Welcome! This is where we share updates with you about how we safeguard animal and human health through veterinary and biomedical research. Wageningen Bioveterinary Research is an independent research institute and the Dutch national reference laboratory in the field of veterinary science. We provide early warning systems, expert consultancy and diagnostic services for animal diseases. - Areas of work - The areas in which Wageningen Bioveterinary Research works cover the entire range of diseases (caused by viruses, bacteria, prions and parasites) found among agricultural livestock, fish and shellfish and wild animals. We also study pathogenic organisms in animals that form a threat to humans (zoonoses). The field of zoonoses focuses its fundamental and applied research on the development of diagnostic tests for animals, vaccines, expertise on antibiotic resistance and the way in which zoonoses spread (epidemiology).