Code
bof/baf/4y/2024/01/219
Duration
01 January 2024 → 31 December 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary conservation medicine, preventive medicine and hygiene
- Veterinary microbiology
- Zoological medicine
Keywords
infections
biodiversity
interactions
mitigation
wildlife
Project description
This project studies fundamental interactions between wildlife, the environment and infections, and aims at developing sustainable mitigation measures to limit biodiversity loss. An important topic are infectious diseases in amphibians (e.g. chytridiomycosis) with severe impact at population level.