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• Coronavirus

  A large variety of coronaviruses exist naturally and can cause diseases in many animal species. Several coronaviruses are zoonoses: they are able to...

• Hepatitis E

  Hepatitis E is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV). HEV occurs sporadically in developed countries, primarily in the genotypes 3 and...

• Schmallenberg virus

  Schmallenberg virus (SBV) causes congenital malformations and stillbirths in cattle, sheep, goats, bison and possibly camelids. Wageningen...

• PED - Porcine epidemic diarrhea

  Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) was first reported in the United Kingdom in 1971. The disease was characterized by severe enteritis, vomiting, watery...

• Prion diseases

  Wageningen Bioveterinary Research provides diagnostic services, scientific research and policy advice to public and private sector organisations for...

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  Training bees to smell the coronavirus

  3 mei 2021 | Start-up InsectSense and Wageningen Bioveterinary Research have trained bees to extend their tongues when they smell the coronavirus. The coronavirus,...
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  Never again do we want to be caught off-guard by a virus

  4 maart 2021 | The 103rd Dies Natalis is to take place on 9 March. Online, this time, due to the global outbreak of COVID-19. Wageningen University & Research is...
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  Questions and answers regarding infection with COVID-19 in mink

  11 november 2020 | Mink have tested positive with COVID-19 at dozens of mink farms in the Netherlands. It is also likely that mink have transmitted the virus to...
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  First publication on coronavirus transmission on mink farms

  10 november 2020 | Various animal species, among which mustelids, are susceptible to the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) which causes the disease COVID-19. The...
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  COVID-19 detected on multiple Dutch mink farms

  25 oktober 2020 | Mink have tested positive with COVID-19 at 69 mink farms in the Netherlands. Some employees had symptoms of the coronavirus. It seems the infection...

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