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Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

Research at BVF

Research at the department is conducted in the research areas of infection biology, food safety, risk substances, drugs and the environment, as well as the cause, development and control of diseases.

The areas of the department

The department's activities are divided into 8 different areas where the goal is
to conduct high-quality veterinary research. In several areas
Our research is conducted in collaboration with the Swedish Veterinary Institute.
A description of all areas and research can be found in alphabetical order below.

Bacteriology

The research profile of the section of bacteriology includes pathogenicity and diversity of bacteria that are important in veterinary medicine.
Student

Pharmacology

Main objectives for the research activities are the use of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics to optimize dosing protocols for a sustainable animal welfare and improved doping control

Immunology

Basic research with focus on immunobiology with special attention to the interaction of infectious and non-infectious agents with host immune defence parameters.

Parasitology

Sustainable control of parasitic worm infections (helminths) including some of which are zoonotic. Detailed studies on the population genetics and transmission biology of these parasites.
BVF lab

Pathology

Focused on connective tissue diseases involving the skeletal and circulatory systems in domestic animals, with a translational approach towards human medicine.
Microscope

Toxicology

The research in toxicology at BVF is divided in environmental toxicology, toxicological food safety and molecular toxicology
Cow

Veterinary Public Health

Focus on food safety and the human, scientific, technical and economical resources
BVF lab

Virology

Research on viruses of veterinary and public health importance and pathogenesis and viral-host interaction of viral infection and development of methods and applications of high-throughput sequencing technologies (HTS) and bioinformatics
Research projects
Research news
Published: 13 April 2022 - Page editor: patrik.claesson@slu.se
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