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Testing the locomotor superiority hypothesis for early dinosaurs (DAWNDINOS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

I seek to unify evolutionary and biomechanical research by achieving a “functional synthesis” in evolution that causally links phenotypes (anatomy) to actual performance. Did early, bipedal dinosaurs evolve advantages in their locomotor performance over other Late Triassic archosaurs (“ruling reptiles”)? This “locomotor superiority” hypothesis was first proposed to explain what made dinosaurs dist ...
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Controlling Cartilage to Bone Transitions for Improved Treatment of Bone Defects and Osteoarthritis (CarBon)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

A well-functioning locomotor system is essential for human well-being. This is an important consideration in our aging population with the increased associated costs of ensuring high quality of life. Many people suffer from diseases of the locomotor system, such as bone defects or osteoarthritis, for which current treatments are insufficient. To develop new treatments, CarBon includes 6 academic p ...
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Engineering in vitro microenvironments for translation of cell-based therapies for tendon repair (Tendon Therapy Train)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

Tendon Therapy Train is a research, training and innovation programme for human and equine tendon repair and regeneration that will exploit recent advancements in tissue engineering by self-assembly (TESA) technologies which have led to the clinical translation and commercialisation of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs). Although TESA therapies have the potential to revolutionise healthc ...
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PARAGONE: vaccines for animal parasites (Paragone)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

Helminth and ectoparasitic infections of ruminants and poultry have a huge impact on the biological efficiency of these vital food sources. Indiscriminate antiparasitic use has led to drug resistance across the globe. The main alternative to the dwindling supply of antiparasitics is vaccines. Here, in the PARAGONE project, findings from previous EU and other-funded projects on parasite vaccine dev ...
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Strengthening Animal Production and Health through the Immune Response (SAPHIR)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

SAPHIR aims to develop vaccine strategies effective against endemic pathogens responsible for high economic losses in livestock in order to strengthen the profitability of food animal systems, improve animal welfare and reduce xenobiotic usage in farming with a One Health perspective. SAPHIR will bring novel vaccine strategies to the market i) at short term, with several promising vaccines brought ...
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Paleo-robotics and the Innovations of Propulsion in Amphibians (PIPA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

"Scientists race to find evolutionary ‘missing links’ between major vertebrate lineages to explain the origin of new groups. In this effort, biomechanics is crucial since major transitions can spring from mechanical innovations (e.g. amphibian limbs or bird wings). Yet, biomechanics is limited due to its own missing link: we poorly understand interactions among muscle dynamics, skeletal structur ...
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Developing new therapies for Batten disease (BATCure)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The goal of BATCure is to advance the development of new therapeutic options for a group of rare lysosomal diseases - neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL) or Batten disease. There are > thousand affected across Europe, with a combined incidence of c.1:100 000. The NCLs are devastating and debilitating genetic disorders that mainly affect children, who suffer progressive dementia and motor decline, ...
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European Training Network on Bone Pain (BonePain)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The aim is to create an innovative European PhD training network in bone pain. Millions in Europe and beyond suffer from bone pain, a debilitating complication of many musculoskeletal disorders such as arthritis and bone metastasis. However, being a truly multidisciplinary subject spanning neuroscience, bone biology, and even cancer research, it demands a multidisciplinary approach. Despite a huge ...
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Genotype and Environment contributing to the sustainability of dairy cow production systems through the optimal integration of genomic selection and novel management protocols based on the development (GplusE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The requirement for sustainable food production is a global issue to which the EU contributes as a major livestock producer. It is critical to improve animal production efficiency while sustaining environmentally friendly milk production. More profitable dairy production requires increased milk yield, cow health, longevity and fertility; reduced environmental footprint and optimised use of inputs. ...
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Evaluations of bone strength in the evolutionary invasion of land by tetrapods (TETRAPODBONES)

Start date: Aug 22, 2016, End date: Aug 21, 2018,

How tetrapods (vertebrates with digit-bearing limbs) became terrestrial is one of the most transformative yet enigmatic events in vertebrate history that set the stage for the diversification of tetrapods thereafter. Being on land imposes physical demands on the musculoskeletal system and weak bones can severely limit the capabilities of animals, yet the importance of bone strength in the evolutio ...
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Network Analysis of Musculoskeletal Evolution and Modularity during the Fin-to-Limb Transition (LIMB NETWORKS)

Start date: Aug 15, 2015, End date: Aug 14, 2018,

The fin-to-limb transition was a major milestone in the history of life that shaped the morphology and remarkable biodiversity of land vertebrates. A central question in vertebrate evolution is how the various anatomical parts of limbs evolved semi-autonomously (modularity) while still growing and adapting in coordination (integration). The main goal of this project is to unravel (i) the evolution ...
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"Locomotion, hunting and habitat utilisation among large African carnivores and their prey" (LOCATE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2018,

"I propose to make the first detailed measurements of the mechanics and energetic cost of locomotor activity including hunting of five large terrestrial carnivore species and their five predominant prey on the southern African savannah. We will refine and use our own innovative design of dynamically responsive tracking collar with high accuracy GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes, and solar charged ba ...
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Harnessing the power of bioinformatic analysis to improve genetic selection for fertility in dairy cows (Bioinformatics4Breeding)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

...iry breeding industry to supplement current genomic methods. The project combines the expertise of Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’analisi dell’Economia agraria, Italy (CREA) and the Royal Veterinary College, UK (RVC) in farm animal genetics and genomics and dairy cow production. The objectives will be met by the mobility of Dr L Buggiotti to the UK, where she will work closely alongs ...
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Bright Farm by Precision Livestock Farming (EU-PLF)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The objective of the EU-PLF project is to deliver a validated Blueprint for an animal and farm-centric approach to innovative livestock farming in Europe proven through extensive field studies. This blueprint represents a manual for farmers and their surrounding industry including high tech SME’s and other stakeholders. It is a reference tool offering pragmatic guidance on how Precision Livestock ...
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Linking Epidemiology and Laboratory Research on Transboundary Animal Diseases and zoonoses in China and EU (LinkTADs)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The continuous growth of the world population translates into a demand of animal protein that can only be achieved through technological advances in farming, intensification, and expansion of farmed land. These pressures, combined with the increasing international trade of animals and their products, will lead to the rapid spread of animal diseases across borders and the emergence of new pathogen ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Providing a new generation of methodologies and tools for cost-effective risk-based animal health surveillance systems for the benefit of livestock producers, decision makers and consumers (RISKSUR)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

The risk of occurrence of exotic, new (emerging), re-emerging as well as endemic diseases has increased substantially, particularly due to globalisation and intensification of animal production. While the need for effective animal health surveillance is widely recognised for the management of such threats, the currently used systems do not take optimal advantage of recent advances in epidemiologic ...
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Targeted research effort on African swine fever (ASFORCE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

"African Swine Fever (ASF) is a devastating disease affecting swine caused by a complex virus, the only member of the Asfarviridae family. Disease transmission is maintained under different and complex epidemiological scenarios involving domestic and wild swine and arthropod vectors (soft ticks Ornithodoros sp). Due to the fact that no vaccine has been obtained so far, prevention, control, and era ...
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Monitoring of Animals for Feed-related Risks in the Long Term (MARLON)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

While there are many European scientific activities for each of the items related to either animal health or the occurrence of GM ingredients in animal feed, the proposed MARLON project will be unique in bringing these widely different fields of scientific expertise together for the cross-disciplinary task of developing an epidemiological model for the case-specific monitoring of potential health ...
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A genomics approach to increasing disease resistance in dairy cows through improvements in innate immunity (InnatelyBetterCows)

Start date: Jul 29, 2013, End date: Jul 28, 2015,

...d cell responses to bacterial pathogens in cows with differing genotypes for the selected candidate genes. The project combines the expertise of Huazhong Agricultural University, China (HZAU) and the Royal Veterinary College, UK (RVC) in farm animal genetics and genomics, dairy cow production and the innate immune system. The objectives will be met by the mobility of Professor SJ Zhang to the UK, ...
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Reconstructing dinosaur/bird locomotor evolution: 3-D track simulation and X-ray validation (TRACKEVOL)

Start date: Jan 9, 2012, End date: Jan 8, 2015,

"The evolution of birds from their dinosaur ancestors represents one of the most important and widely used examples of evolution available from the fossil record. Within this dinosaur-bird lineage, the evolution of bipedal locomotion has proven to be an intensely active area of research. Most of this research has taken an almost exclusively osteological approach, but while the fossilised skeleto ...
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Improvement of current and development of new vaccines for theileriosis and babesios of small ruminants (PIROVAC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

The proposal deals with the establishment of control measures for two major tick-borne diseases of small ruminants: theileriosis caused by Theileria lestoquardi and T. uilenbergi and babesiosis caused by Babesia ovis. The research programme aims at improving existing and producing new attenuated vaccines, designing subunit vaccines and capability building. To achieve these goals the proposal will ...
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Can biomechanical measurements of joints predict severity of osteoarthritis? (GAIT-2-OA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful and disabling, multi-factorial disease with strong genetic and environmental determinants. The natural form of OA that arises spontaneously in Str/ort mice has been used as a model for human OA joint degeneration. This model is limited, however, because it is impossible to grade OA incidence and severity non-invasively in mice. Locomotor biomechanics provides a un ...
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Training in Research, Product Developement, Marketing and Sales in Biobusiness (Biobusiness)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

The combination of new technology with biology offers high opportunities for EU in terms of realising and implementing directives in different applications as well as economic terms. The main problem however is that people educated in biology are not aware of the possibilities of modern technology. At the same time technical people developing technology are not participating to the world of bio-pr ...
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Advanced epidemiological analysis of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infection in pigs (Epidemiology of Mhyo)

Start date: Aug 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Mycoplasma (M.) hyopneumoniae is the causative agent of porcine enzootic pneumonia (EP). This disease, leading to reduced weight gain, reduced feed conversion and increasing use of antibiotics, is one of the major health problems in the pig production throughout Europe. The epidemiology of EP is influenced by several factors including management, hygiene, virulence of the M. hyopneumoniae strain a ...
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Determinants of mandibular form during intra-oral food processing (MACACA)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

"Whilst the biomechanical determinants of a chewing cycle are essential components of the primate feeding system from an evolutionary and a clinical perspective, lack of experimental studies have resulted in the construction of oversimplified and biologically inconsistent computer simulation models. Such models have been employed to answer hypotheses regarding feeding biomechanics and dietary ecol ...
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ChIP and MIRA for clinical diagnosis (DIA-ChIP)

Start date: Jul 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

DIA-ChIP seeks to develop state-of-the-art molecular techniques for the routine high-throughput analysis of clinical samples for advanced molecular diagnosis and biomedical research. This will be achieved through a collaborative partnership between academic, SME and public health partners interacting through the IAPP, and the secondments and recruitments it supports. New molecular diagnostics in c ...
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Unravelling the molecular basis of common complex human disorders using the dog as a model system (LUPA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

Despite major efforts, identifying susceptibility genes for common human diseases - cancer, cardiovascular, inflammatory and neurological disorders - is difficult due to the complexity of the underlying causes. The dog population is composed of ~ 400 purebred breeds; each one is a genetic isolate with unique characteristics resulting from persistent selection for desired attributes or from geneti ...
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Preventing community and nosocomial spread and infection with MRSA ST 398 - instruments for accelerated control and integrated risk management of antimicrobial resistance (PILGRIM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

"Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are of increasing concern both as community- and hospital-acquired pathogens. Since 2005, a specific clone, MRSA ST398 is spreading both in livestock populations and occupationally-exposed people resulting in human infection and disease in several EU Member States. The key objective of the PILGRIM project is to provide a range of novel control m ...
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Evaluating and controlling the risk of African swine fever in the EU (ASFRISK)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

"African swine fever (ASF) in EU member states is currently confined to Italy (Sardinia), it was recently introduced to Caucasian regions and it is highly prevalent in sub-Saharan African countries. In both the EC and Africa changes in the epidemiology of the disease have recently been observed, related to newly emerging strains of ASFV, emphasising the serious threat this disease represents to th ...
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DASVENT — Development Of An Accreditation System For Veterinary Nurse Trainers In Europe

The project “DASVENT” will develop an accreditation system for Veterinary Nurse Trainers. This accreditation system will be developed with the help of Vetnnet, a stable European Network of Veterinary Nurse Trainers and Associated Institutes. An existing American Accreditation system will be used as an example, in order to accelerate the process of developing the european system.The system will be ...
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eHoof – interactive educational tool on hoof anatomy, farriery and podiatry

The chief aim of this project is to transfer the innovative teaching aid eHoof into the English language. eHoof was developed primarily for use by farrier trainees and veterinary students. The interactive, multimedia structure aims to increase learning capacity and motivation in the target group. Furthermore, eHoof can be used as a work of reference for the continuing personal development of farri ...
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Pepas

Reason for the project:In a previous Leonardo pilot project (DASVENT) an accreditation system for veterinary nurse programmes has been set up successfully. Thanks to this system, it has become easier for veterinary nurses graduated from an accredited programme to find a job abroad. As part of this project, an agreed set of practical learning outcomes (the Dossier of European Competencies) was dev ...
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Veterinary European Clinical Training and Assessment Record (VECTAR)

RationaleThe acquisition of safe and effective clinical skills, that meet employer and (where relevant) professional regulator requirements, are key to veterinary nurse training. These skills are largely gained in the workplace and should be supported by robust support and quality systems. Expectations in relation to competence must also be explicit, readily understood and transferable across i ...
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