News of Wageningen University & Research
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17 March 2023
Two vaccines effective against bird flu
- Two of the four vaccines tested for their efficacy against HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) type H5N1 bird flu are effective under laboratory... -
07 February 2023
New guidelines for cryoconservation of animal genetic resources now available online
- Cryoconservation of genetic resources in gene banks provides one of the most powerful tools to manage genetic diversity in both the short and long... -
10 October 2022
New European Reference Centre for Endangered Animal Breeds established
- From 1 January 2023, experts of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) will work together with IDELE (France) and BLE (Germany) to advise the... -
07 October 2022
More clean water for agriculture and horticulture in times of drought
- Is it possible to safely use treated wastewater (effluent) from sewage treatment plants (WWTPs) as irrigation water in agriculture and horticulture? A... -
30 September 2022
Bird flu at poultry farms, updates 2021/2022
- In the bird flu season of 2021/2022, multiple highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza infections on Dutch poultry farms have been identified by... -
28 September 2022
Trial with three vaccines against bird flu
- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) has started a trial with bird flu vaccination. In Lelystad vaccines against bird flu of three different... -
22 August 2022
Five questions about botulism
- During warm summers, the news media frequently reports on mortality among aquatic birds and fish as a result of botulism. Miriam Koene from Wageningen... -
30 June 2022
To be or not to be a lignocellulosic commodity
- Lignocellulosic commodities are needed to connect biomass to markets, lower the cost and achieve security of supply. Without transportable and... -
30 June 2022
Less antibiotic resistance in animal husbandry
- Gut bacteria in farm animals have become increasingly less resistant to antibiotics over the past ten years in the Netherlands. This is one of the... -
29 June 2022
Start of genetic monitoring for relevant species in Dutch aquaculture
- A new group of species, with fish, shellfish and seaweed, has been added to the Statutory Research Tasks of the Centre for Genetic Resources in the...