Research projects

• Vector-borne Infections: risk based and Cost Efficient surveillance systems (VICE)

  Project manager: Anders Lindström.
  
  The overall aim is to develop a fully functional framework for a dynamic risk-based surveillance for VBD according to EMIDAs specific topic A5. The potential risk of outbreaks of VBD and consequent...

• Correlation between body weight change and pathological lesions in laboratory mice

  Project manager: Veronica Janson

• Pathology of natural Francisella tularensis infection in hares in Sweden

  Project manager: Gete Hestvik.
  
  The aim of this project is to obtain information on the disease caused by F. tularensis infection in hares in order to achieve a better understanding of the epidemiology of tularemia in Sweden, and...

• Development of Forensic Veterinary Pathology from Crime Scene to Court

  Project manager: Therese Ottinger.
  
  The project aims to – Develop and refine the handling of forensic cases in domestic animals and wildlife, from trace recovery and analysis to legal reports. –Develop and implement methods of eviden...

• Antimicrobial sensitivity of Dichelobacter nodosus isolated from footrot in sheep

  Project manager: Märit Pringle.
  
  In Sweden footrot in sheep is a notifiable disease and the Swedish Animal Health Service operates a voluntary control program. The claw lesions are painful and often cause lameness. In the control...

• Infection Ecology and Epidemiology Network: an interdisciplinary network aiming to study and control zoonotic diseases - scientific meeting 2012

  Project manager: Karin Artursson.
  
  The Infection Ecology and Epidemiology, IEE network started to stimulate interdisciplinary collaborations with potential to increase knowledge of the emergence, spread and effects of infectious...

• Isolation and genotyping of adenoviruses circulating in the Swedish Broiler population

  Project manager: Siamak Zohari

• Development and enhancement of laboratory networks for avian influenza (FLU-LAB-NET)

  Project manager: Sandor Belak.
  
  FLU-LAB-NET provides new opportunities for enhancement and reinforcement of the Community Reference Laboratory and National Reference Laboratory network for avian influenza (AI) within the EU. This...

• Salmonella contamination in paddocks

  Project manager: Ann Albihn.
  
  Salmonella infection in horses can cause serious problems, especially for larger stables with high throughput of horses. A salmonella outbreak within a horse population can also become a public...

• Novel Technologies for Surveillance of Emerging and Re-emerging Infections of Wildlife (WildTech)

  Project manager: Dolores Gavier-Widén.
  
  See the WildTech Project website .