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Standardising aerosol use in airway infection and vaccine studies
May 8, 2023 - News - In the EU projects TRANSVAC2 and VetBioNet ERG, aerosols were frequently used in infection and vaccine studies. Project partners from 16 international... -
Detection of antibodies against Chlamydia species in chicken serum
May 5, 2023 - News - Avian chlamydiosis is a bacterial infection caused by Chlamydia bacteria. The currently available tests distinguish Chlamydia species based on genetic... -
Four WBVR researchers in Expert Group on Animal Diseases
April 26, 2023 - News - The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality has published the new list of members for the Advisory Committee expert group on animal... -
Snapshots identify cow diseases
April 12, 2023 - News - Facial characteristics of cows could in future be a means to signal cow diseases. Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, in cooperation with HAS Den Bosch... -
Global One Health approach connects food systems and health
April 6, 2023 - News - “A Global One Health approach is a necessary tool to enable preparedness for future pandemics or minimize the effects of them”, states... -
Improving quality of FMD vaccination using single-domain antibodies
March 30, 2023 - News - Single-domain antibodies (VHHs) are excellent tools for foot-and-mouth (FMD) vaccine control. In order to reveal the mechanism behind this,... -
Two vaccines effective against bird flu
March 17, 2023 - News - Two of the four vaccines tested for their efficacy against HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) type H5N1 bird flu are effective under laboratory... -
No spread of H5N1 bird flu between mammals demonstrated
January 25, 2023 - News - Mammals can become infected with the highly pathogenic (HPAI) avian influenza H5N1 virus when they feed on infected sick or dead wild birds. Studies... -
Why vaccination programmes fail to control bird flu in poultry
January 17, 2023 - News - Maternal-derived antibodies (MDAs) may interfere with the immune response of chickens to vaccination. Antigen-specific antibodies from mothers are... -
Retrospect on expert meeting ‘Connected Circularity’
December 19, 2022 - News - Human excreta need to be used in a proper circular food production system. This will come along with challenges as became clear during the expert...