Complex Health Issues in Cervids
Cervids are struggling on multiple fronts and face complex health issues in Norway. In 2024, the Wildlife Health Monitoring Program (ViltHOP) has particularly focused on high mortality rates among moose calves.
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Successful workshop in One health project in Tanzania
The Norwegian Veterinary Institute is a key participant in a project in Tanzania that aims to strengthen the country's dairy production and improve human and animal health. The project, funded by the Norwegian government, was launched officially in February 2025.
The Norwegian Veterinary Institute contributes to safer milk in Ethiopia
A team from the Norwegian Veterinary Institute visited Ethiopia from January 28–30 to formally launch a project aimed to strengthen the country's dairy production. The project, «One Health – Control of Zoonotic Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Dairy Value Chain in Malawi, Ethiopia, and Tanzania», started late 2022, but was officially initiated after the contract was signed in 2024.
Prions in Sporadic Chronic Wasting Disease Found Spread throughout the Body in Moose and Red Deer
A new study expands the understanding of where prions can be found in the bodies of moose (Alces alces) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) with sporadic Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Through infection experiments and material from Norwegian cervids with this disease variant, researchers have also demonstrated that CWD prions can be experimentally transmitted from muscle tissue to mice.