in Dutch: UNL) created a video about the transition to animal-free science in Utrecht.

The Board of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has appointed a committee to advise on the design of a new selection procedure for admission to the Bachelor program of Veterinary Medicine.

An international team of researchers, led by Mount Sinai, has discovered a link between certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and an increased risk for thyroid cancer, according to a study published in eBioMedicine.

Rumi Renckens is a first-year Care, Health and Society student. Sonja El Yandouzi studied Pharmacy and is now a lecturer at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��.

Bas Rodenburg and Jeannette van de Ven were involved in drafting the resulting covenant. What does an animal-friendly livestock farm look like? And what does it take to achieve that?

Each and every day, the staff of the academic veterinary hospital strive to improve the health and well-being of animals.

Lecturers Gerrit Koop and Adriaan Antonis and Master’s student Yoni Veldhuis talk about the new challenge-based assignment during the basic internship in the revised Master’s programme.

Scientists began monitoring a group of around 4,000 young people even before they were born as part of a study into asthma and allergies.

More than a year ago, an enthusiastic group of veterinarians committed themselves to increasing sustainability in the field of veterinary medicine.

At De Tolakker, ten hectares of grassland is making way for ecological corridors and ditches with nature-friendly banks.

It has been on their wish list for quite some time, but now the moment has arrived: from 2024, the Air View cars will be fully electric.

Using the transition to sustainable livestock farming to simultaneously make animals happier as well. That is what Vivian Witjes hopes to achieve through her research.

Fleur Froeling involved non-scientists in every stage of her research, including choosing a topic. The result: wood smoke.

Arya works on a waste disposal site, scaring off birds that cause a nuisance. Last year, her right eye was removed because of damage by elevated eye pressure.

On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, the British newspaper The Guardian published a study on air quality in Europe.

Researchers from the Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� have uncovered a sophisticated mechanism by which coronavirus spike proteins can be activated for cell entry.

The alliance of TU/e, WUR, UU, and UMC Utrecht (EWUU) has appointed two Scientific Directors and a Director EWUU Education to strengthen the collaboration between the four institutes in Eindhoven, Wageningen and Utrecht.

De Koninklijke Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Diergeneeskunde (KNMvD), de Koninklijke Nederlandse Kennelclub “Cynophilia” en de Faculteit Diergeneeskunde willen verantwoord fokken stimuleren.

For the coming year, two student assistants have been added to the Animal Welfare Body Utrecht and the 3RCU team. They introduce themselves in this newsitem.

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