Research

Our research contributes to solutions to important society challenges such as antibiotic resistance, food safety and lifestyle diseases. We develop animal models, which are used to improve animal welfare and treatment and prevention of diseases for both animals and humans. Our department comprises eight sections described below.

Animal Production, Nutrition and Health

host to four areas of livestock production science; cattle, cattle health, livestock production, and pigs and porcine diseases.

Animal Welfare and Disease Control

promote disease control and animal welfare from a population- and society oriented perspective.

Comparative Pediatrics and Nutrition

studies health and disease during early development in animals and humans.

Food Safety and Zoonoses

performs research on food safety from producer to consumer.

Parasitology and Aquatic Pathobiology

performs research on prevention and control of parasitic diseases and other infectious diseases for humans and animals including fish.

Pathobiological Sciences

Neuroanatomy, neurodegenerative disorders, electrophysiology, the cardiovascular system, biomechanics, animal welfare, disease models, pathogenesis evaluation, veterinary pathologist diagnostics, veterinary contingency.

Preclinical Disease Biology

studies all aspects of the development of models for human and veterinary diseases in mammals.

Veterinary Clinical Microbiology

works with alternatives to antibiotics, researches in development of vaccines and other remedies for control and prevention of bacterial infections in animals.