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The Veterinary Institute has been approved as an observer organization to IPBES. “The relationship between ecosystems and disease in animals and humans is gaining momentum and attention across the planet, and it is important for us to be closer to these topics,” says Carlos das Neves, Director of Research and Internationalization at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute.

The Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) and the International Livestock Research Institute have signed a memorandum of collaboration to strengthen collaboration around One Health related activities.

The board of the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) has appointed Torill Moseng (55) as its new managing director from 1. October 2021. Moseng has since 2014 been the president of the Norwegian Veterinary Association.

This week the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) received funding from the Research Council of Norway after they released the evaluation results of the 2021 calls for scientific projects. NVI will lead four new projects and participate in additional three projects lead buy other institutions. In total this amounts to 42,5 million NOK to research in animal health, fish health, animal welfare and rabies threatening both people and animals in Africa.

The Norwegian Veterinary Institute is participating in a new European project to investigate the deadly prion disease Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in cervids. The main goal is to be able to contribute to better strategies for detecting, managing and controlling the disease.

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As many as 125,000 cervids have been tested at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute since the first wild reindeer was diagnosed with Chronic Wasting Disease - CWD in 2016. The samples come from cervids that were hunted, as well as those found sick or injured in traffic, and testing is an important part of monitoring CWD in Norway.

People can contract diseases caused by pathogens found in both animals and the environment. Pandemics seem to be getting more frequent. Why? Moreover, can new pandemics be avoided? These were some of the topics that the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Food, Olaug Bollestad heard about, and discussed, in a meeting with Carlos das Neves, Director of research and internationalization at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute and President of the Wildlife Disease Association (WDA), at a meeting on March 11th.

The date for relocating the headquarters of the Norwegian Veterinary Institute is approaching. The Institute expects to move from Adamstua in Oslo to its brand new high tech and modern building at Ås by May 2021. Before the Institute can move, equipment, buildings and procedures for laboratories have to be tested. In this short video, you get a glimpse of how this testing is being done.

15 new research proposals have been granted financial support during December 2020. These are all relevant research projects either led by the Norwegian Veterinary Institute or NVI participating as a partner. The overall budget to cover the contribution of the NVI is approx. 50 million NOK.