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At the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Clinic for Companion Animal Health at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, a congenital heart defect in a dog was repaired in a successful operation.

The rocky road of vaccine development

Infectiebioloog Karin Strijbis onderzoekt de fascinerende omgang van ons lichaam met bacteriën in de darmen.

Epidemiologist Hans Heesterbeek and virologist Marion Koopmans talk about emerging infectious diseases

Onderzoek naar COVID-19 in mens en dier.

Femke Broere is Professor of Infectious Diseases and Immunology at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ (UU) and a member of the Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Open Science Platform.

Party-goers are increasingly replacing known drugs such as XTC, speed or ketamine with designer drugs

Research Published Initial Step Towards Developing Fully Human Antibody Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Respiratory Disease COVID-19

Scientist Carlos Voogdt received an Rubicon grant to study for two years in Heidelberg, Germany.

During the Onderwijsparade on 4 March 2021, these two teachers were named Outstanding Teacher and Teacher Talent of the year 2021.

Research by Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ shows that the paws of assistance dogs are cleaner than the shoe soles of their users, and thus, paw hygiene is no reason to ban assistance dogs from hospitals.

What makes a medicine safe and effective for one species but highly toxic for another? A cow is very different from a lapdog, bird or tortoise, explains veterinary pharmacologist Ronette Gehring. ‘Animal species have entirely different reactions to medicines. We want to find out why.’

Animal testing plays an important role in the development of medicine and broader scientific research. However, the practice has been coming under growing scrutiny in recent years.

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.

PSSM staat voor polysaccharide storage myopathy. Dit is groep spieraandoeningen waarbij suikermoleculen stapelen in de spiercellen wat leidt tot spierproblemen.

Scientists at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ investigated if dogs can adapt to their new environment based on their nocturnal activity.

We still don't have a clear idea of the future of livestock farming. One thing is certain, though: animal welfare is becoming increasingly important. So what role should veterinarians play in shaping tomorrow's livestock farming industry?

The figures don't lie. Technological advancements are making it increasingly easy to accurately measure horses' movements. Gait analysis has been widely used on humans for some time now.

In the period between 2018 and 2020, a total of 1.4 million people signed the ‘End the Cage Age’ petition, which aims to end cage housing of farm animals in Europe. In response to this civic initiative, the European Parliament commissioned Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ researchers to prepare an advisory report on the potential for abolishing cage housing.

Roel Vermeulen (Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ) and Armand Paardekooper Overman (from architects Mecanoo) talk about the Utrecht-based ‘living lab’.