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On 14 November, employees and students of universities and universities of applied science will protest in Utrecht against the drastic budget cuts in higher education.

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

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.

Op de Tolakker maakt tien hectare grasland plaats voor ecologische verbindingsstroken en natuurvriendelijke slootoevers. Dat kan doordat de faculteit het aantal koeien vermindert en dus minder voer nodig heeft.

Docenten Gerrit Koop, Adriaan Antonis en masterstudent Yoni Veldhuis vertellen over de nieuwe challenge based opdracht over de transitie van de veehouderij binnen het basis-coschap van de herziene master.

Een vaccin tegen het blauwtongvirus. De eerste vraag was: beginnen we met schapen of koeien? Dierenwelzijn kreeg prioriteit boven economische belangen.

A vaccine against the bluetongue virus. "The first question was: do we start with sheep or cows? Animal welfare was given priority over economic interests: Sheep first."

In de operatiekamer bij Diergeneeskunde. Zoek de verschillen!

Fotograaf Cas Oorthuys richt zijn camera op de diergeneeskunde van de jaren zestig.

Photographer Cas Oorthuys points his lens at nineteen sixties veterinary medicine.

Veterinarian Odette Doest gained international fame in 2018 when a series of photos by her cousin, nature photographer Jasper Doest, were featured in National Geographic. Doest portrayed her remarkable efforts to educate children about the natural environment and care for wounded wild animals on Curaçao. How do things stand with Bob, vet Doest and her work these days?

Vanaf 2018 werd dierenarts Odette Doest internationaal bekend door de foto’s van haar neef, natuurfotograaf Jasper Doest, in National Geographic. Hoe is het nu met Bob en dierenarts Doest en haar werk?

Lamb in X-ray machine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Lam in röntgenapparaat op de faculteit Diergeneeskunde

The national annual quota has been reached. See what you can do when you are publishing at Springer/Nature.

Het nationale jaarlijkse quotum is bereikt. Lees hier wat je kan doen als je bij Springer/Nature publiceert.

Spot the differences! Anatomy lesson with cadaver

Zoek de verschillen! Anatomieonderwijs diergeneeskunde

What was it like to be a veterinarian fifty years ago and what are the differences with today? We went to visit Jelke Algra (76) and Lex Lobstein (73) in Balk, Friesland.

In addition to his work at a veterinary practice in Sneek, Dutch veterinarian Evert J.S. Bron was also a successful inventor in the veterinary field. For example, Bron designed a teat protector, also known as the udder support net and more colloquially referred to as the ‘cow bra’.