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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... -
Role of brown rats in transmission of Mpox virus
- The global spread of Monkeypox virus (MPXV) clade IIb in 2022/2023 raised concerns about spillback into new animal reservoirs. Researchers from... -
International research into biocide resistance granted financial support
- The Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) granted the BIORESIST project financial support for research on the impact of... -
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... -
MARAN 2024: Decline in antibiotic resistance in animals is levelling off
- Antibiotic usage in Dutch livestock farming has fallen sharply since 2009. The sharp decline in antibiotic usage started levelling of last year, as...