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A new study expands the understanding of where prions can be found in the bodies of moose  (Alces alces) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) with sporadic Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Through infection experiments and material from Norwegian cervids with this disease variant, researchers have also demonstrated that CWD prions can be experimentally transmitted from muscle tissue to mice.

There are several unanswered questions regarding Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Can the disease spread from reindeer to moose, deer, or roe deer? Could other species, including humans, be at risk? Researchers are now conducting infection trials on reindeer to find answers.

The Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI), in collaboration with the University of Ghana (UG) and the Fisheries Commission (FC) of Ghana, have conducted the second phase of the baseline study to map fish disease occurrence in catfish and tilapia farms on land based facilities (ponds, tanks etc) across the country.

The Norwegian Veterinary Institute has played a key role in enhancing aquatic animal health management across Sub-Saharan Africa, with a primary focus on Ghana and Kenya. This has included training in epidemiology, outbreak investigation in aquatic animals, biosecurity and vaccine development. 

The Norwegian Veterinary Institute is on a project visit in Malawi from October 12th to 18th, 2024, as part of the project "One Health – Controlling Zoonotic Diseases and antibiotic resistance (AMR) in the Milk Value Chain in Malawi, Ethiopia, and Tanzania". The project started at the end of 2022 and is funded under an agreement between Norad and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute. The goal of the project is to combat zoonoses, or diseases transmitted between animals and humans, and to reduce antibiotic resistance in milk production.

Healthy animals and good animal welfare are becoming increasingly important to ensure food supply and safety. Changing climate and environment, new diseases, a tense geopolitical situation, and increased demands for animal welfare present challenges addressed by the largest and most ambitious European initiative on research and innovation in animal health and welfare.

At the annual meeting of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), held in Paris May 26-31, researcher at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) Saraya Tavornpanich was elected as a member of the Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission.  The 6 current members of the commission are now from Australia, Chile, China, Ireland, Norway, and South Africa.

The Fish Health Report 2023 from the Norwegian Veterinary Institute is now available in English.

The Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) has contributed to the establishment of a national reference laboratory for fish histopathology and training facilities in Ghana. It is the first fish histopathology laboratory of its kind in the West African sub-region.

Fungal infections are a serious threat to humans, animals and plants, with 1.5 million deaths annually and food production at risk. Meanwhile, the development of fungicide resistance is becoming an increasing problem worldwide.