Category: Impact

Presentation by our DataHub Director Kevin Wells at the 2024 European Veterinary Oncology Conference.

This informative poster created by the vHive team, namely Georgina Cherry, showcasing the work on how social listening can be used to understand feline pruritis from the pet owner’s perspective.

Animals are a source of food for humans, and if they are not healthy, the food they provide us with will not be as nutritious.

Animal health is a rapidly growing industry with new innovations constantly being developed to improve the health and wellbeing of animals. The animal health sector is made up of many different businesses that provide products and services to care for animals.

Social media are seldom explored in animal health despite the potential for insights into pet owners perceptions.

The human animal bond is the connection between humans and companion animals. It is a close relationship that, in some cases, can go back to our earliest experiences of being cared for by an animal, be it a cat or a dog.

Necrosis seen in histopathology Whole Slide Images is a major criterion that contributes towards scoring tumour grade which then determines treatment options. However conventional manual assessment suffers from inter-operator reproducibility impacting grading precision.

Predicting Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) from genomic data has important implications for human and animal healthcare, and especially given its potential for more rapid diagnostics and informed treatment choices.

Bees are one of the most important pollinators of agricultural crops, and their populations have been in decline in recent years. There are many reasons for this decline, including the use of pesticides, loss of habitat, and disease.

The animal health industry is experiencing a digital transformation, and this article looks at some of the ways Big Data is disrupting the animal health industry.

As many of you know, the Animal Health Innovation Network has been formed to bring together academia and industry to drive innovations within the animal health sector.

NOAH is committed to One Health which includes limiting the development of antimicrobial resistance by promoting responsible use and stewardship of antibiotics. Offering training to all their members, NOAH helps individuals to understand the risks and know when to give and not to give antibiotics.

The Animal Health Innovation Network bring together academia, research organisations and industry to drive innovation in the animal health sector by creating shared opportunities for value creation through collaborations, data and digital transformation.

We hope that the information obtained may identify research gaps for future studies and help develop solutions for effective disease control.

That animal and human health are interdependent is increasingly recognised. Sixty percent of infectious diseases in humans are zoonotic, but despite their combined prevalence and statutory reporting in the UK, zoonoses are poorly studied.

Laura’s project is part of the One Health European Joint Programme (OHEJP) formation projects under the name of EnvDis. It is co-founded by Zoetis and benefits from the collaboration with PHE.

Animal Pharm analyst Sian Lazell spoke to our own Dr Alasdair Cook – to gain an overview of the digital technology space within the industry.

This initiative seeks to holistically approach the development of a sustainable Animal Health market that will target farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa by mobilizing the infrastructure, expertise and products currently available. Importantly, A.L.P.H.A. is dedicated to including smallholder livestock keepers in the initiative.

The Veterinary Innovation Summit is a collision of different ideas, technologies, organizations, and people we are all committed to advancing the future of the veterinary profession. The North American Veterinary Community and Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine have collaborated to create a unique and immersive program that will challenge the status quo while developing a mindset and skillset to thrive in this world of change.