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Director General Gaute Lenvik and Director for Research & Internationalisation Carlos das Neves joined a delegation of the Norwegian Ministry for Agriculture and Food, led by Minister Bollestad, which visited China this November. This mission was aimed at strengthening commercial and scientific links between the two countries.
The annual NORM-VET report shows continued decline in antibiotic consumption, and that preventive measures to reduce occurrence of antimicrobial resistance have been effective.
The Norwegian Veterinary Institute-NVI, together with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, private veterinarians and many interested citizens, continues to work on clarifying the reasons behind the recent acute mortality in dogs in Norway.
The Norwegian Veterinary Institute-NVI, together with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, private veterinarians and many interested citizens, continues to work on clarifying the reasons behind the recent acute mortality in dogs in Norway.
An increased number of cases of severe haemorrhagic gastroenteritis (inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract) has led to the death of several dogs in Norway in the last weeks.
Every AquaNor, Norway and Chile organizes a joint seminar giving an overview of the fish health status in both countries and addresses important issues for the aquaculture industry. This year the meeting put emphasize on biosecurity and transportation of fish.
Fish Health is a key element of an agreement signed in the presence of Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg. The Norwegian Veterinary Institute will play a crucial part in the agreed project.
For the first time, a devastating crayfish plague outbreak has been monitored from the onset to crayfish extinction using eDNA methodology. David A. Strand and colleagues surveilled a watercourse over three years. They discovered a remarkable correlation between eDNA fluctuations and host-pathogen dynamics.
Carlos das Neves, director for research and internationalisation at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute will be the new president of the International Wildlife Disease Association.
In the BIO-DIRECT initiative at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute, the goal is to develop a future-oriented veterinary diagnostics that can detect disease quickly and accurately by using new biomarkers and establishing organ-like cell models that can minimize animal experiments.
