EU Projects

The global community is facing great challenges in areas such as global warming, supply of potable water, public health and food safety concerns as well as coping with diverse pandemics.

The National Veterinary Institute will through participation in EU funded and other international research projects contribute to new knowledge generation and build the necessary capacity to enable the international community turn these challenges into sustainable solutions.

The scope of our research is aimed at improving animal (including fish) health and welfare, feed and food safety, and creating environment friendly and sustainable production systems.

Our vision is to build a well-networked knowledge institution that is attractive to partners in global cooperation for sustainable development.

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MOLTRAQ: Molecular tracing of viral pathogens in aquaculture

The purpose of the project is to increase knowledge on transmission, prevention and control of viral diseases in aquaculture and develop a generic approach to viral disease control by using information on epidemiological and physiogenetical attributes from several important aquatic animal viruses.

VEG-i-TRADE: Impact of climate change and globalisation on safety of fresh produce – governing a supply chain of uncompromised food sovereignty.

EU-prosjektet VEG-i-TRADE skal fokusere på effekter av forventede klimaendringer og globalisering på mattrygghet, særlig knyttet til vegetabiler. Prosjektet ser på mikrobiologiske og kjemiske trusler for mattryggheten i frukt og grønnsaker.

CamCon: Campylobacter control - novel approaches in primary poultry production

The strategic objective of CamCon is to improve the control of Campylobacter in primary poultry production in various parts of Europe and thereby facilitate the production of “low-risk broilers”.

PRIORITY: Protecting the food chain from prions: shaping European priorities through basic and applied

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) started, 20 years ago, a devastating health and food crisis throughout Europe. Classical BSE is now under control as a result of the meat and bone meal ban. However, tonsil analyses suggest that there may be an alarmingly high number of asymptomatic PrPSc positive cases. Transmission through blood transfusion is another important concern, as are recent atypical cases of BSE. Only a profound understanding of the molecular biology of prions will enable us to control them.

SAPRO: Sustainable Approaches to Reduce Oomycete (Saprolegnia) Infections in Aquaculture

The overall objective of SAPRO is to develop sustainable measures to control and eradicate expanding oomycete diseases that represent a serious threat to aquaculture as well as to natural populations of fish. This goal will be achieved through the creation of an Initial Training Network with 10 early stage researchers and 3 experienced researchers who will be trained in all aspects of state-of-the-art techniques and methods that will be used to study the disease.

BASELINE: Selection and improving of fit-for-purpose sampling procedures for specific foods and risks

The BASELINE project deals with new needs and schemes for food sampling. Food safety objectives (FSOs) and performance objectives (POs) are new terms that will lead to a more risk based food legislation when implemented. However, before implementation, more knowledge about how risk changes along the farm-to-fork chain is needed and sampling schemes to detect latent risks at an early stage must be developed.

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