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General posts.

The VetBact connection is secure

Posted on 2026-06-12 by Staffan

If you used VetBact or AgriMyc between 15 May and 11 June, 2026, you would have seen warnings about the connection to the website not being secure. The reason was that our so-called SSL certificate had expired. The use of … Continue reading →

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Is the connection to VetBact no longer secure?

Posted on 2026-06-02 by Staffan

If you use VetBact via https (encrypted connection) instead of http (unencrypted), you have probably noticed that your browser warns that the website is not secure. The reason for this is that our so-called SSL certificate has expired. It was … Continue reading →

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VetBact’s 20th anniversary

Posted on 2026-02-09 by Ingrid Hansson

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…?

Posted on 2025-12-31 by Staffan

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

Posted on 2020-11-17 by kaggen

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

Posted on 2020-09-24 by kaggen

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…

Posted on 2020-09-02 by Staffan

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 →

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Technical upgrade

Posted on 2019-08-22 by Staffan

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 →

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Phage therapy for treatment of American foulbrood caused by Paenibacillus larvae infections in honey bees

Posted on 2018-05-24 by kaggen

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 →

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New Server

Posted on 2017-11-06 by Staffan

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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