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The DisplayTB dashboard has been updated to include Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) data for Q2 2025. The values presented are compiled by CVERA from data snapshots provided by The Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. DisplayTB is available at tinyurl.com/mr38vkyp

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Comparison of machine learning and validation methods for high-dimensional accelerometer data to detect foot lesions in dairy cattle Lameness is one of the major production diseases affecting dairy cattle. It is associated with negative welfare in affected cattle, economic losses at the farm level, and adverse effects on sustainabi...

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Congrats to our new graduates in Veterinary Medicine & Veterinary Nursing! Welcome to the UCD VetMed alumni family! 💙🐾 Ceremony livestream available at vimeo.com/event/5204842 at 3 pm.

💙💛 University College Dublin rises to 118 in latest QS World University Rankings

🔹 A rise of eight places since last year
🔹 Ranked 49th in the world and No. 1 in Ireland for Sustainability

Bitten by A Dog: A HUMan-ANimal Problem
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🧪👩‍🔬This Sat 14 June, 12 scientists will bring their fascinating research to Dublin city centre! #SoapboxScience

Drop by South King St 1-4pm to join them in exploring topics ranging from nematodes & reptiles, to DNA & human health at this FREE event.

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PhD opportunity in bTB modeling - "The transmission of bovine tuberculosis: deciphering biological mechanisms with statistical and mechanistic models" - see below for application process @ucdvetmed.bsky.social‬ & UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics #ResearchOpportunity #PhD #LoveIrishResearch

🎠🎟️ Explore, Discover. Be Inspired! The UCD Festival returns on Saturday, 07 June.

🔗 To register for the festival and access the full festival programme, visit: festival.ucd.ie

Congrats to Dr. Antonella Puggioni for being awarded "Best Presenter" at the Irish Association of Simulation symposium for her work on using Mixed Reality to teach equine radiography. #VetMed #SimulationExcellence

Join UCD's two-week Bioinformatics course from July 14-25, 2025! Led by Prof. Mark Crowe, dive into RNA Seq & GWAS analysis. Open to Life Sciences grads. Apply by May 30. UCD students free, others €2,000. Learn more at this link: www.ucd.ie/vetmed/study... #Bioinformatics #UCD

💙💛 Sending positive vibes to everyone starting exams tomorrow 💪🧠📚🪑📝🎓🔜🎉

Are you looking for a job as a Veterinary Epidemiologist?
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland (DAERA NI) is recruiting for a Veterinary Epidemiologist (IRC313821). Closing 12:00 Friday 23rd May 2025.
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A dashboard map of wild birds in Ireland that are confirmed to be Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (#HPAI) positive can be found at tinyurl.com/5dvv2ccm. The dashboard is part of a research project conducted by @ucd-cvera.bsky.social‬ for The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

The DisplayTB dashboard has been updated to include Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) data for Q1 2025. The values presented are compiled by CVERA from data snapshots provided by the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine www.gov.ie/en/departmen.... Please visit tinyurl.com/mr38vkyp

UCD President Prof Orla Feely presenting the NovaUCD award to Prof Siobhán Mullan, with caption ‘Congratulations Prof Siobhán Mullan on receiving 2025 NovaUCD Consultancy of the Year Award’ and logo of UCD School of Veterinary Medicine

Congratulations to Prof Siobhán Mullan who has been named the recipient of the 2025 NovaUCD Consultancy of the Year Award. The award was presented by UCD President, Prof Orla Feely. For more, check out the NovaUCD press release: www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

A survey of Irish red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) to establish the prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis - Irish Veterinary Journal Between October 2018 and December 2020, an opportunistic collection of tissues from 218 foxes was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) in this species. A pooled s...

New research by Murphy et al at the Dept. of Agriculture, Food & the Marine Laboratories - A survey of Irish red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) to establish the prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis - Irish Vet Journal
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I'm #Recruiting a part-time (0.6 FTE) assistant to help with dissemination & comms activity at EU Reference Centre for Animal Welfare -Ruminants & Equines. Great opportunity to support #EU4AnimalWelfare & work with colleagues across 27 EU countries. Go to www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... Ref # 018412.

New research by Murphy et al "Wildlife response to land-use change forces encounters between zoonotic disease hosts and farms in agricultural landscapes" in Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
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The Care4Dairy App provides:
✅ Good & Best Practice Factsheets to enhance animal welfare on dairy farms
✅ Self-Assessment Tools to evaluate & improve farm practices
✅ Training Opportunities in animal welfare
✅ A Community-Driven “Success Stories” Section to share & learn from real-world experiences

The Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis is Ireland’s resource centre for veterinary epidemiology, providing high-quality, independent and timely scientific information to support national policy decision-making on a broad range of animal health, animal welfare and One Health issues.