EUPAHW Short Term Missions Awarded in 2025
DNA sequencing data analysis to uncover the role of the microbiome in the development of Red Mark Syndrome lesions in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
EUP AH&W Thematic area: Vaccines and treatments for animal health.
Home Institute: Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Aqua, Denmark
Mission hosting institute: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
Duration of mission: 1 month
STM Researcher: Giulia Zarantonello
Epidemiological tools in the study of environmental antibiotic resistance dissemination: a case study on aquaculture in Denmark
EUP AH&W Thematic area: Surveillance and risk assessment of animal health and welfare; tools and methods to assess them; and management and husbandry guidelines on farm (including aquaculture), during transport and at slaughter.
Home Institute: Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
Mission hosting institute: Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – National Food Institute, Denmark
Duration of mission: 14 days (9th to 22nd of June 2025)
STM Researcher: Ana Carolina Ewbank
Integration of Animal Health & Welfare Assessment into Sustainability Assessment Tools
EUP AH&W Thematic area: Surveillance/monitoring systems and risk assessment of animal health and welfare, Procedures, methodologies, and tools to assess animal health and animal welfare.
Home Institute: Teagasc, Ireland
Mission hosting institute: Aarhus University, Denmark
Duration of mission: 3 months
STM Researcher: Francesca Pells Johansen
Implementation of an advanced in vitro Giardia duodenalis pig intestinal organoid co-culture system to evaluate anti-giardial drug efficacy and safety
EUP AH&W Thematic area: Vaccines and treatments for animal health.
Home Institute: Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Italy
Mission hosting institute: French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Ploufragan-Plouzané Laboratory, France
Duration of mission: 6 weeks (25th September to 10th November 2025)
STM Researcher: Giovanna Nunziata
Ecological Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Catalonia
EUP AH&W Thematic area: Surveillance/monitoring systems and risk assessment of animal health and welfare.
Home Institute: Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Mission hosting institute: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Duration of mission: 3 months
STM Researcher: Hillary Stratton