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The walrus Freya has been submitted to the Norwegian Veterinary Institute for post-mortem examination after the animal was euthanized in the Oslofjord on Sunday.

A glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) was found dead in Longyearbyen on the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard in June. The Norwegian Veterinary Institute received samples from the dead gull, and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus of the subtype H5N5 was confirmed. This was the first detection of avian influenza on Svalbard, and the first case detected in the Arctic as far as we know.

The Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) participated in a stakeholder consultative workshop in Ghana from 10. -12. May 2022 to receive inputs and to discuss the draft «Ghana National Aquaculture Development Plan» (GNADP). The workshop aimed at improving the GNADP for the sustainable development of aquaculture in Ghana.

No MRSA has been detected in Norwegian pigs in 2020 and 2021. This absence may result from the entry restrictions to Norway during the COVID pandemic.

The new definition of One Health from the UN Environmental Program and the Tripartite collaboration of agencies is applauded in the latest issue of the journal Nature by Carlos das Neves from the Norwegian Veterinary Institute and Andrew Peters from Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, Australia. The two writers use the opportunity in their letter to Nature to warn against the use of the concept of One Health in contexts where the work being done does not cover the entire scope of the concept, but is only partially within.

The virus that causes pancreas disease (PD) in farmed salmon can be detected directly from seawater and at an earlier stage in comparison with fish screening. A doctoral thesis demonstrates how a new water filtration method makes this possible.

Tuesday the 28th of September is World Rabies Day. The Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) is also joining in the global efforts to fight rabies. In October, the NVI initiates a four-year research project to strengthen One Health systems for more effective rabies prevention in Malawi. 

The institute notified on 17th of September of suspected infection with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a female red deer from Etne in the Western part of Norway. Examinations of additional material submitted to the Institute, could not detect infection in the lymph nodes.

The UN Food Systems Summit took place yesterday Thursday, 23 September 2021. The UN Food Systems Summit serves as a historic opportunity to empower all people to leverage the power of food systems to drive our recovery from the covid-19 pandemic and get us back on track to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

H.M. Queen Sonja of Norway was present at the official opening of the new veterinary building at Ås on the 1. September 2021. This large building complex is a powerhouse for knowledge, teaching, diagnostics and preparedness against health threats to animals, fish and humans, often referred to as One Health.