Past research projects

AGD: Treatment strategies/dose-response-studies in farmed Atlantic salmon

Treatment strategies / dose response studies with hydrogen peroxide and fresh water to find combinations of concentrations and treatment time that give the best effect against AGD (amoebic gill disease caused by Paramoeba perurans ) in farmed salmon.

AGRISPACE - Space, land and society: challenges and opportunities for production and innovation in agriculture based value chains

The Agrispace-project is a collaboration between the Centre for Rural Research, NILF, the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, the Norwegian Veterinary Institute, and international partners including the University of Bonn, financed by the Research Council of Norway.

APEC-Seq - Avian pathogenic E. coli in Norwegian broiler production - characterisation, identification of risk factors and prevention

The research project APEC-Seq aims to reduce the overall occurrence of colibacillosis in broilers and increase research-based knowledge regarding pathogenic E. coli in poultry.

BIO-Direct

BIO-Direct is a strategic internal project at the Veterinary institute, funded for 4 years 2019-2022. The project involves more than 20 researchers and technical staff organized into five cross-diciplinary teams: 1. Disease biomarkers, 2. Immune protection, 3. Gene editing, 4. Cell models, and 4. Multiplexed immunoassays.

Covid-19 Seasonality

Covid-19 Seasonality aim to use international pandemic and zoonotic data to model the climate and seasonal impact on SARS-CoV-2 spread, as well as emerging disease hotspot data to estimate the progress of new zoonotic «disease X»’s in the future.

COVIDOSE

The COVIDOSE project will estimate the number of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles it takes to infect a human with the Covid-19 disease, and compare this to occurrences of virus in the environment.

COVRIN

COVRIN is a large integrative EU-funded project focusing on the development and harmonisation of detection and characterization methods for SARS-CoV2 in animals.

Disposal of carcases in an emergency animal disease response

Rapid and efficient disposal of carcasses is crucial in an outbreak of animal diseases to prevent dissemination and serious consequences for human and animal health and the environment.

Elucidation of the role of Tenacibaculum spp. in atypical winter-ulcer in sea-farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway

Tenacibaculosis has recently emerged as a serious disease in Norwegian salmonid aquaculture. The contribution of environmental, management and bacterial factors to outbreaks of tenacibaculosis are unknown. The present study has main focus on increasing knowledge relating to this disease primarily through an epidemiological study aimed at identifying risk factors for development of tenacibaculosis.

ePod

Climate sensitive infections, like the parasite Elaphostrongylus rangiferi (brainworm), are, given current climate trends, an increasing threat to the sustainability of Arctic agriculture and indigenous Sami reindeer herding.