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
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
Congratulations to Carolina Merca, a valued partner of the DECIDE consortium, on successfully defending her PhD thesis on 28 February! Her thesis, titled Multivariate Monitoring Approaches for Animal Health in Different Production Systems, marks a significant academic achievement. While this was a moment of celebration for Carolina and the entire DECIDE team, it also signified
Welcome to the third issue of the DECIDE newsletter! The newsletter serves as a resource to share recent updates and developments of the DECIDE project, exciting results, milestones and insights into the work within the consortium. This issue includes: Abattoir Inspect – Visualising Meat Inspection Results for a Healthier Future Recent results and publications Reflections
ESPHM Conference | Bern, CH
TechCare project final conference | Brussels, BE & online
DECIDE General Assembly | Uppsala, SE
EAAP 2025 | Innsbruck, AT
ISESSAH Conference | Utrecht, NL
SVEPM Conference | London, UK
DECIDE Animal Health Surveillance Cluster Event | Berlin, DE
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
European Buiatrics Congress 2023 | Berlin, DE
DECIDE General Assembly | Copenhagen, DK
Green Data Lab Conference 2023 | Oslo, NO
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!