News of Wageningen University & Research
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Risk of airborne transmission of avian influenza from wild waterfowl to poultry negligible
- Research by Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) has shown that the risk of airborne transmission of high pathogenic avian influenza virus from... -
Introduction routes for bird flu season 2020-2021 investigated
- Commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Utrecht University in collaboration with the Netherlands Food and Consumer... -
Artificial Intelligence Uncovers in Scientific Literature Unknown Prohibited Substances in Food Supplements
- Food supplements are products in the form of pills, powders, drops, capsules, or drinks and are meant to supplement daily food intake. Just like other... -
Decreasing confidence among farmers and horticulturalists in the second quarter
- In the second quarter of 2021 agro confidence fell by 1.5 points. This fall was mainly due to a decrease in the confidence of farmers and... -
Bird flu at Dutch poultry farms in 2020/2021
- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) has confirmed yet another outbreak of bird flu in the Netherlands. In Heeten, highly pathogenic avian... -
Publication: ‘Towards a nature inclusive society’
- The publication 'Towards a nature inclusive society' lists projects from the Nature Inclusive Transitions research programme with which WUR reflects... -
Sustainable and future-proof potato cultivation visualised in knowledge clips from Holland Innovative Potato
- Holland Innovative Potato – a project in which Wageningen University & Research is one of the main partners - has visualised the research... -
Investing in technology stimulates reduction of nitrogen emissions in agriculture
- Technology can make a major contribution to reducing nitrogen emissions in Dutch agriculture according to scientists from Wageningen University &... -
Antibiotic resistance stable in the Netherlands in 2020
- In 2020, the year of the SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus) outbreak, resistant bacteria were not found more often than before in patients in the... -
WBVR tests foxes positive for bird flu (H5N1)
- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) has diagnosed bird flu in two foxes from the province of Groningen in the Netherlands and characterized the...