The aim of this Research topic is to improve the knowledge on control and eradication programs for cattle diseases in Europe and beyond with a special focus on…
Six members of SOUND control are among the world’s top researchers in veterinary science, according to a study from Stanford University
A recent study published in PLOS Biology reports a ranking of researcher impact (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918). The paper is a follow-up of an article published in 2019 and is based…
Storytelling webinar
On 30th April 2021 a webinar on storytelling was organised and all SOUND control members were invited. More than 30 attendees from a variety of European countries participated.…
Sound control project member receives an EU grant for a large project about endemic contagious diseases in farm animals and salmon
Prof. dr. ir. Gerdien van Schaik, who is a core group member in the SOUND control consortium, coordinated a consortium that was successful in receiving an EU H2020…
SOUND control members participated in SVEPM 2021
From 24th to 26th March 2021 the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM) hosted a virtual annual conference. This year, the 212 conference attendees were offered…
NEIKER’s line of research on mycobacterial vaccines wins the II International Zendal Award
An original work on paratuberculosis and tuberculosis in animals by NEIKER, and an investigation on a possible vaccine against SARS-COV-2 by the Ciqus group, have been the winning…
Webinar “Evaluation of surveillance systems” by Marisa Peyre
The webinar “Evaluation of surveillance systems” was presented by Marisa Peyre. Marisa is an epidemiologist specialized in the evaluation of animal health surveillance and control programs. She works…
The first training school “Basic concepts in epidemiology and surveillance”
The first training school was conducted as an online event on February 1 and 2, 2021. The training was coordinated by Maria Guelbenzu (IE) with technical support from…
New co-leaders within the SOUND control project
At the start of the SOUND-control COST Action we decided to review the leader and co-leader roles at the midterm evaluation (at the end of 2020), and to…
Short News from WG3
After two interesting Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) in Working group 3 (WG3) of the SOUND-control COST Action in 2019, in 2020 the work was dedicated in summarizing…