Veterinary science
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both domesticated and wild, with a wide range of conditions which can affect different species. This includes medical bioscience, pathobiology and clinical science.
Symposium and Award Ceremony – The Award for Outstanding Research in Veterinary Medicine 2026
vetmedaward@slu.se The programme features a scientific symposium with leading Nordic researchers and a ceremony where the Award for Outstanding Research in Veterinary Medicine will be presented.
The Award for Outstanding Research in Veterinary Medicine 2026
SLU professors Jens Häggström and Ingrid Ljungvall have received the 2026 Award for Outstanding Research in Veterinary Medicine for their research on heart disease in dogs and cats. Their research
Docent lectures VH-faculty
The VH Faculty's docent lectures for the spring semester were held on 26 May. Recordings of the lectures are now available on SLU Play until 8 July. The docent lectures
Now open: Nominations for The Award for Outstanding Research in Veterinary Medicine 2026
Welcome to nominate outstanding researchers who have made significant contributions to animal welfare! The nomination period for The Award for Outstanding Research in Veterinary Medicine 2026 is open
docent lectures on play 2025
From now on and for about three weeks to come, the autumn docent lectures are available on SLU Play. The autumn docent lectures are available on SLU Play under the channel SLU Docent Lectures until
Historic festivities as new research prize awarded and 250 years of veterinary medicine celebrated
On November 26, the newly established Award for Outstanding Research in Veterinary Medicine was awarded for the first time, marking a quarter of a millennium of veterinary medicine in Sweden. Several
Jens Malmkvist
jens.malmkvist@slu.se Topic head of Applied Ethology. Research and education in animal behaviour and stress. Studies of the behaviour of domestic animals, and the links to stress and welfare.
Hanna Eriksson
hanna.eriksson@slu.se My research focus on the management of dairy cattle, for which we currently evaluate the effects of housing the calves together with their dams for an extended period after
Joakim Bjerketorp
joakim.bjerketorp@slu.se Since 2021, I have been a researcher at the Department of Animal Biosciences, SLU, in a university-industry collaboration funded by Intervacc AB (https://intervacc.se/en/
Karin Berggren
karin.berggren@slu.se PhD student at the institution of Clinical Sciences, shared between the unit of reproduction and unit of veterinary epidemiology. The aim of the project is to investigate the
Nathaniel Nutsugah
nathaniel.nutsugah@slu.se Doctoral student at the department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare. SLU Research interest in sustainable animal production and nutrition with focus on poulry and
Niclas Högberg
niclas.hogberg@slu.se I work as a researcher at the Unit for Veterinary Epidemiology. My research focuses on precision livestock farming and the use of various types of sensor technology for