News of Wageningen University & Research
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23 January 2024
WUR examines definition of farm and animal density
- What do we mean by farm and animal density? Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR, part of Wageningen University & Research) investigated and... -
11 December 2023
How can we use genomic data for the conservation of genetic diversity?
- How can genomic information contribute to the assessment, preservation and restoration of genetic diversity? These questions, and more, were discussed... -
08 December 2023
Heritage varieties: edible Dutch history
- What used to grow in your grandparents' vegetable garden? How did cucumbers taste 100 years ago? Many of the vegetables and grains that were once... -
04 December 2023
Healthy & Safe Food Systems research programme video
- A video has been released in which Gulden Yilmaz, Milou van der Schans, Nicole de Wit, and Wim van der Poel provide valuable insights into the... -
04 December 2023
Bird flu at poultry farms, updates 2023/2024
- On this page, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) presents an overview of highly pathogenic bird flu infections on Dutch poultry farms from... -
22 November 2023
Antibiotic resistance in livestock animals is stabilizing
- As the sales of antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products in the Netherlands declined over the years since 2009, so did the antimicrobial resistance... -
16 November 2023
New variant bird flu virus in Renswoude
- The bird flu virus that struck the laying farm in Renswoude (The Netherlands) is a new variant of the bird flu virus. The virus is related to the... -
31 October 2023
Symposium on new developments in cryoconservation and reproduction: a recap of a successful day
- Cryopreservation of animal genetic material can make a major contribution to increase progress in important traits related to efficiency, health and... -
31 October 2023
Symposium on new developments in cryoconservation and reproduction: a recap of a successful day
- Cryopreservation of animal genetic material can make a major contribution to increase progress in important traits related to efficiency, health and... -
23 October 2023
Genetic analysis: Dutch bluetongue virus type is unique
- The bluetongue virus is rapidly spreading in the Netherlands. With the use of new techniques, including Whole Genome Sequencing, it quickly became...