Two years without findings of MRSA in pigs
No MRSA has been detected in Norwegian pigs in 2020 and 2021. This absence may result from the entry restrictions to Norway during the COVID pandemic.
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Applauds One Health-definition in Nature
The new definition of One Health from the UN Environmental Program and the Tripartite collaboration of agencies is applauded in the latest issue of the journal Nature by Carlos das Neves from the Norwegian Veterinary Institute and Andrew Peters from Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, Australia. The two writers use the opportunity in their letter to Nature to warn against the use of the concept of One Health in contexts where the work being done does not cover the entire scope of the concept, but is only partially within.
A new method can provide improved PD monitoring of farmed fish
The virus that causes pancreas disease (PD) in farmed salmon can be detected directly from seawater and at an earlier stage in comparison with fish screening. A doctoral thesis demonstrates how a new water filtration method makes this possible.
World Rabies Day
Tuesday the 28th of September is World Rabies Day. The Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) is also joining in the global efforts to fight rabies. In October, the NVI initiates a four-year research project to strengthen One Health systems for more effective rabies prevention in Malawi.