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Feed additives for piglets more effective before weaning
- Feed additives aimed at improving gastrointestinal health are frequently supplied to piglets after weaning (d28), but this might not be the most... -
Bird flu at poultry farms, updates 2024/2025
- On this page, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) presents an overview of highly pathogenic bird flu infections on Dutch poultry farms from... -
Vaccines offer longer term protection of layer hens in field study
- The two experimental bird flu vaccines currently in research in a field study, offer longer term protection to layer hens, but don’t prevent... -
Bacteria provide possible explanation for extra pneumonia near goat farms
- Pneumonia is more common among people living in areas in The Netherlands with many livestock farms. The additional risk of pneumonia is higher if... -
WUR: no foot-and-mouth disease in the Netherlands
- No foot-and-mouth disease has been found in the Netherlands. All Dutch samples examined are negative. This conclusion was drawn by Wageningen... -
A closer look at four residual flows as insect feed
- Residual flows such as manure or kitchen waste can be used to breed insects, but this is not yet allowed. This has to do with risks regarding food... -
WBVR to test calves and bluetongue samples for presence of FMD
- An infection with Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMD) has been detected in three water buffaloes in the German state of Brandenburg. Minister Femke... -
Bluetongue in ruminants, updates 2024
- This year's first case of bluetongue in the Netherlands was confirmed on 14 June 2024. Since the confirmation of bluetongue serotype 3 in Ommeren,... -
PhD researcher Kiki Streng of Wageningen University & Research: ‘Surveillance in animals contributes to pandemic preparedness’
- Mosquito-borne zoonotic viruses are increasingly circulating in the Netherlands. PhD student Kiki Streng studied how surveillance systems can be... -
‘We aim to reduce the number of structural high-volume users of antibiotics’
- The use of antibiotics in the Dutch livestock sector has stabilised after an earlier drop of approximately 70 per cent. Has the usage of antibiotics...