The initial development of intestinal microbiota in poultry plays an important role in production
performance, overall health and resistance against microbial infections. Multiplexed …

Q fever is a disease of humans, caused by Coxiella burnetii, and a large range of animals
can be infected. This paper presents a review of the epidemiology of Q fever in humans and …

Marker vaccines are vaccines that allow serological differentiation between infected and
vaccinated individuals. This differentiation is based on the absence of one or more microbial …

A multilevel analysis was performed to identify and quantify risk factors associated with
mortality and bruises occurring between catching and slaughter of broiler flocks. The effect of …

In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020), SARS-CoV-2 was detected in farmed
minks and genomic sequencing was performed on mink farms and farm personnel. Here, …

Nu het hoogpathogene aviaire influenza (HPAI) virus het hele jaar door aanwezig is in
Nederland wordt gezocht naar mogelijkheden om pluimvee tegen het vogelgriepvirus te …

An epidemic of high pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) occurred in the Netherlands in
2003. A census survey of 173 infected and 401 uninfected commercial poultry farms was …

A specific concept of strain was developed in order to classify the BTV serotypes ever
reported in Europe based on their properties of animal health impact: the genotype, morbidity, …

African swine fever (ASF) is a highly lethal, viral disease of swine. No vaccine is available,
so controlling an ASF outbreak is highly dependent on zoosanitary measures, such as …

Two experiments were completed to observe the combined effects of feed withdrawal and
the catching and transport process on stress and energy metabolism. During one experiment …