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DECIDE at ESPHM 2025, Bern

We are proud to share that DECIDE project partners took part in the European Symposium of Porcine Health Management (ESPHM 2025), held from 21–23 May in Bern, Switzerland. This landmark in-person event – jointly organised by the ECPHM and VPC – brought together leading experts in swine health, veterinary practice, and diagnostics. With a rich

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Watch: GBADs & DECIDE Seminar Series #8

On Wednesday, 28 May 2025, GBADs and DECIDE hosted the eighth official seminar in their collaborative webinar series titled “Quantifying the Impact of Animal Disease.” The session brought together experts from various disciplines to discuss the importance of measuring and managing the impact of animal disease on livestock systems and the environment. Professor Ilias Kyriazakis,

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DECIDE at SVEPM 2025, Berlin

From 26 to 28 March 2025, DECIDE partners took part in the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM) in Berlin, Germany. The event is a well-established platform for sharing research and developments in veterinary epidemiology and preventive medicine, bringing together researchers, students, and professionals from across Europe. As

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New Publication: Reusability challenges of livestock production data to improve animal health

Congratulations to Camille Delavenne, Gerdien van Schaik, Jenny Frössling, Angus Cameron & Céline Faverjon on their new publication in the scientific data journal. Abstract. In veterinary epidemiology, using data routinely generated by stakeholders of the livestock production chains offers an opportunity for researchers to access a large amount of information that could be used to

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Next Events

TechCare project final conference | Brussels, BE & online

DECIDE General Assembly | Uppsala, SE

EAAP 2025 | Innsbruck, AT

ISESSAH Conference | Utrecht, NL

SVEPM Conference | London, UK

Recent Events

ESPHM Conference | Bern, CH

SVEPM Conference | Berlin, DE

ISVEE17 | Sydney, AUS

ECPFL 2024 | Bologna, IT

EAAP2024 | Florence, IT

ModAH 2024 | Nantes, FR

DECIDE General Assembly | Nantes, FR

BFSA Symposium | Brussels, BE

IPVS & ESPM 2024 | Leipzig, DE

“Harnessing the power of data – veterinary perspective” | Science Briefing to tackle AMR | Uppsala SE

“Deep mechanistic model: Integrating deep learning and stochastic mechanistic approaches for Bovine Respiratory Diseases diagnosis and epidemiological forecasting” SVEPM | Uppsala SE

“Using data to support day-to-day health management of farmed Atlantic salmon” FSV 2024 | Edinburgh, SCT

“Data to support health management of maricultured salmonids in Scotland” AquaEpi III | New Delhi, IN

“Innovation in Veterinary Medicine – practical approaches to using Big Data” TOPRA Veterinary Medicines Symposium | Portugal, PT

DECIDE workshop on state space models for animal health surveillance | Copenhagen, DK

“GLEAM model and the welfare burden of animal diseases: Exploring sustainability in livestock production” | GBADs & DECIDE Seminar Series, online 

DECIDE General Assembly | Copenhagen, DK

SRA Europe 2023 | Lund, SE

ISSESAH 2023 | Helsinki, FI

The burden of endemic respiratory disease in pigs: developing farm-level tools to monitor pig health and improve disease control | Online Webinar

SVEPM 2023 | Toulouse, FR

EMA Second Veterinary Big Data stakeholder forum | Online
Speakers Prof. Dr. Gerdien van Schaik (UU), and Dr. Miel Hostens (UU). 

VPHI Webinar | Online
“Collecting stakeholder perspectives on animal health and welfare: Needs and challenges related to data use analysis visualisations and sharing”, Dr. Angela Bearth (ETHZ)

HAVBRUK 2022 | Bergen, NO

ECPLF 2022 | Vienna, AUT 

ISVEE 2022 | Halifax, CA
Presentation “The DECIDE project: from surveillance data to decision support for farmers and veterinarians” by Marloes Boeters (UU)

Annette Boerlage (SRUC) and João Afonso (UoL) will also present at ISVEE 2022.

XXIV JORNADAS DE PORCINO DE LA UAB Y AVPC | Barcelona, ES 
Presentation: DECIDE: towards the development of tools that allow better control of endemic diseases by Beatriz Garcia Morante (IRTA) 

General Assembly | Zurich, CH

British Pig and Poultry Fair | Warwickshire, UK

ICAHS 2022 | Copenhagen, DK

Precision Livestock Farming workshop | Wageningen, NL 
Presentation of DECIDE by Carolina Merca (UCPH)

SOUND control webinar | Virtual
Presentation “The DECIDE project: a data-driven approach for decision support to better manage endemic diseases in cattle, pigs, poultry and salmon” by Gerdien van Schaik (UU). 

General Assembly | Virtual

Cluster meeting for livestock-related projects | Virtual Event organised by the European Research Executive Agency

Kick-off meeting | Virtual

The DECIDE project starts!