/en en Tue, 06 May 2025 20:56:50 +0200 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200 /en/background/healthy-animals-on-a-healthy-planet-are-not-possible-in-the-current-global-livestock-industry Arjan Stegeman spoke during the annual congress of the Caring Vets. "The future of livestock farming lies in the hands of people who take both animals and the planet seriously." 148867 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/study-on-the-effectiveness-of-bluetongue-vaccines-in-cattle-under-dutch-field-conditions Researchers assessed the effectiveness of the available bluetongue vaccines against bluetongue serotype 3 through data collected of 1,114 dairy farms. 149044 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/background/everything-we-do-has-an-impact-on-the-life-around-us Rebecca Nordquist wants to improve the welfare of farm animals through her research, especially within the transition to sustainable food systems. 147777 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 12:23:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/background/with-ai-we-can-monitor-animal-behaviour-and-welfare-more-effectively Researcher and poultry vet commit to animal welfare using artificial intelligence (AI). 143731 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/background/sheep-first A vaccine against the bluetongue virus. "The first question was: do we start with sheep or cows? Animal welfare was given priority over economic interests: Sheep first." 143730 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/background/growing-demand-for-organic-eggs-from-hens-with-better-welfare Master students in veterinary medicine Jeroen Imholz and Koen Riep investigate the welfare of chickens at Herenboeren. 143783 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/uns-roadmap-for-a-climate-compatible-food-system-omits-potential-role-of-animal-welfare-among-others An international team of eight researchers highlights in Nature Food missed opportunities for climate, health and other benefits from reducing consumption of animal-sourced foods. 138755 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:19:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/sensors-as-a-tool-to-measure-health-and-happiness-of-cows Sensors can do an excellent job of mapping the well-being and health of cows by measuring their behaviour. 138129 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:21:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/achtergrond/theres-no-such-thing-as-kind-of-animal-friendly Bas Rodenburg and Jeannette van de Ven were involved in drafting the resulting covenant. What does an animal-friendly livestock farm look like? And what does it take to achieve that? 134904 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/achtergrond/i-want-to-make-the-conditions-as-good-as-possible-for-the-millions-of-animals-involved Using the transition to sustainable livestock farming to simultaneously make animals happier as well. That is what Vivian Witjes hopes to achieve through her research. 134583 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/achtergrond/most-people-have-no-idea-how-great-and-clever-farm-animals-really-are Interview with Rebecca Nordquist, Assistant Professor and Researcher at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 125119 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/achtergrond/are-we-finally-nearing-the-end-of-the-cage-age In the period between 2018 and 2020, a total of 1.4 million people signed the ‘End the Cage Age’ petition, which aims to end cage housing of farm animals in Europe. In response to this civic initiative, the European Parliament commissioned Utrecht University researchers to prepare an advisory report on the potential for abolishing cage housing. 107964 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:01:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/achtergrond/data-as-the-stethoscope-of-the-future Which chickens in a coop display problem behaviour such as feather pecking, and why? Sensors and cameras allow the behaviour of animals to be monitored. 105042 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:04:00 +0200 Nieuws