West Nile: the monitoring of wild birds for virus surveillance
Culex pipiens, the common mosquito, is the main carrier of the West Nile virus (WNV). Studying its eating habits is important to establish prevention ...
Illegal treatment in beef cattle: an indirect and more effective tracing method
Residues of drugs that are potentially dangerous to human health can be found in food. A research project coordinated by the IZSVe has developed ...
EFSA and EMA show the way to reduce the use of antimicrobials in European animal husbandry
The EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) and EMA (European Medicines Authority) joint scientific opinion on measures to reduce the use of antibiotics in European animal ...
VetBioNet: a network to fight animal infectious diseases
The VetBioNet project (Veterinary Biocontained facility Network for excellence in animal infectiology research and experimentation) seeks to strengthen the present European capacity and competence to ...
Escherichia coli producers of enzymes that confer resistance to antibiotics. How widespread are they in poultry?
In recent years the spread has increased of bacterial strains ESBL producers, or enzymes that confer resistance to beta-lactams, drugs critical in the treatment ...
ZIKAction. Pediatricians, veterinarians and epidemiologists against Zika virus
The ZIKAction Kick-Off Meeting was held in Kingston from October 30th to November 1st, 2016, which is not surprising, considering that Jamaica is one of the ...