Andres Aland

Estonian University of Life Sciences

Estonia

Working Groups: WG4

Scientific Expertise: Veterinary medicine (miscellaneous)

Contribution: Editing and structuring of scientific and popular texts for compiling review and instructional materials, compiling and editing website texts; and different related activities.

Motivation: I have a strong background of Animal Hygiene, which is the Science of Health with its holistic concept of keeping living beings (human, animal, environment, others) physically and mentally healthy. The Biosecurity with its actual concept of describing some practical measures, mainly to prevent the intrusion of infectious agents in a farm or herd or population. I would like to combine these two closely related concepts for my current and future scientific and teaching activities.

Scientific Background: I joined the Estonian University of Life Sciences in 1994 and defended my PhD thesis in 2003. I currently work as a Senior Lecturer in Animal Health that involves both teaching and scientific activities in the Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences and Population Medicine. I have supervised a number of post-graduate students and published a number of book chapters, journal and international conference papers. I have been the Co-Editor of three textbooks published by the Wageningen Academic Publishers and CRC Press. I have been involved in approximately 10 research projects in both Estonia and Europe, funded by various governmental or European agencies. My expertise is mainly related to the areas of animal and herd hygiene, monitoring of health/welfare risks in production systems. I am the Standing Vice President of the International Society for Animal Hygiene.

Andres Aland

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Action CA20103

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