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VetBact’s 20th anniversary
The first version of the database was made available on the Internet on February 9, 2006. Since then, VetBact has grown into a valuable and trusted resource for many of us in our daily work. On February 9, VetBact celebrated … Continue reading
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What have we done…?
In the past, one of the uses of this blog has been to document the changes and additions we have made to VetBact. In recent years, however, we haven’t blogged much about anything, to be honest. Does that mean that … Continue reading
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1 000 000 visited pages
Today (2020-11-17) we have reached 1 000 000 visited pages on VetBact since 2020-01-01. This is the largest number we have experienced since VetBact was registered at StatCounter in November 2011. The image below shows that the number of visitors … Continue reading
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Changing Bacterial Names
The scientific names of bacteria are changed from time to time and some of them, several times. This may cause confusion, but one should keep in mind that any bacterial name that has been validly published for a certain species … Continue reading
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Continuous improvement…
We are always looking for ways to improve the VetBact database and website, and although we haven’t added any new types of information this year, we have continued to refine the content that we already had. For example, we have … Continue reading
Technical upgrade
HTML 5 logo from W3C. We have recently upgraded most pages on the VetBact website to HTML 5. There are some parts where we still use HTML 4, most notably in the virtual laboratory known as VetBactLab, and some of … Continue reading
Phage therapy for treatment of American foulbrood caused by Paenibacillus larvae infections in honey bees
American foulbrood is a serious disease in bee brood (larvae) and it is caused by the spore forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae. This disease can be found all over the world, where honey bees are kept in hives and it is … Continue reading
New Server
From the beginning, we have developed the VetBact database with the needs of the students in the veterinary program in mind, but we also want it to be a useful resource for many workers outside the Swedish University of Agricultural … Continue reading
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New lecturer of Bacteriology in Veterinary Medicine
On november 15, DVM Ingrid Hansson started her employment as senior lecturer in bacteriology at the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health. This department is affiliated to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science at the Swedish … Continue reading
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New logo for VetBact
New logo. The old logo for VetBact has been replaced by the one shown in the figure. A corresponding favicon has been added to the website as suggested by one of our students. The same logo is now used for … Continue reading
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