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The workshop Rapid methods and automation in food microbiology is held every November at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the UAB.

Horses play a key role in forest management and in reducing the risk of wildfires in Mediterranean forests, thanks to the adaptability of their eating habits. This is the conclusion reached by an interdisciplinary study led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Lleida (UdL), recently published in the journal Agroforestry Systems.

The Merit and Honours Committee for Animal Feed Medals publicly recognises the extraordinary work carried out by individuals and institutions in support of and to improve the animal feed and livestock sector. 

Sergio Calsamiglia Awards for scientific initiation in the dairy field

After millennia of coexistence between humans and goats on the Mediterranean islands, the role of these animals is a source of controversy nowadays. A new publication has revised the benefits of goats in this ecosystem. The work calls for caution regarding certain possible practices, such as eradication, and emphasizes the importance of recognizing their ecosystem roles in environmental preservation.

L'aliança estratègica establerta per la Universitat de Lleida i el centre tecnològic Eurecat per impulsar la recerca en el camp de la ciència i la tecnologia dels aliments i la transferència de coneixement a les empreses del sector agroalimentari s'ha ampliat amb la incorporació de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, enfortint així les vies de cooperació per potenciar la innovació en aquesta indústria.

On November 21st, the III Congress of the TECNIO Association was held, made up of 57 research groups and centers in Catalonia focused on knowledge transfer with TECNIO

Tribute act in memory of our teacher Sergio Calsamiglia

On the occasion of the celebration of International Bee Day, a day of beekeeping was held at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine on Saturday 18 May.

A Canis lupus specimen has traveled 1,240 kilometers from Nordhorn, Germany, where it was born in 2020, to Vilaller, in the mountains of the Alta Ribagorça region, in February 2023, passing through France in 2022. The comparison of samples in genetic laboratories, including the Veterinary Service of Molecular Genetics of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), has made it possible to follow the route of this animal.