Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

News

FluZooMark Seeks to Get Ahead of Potentially Deadly Zoonotic Swine Flus

FEEDINFO.COM: FluZooMark seeks to find viral and host factors that predict whether a strain will progress to a “stage 3” pandemic, wherein it is able to replicate in people. “It’s not surveillance, it’s more basic...

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Forskningsprojekt med svin skal ruste os til fremtidens pandemier

ING.DK: Ligesom den nuværende coronavirus stammer fra flagermus og skældyr, er der risiko for, at en ny pandemi kan opstå ved at en influenzavirus hopper fra grise til mennesker. Derfor arbejder forskere på at...

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Researchers want to detect dangerous influenza viruses

DTU BIOENGINEERING: An international research team aim at finding biological markers for when the flu virus has the potential to jump from animals to humans.

IAV abundance

Surveillance Report on Influenza A abundance in Danish Swine

VETSSI.DK: We have just finalized the annual surveillance report 2019 on the prevalence of Influenza A viruses (IAV) in Danish pigs. The results again confirm the co-circulation of a variety of variants harboring...

Mapping the influenza viruses that can be transmitted from animals to people

SCIENCENEWS.DK: When a virus suddenly spreads from animals to people, this can herald the start of a worldwide pandemic that can kill thousands of people – just as we see it now with COVID-19. Influenza...

Lars presenting at CPH Pig

Lars presenting FluZooMark at CPH Pig

KEY NOTE LECTURE: Lars was key note speaker at the CPH Pig seminar 29-Jan-2020, giving a nice introduction to the FluZooMark project. Watch the presentation, browse the slides, and read more about CPH Pig.

Pia presenting at CPH Pig

Pia at CPH Pig about transmission dynamics and impact of Influenza A in pigs.

PHD PROJECT: "We are creating a lot of new [Influenza A virus] strains. Very fast. In every herd. With unknown zoonotic potential." Watch the presentation, browse the slides, and read more about CPH Pig.

Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme Recipient: FluZooMark

Description of the FluZooMark project as a recipient of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme.