The association (ISVA) began its formal activities with the 7th International Sheep Veterinary Congress held in Stavanger Norway in June 2009.

More about ISVA                     12.03.2010

For 35 years, fertility, health and utilisation potential have been an integral part of the breeding programme of Norwegian red cows (NRF). A PhD research project at The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science has demonstrated the connection between selection, energy intake and ovarian activity in Norwegian red cows and has come to the conclusion that NRF cows have a good fertility rate and are well adapted to the requirements of milk production in both ecological and conventional dairy farming.

Read more                     26.02.2010

The fatal brain disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob in humans, BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) in cattle and scrapie in sheep are so-called prion diseases, whereby one of the body's normal proteins, the prion protein PrPc misfolds into a pathogenic form: PrPSc. In spite of several years of extensive research, little is still known about what actually happens in this process.

More about prion protein             05.02.2010

Sources of infection – Mycobacterium avium infections in pigs, humans and birds in Norway

Through work carried out in connection with her PhD, Tone Bjordal Johansen has shown that Mycobacterium avium does not infect pigs via birds, as previously believed. M. avium can be divided into several subspecies, and the research shows that birds are infected by one particular subspecies, whereas pigs and humans are infected by another. Closely related bacteria were isolated in pigs and humans, which would indicate that pigs and humans are vulnerable to infection from the same sources in their surroundings.

Read more                03.02.2010