Projects

• STOP AFRICAN SWINE FEVER – evaluation and development of solutions for biosecurity measures in domestic pig production
• Incidence and tumour types of domestic, exotic and wild animals in Slovenia and Montenegro
• Validacija biomarkerjev za diagnostiko goveje tuberkuloze
• Strengthening capacity in the field of pork safety and quality in the small Food business operators
• New non-regulated mycotoxins in cereals: risk assessment and possibility of reduction by extrusion processing

• European Researchers’ Night project (the slogan Humanities Rock! Human(e) to Animals – Science Covers Every Being)
• RObust Animals in sustainable Mixed FREE-range systems (ROAM-FREE)
• Sustainability in pork production with immunocastration
• Preventing the Extinction of the Dinaric-SE Alpine Lynx Population Through Reinforcement and Long-term Conservation
• ART-REM (Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and regenerative medicine (REM)
• Infrastructure for promoting metrology in food and nutrition
• Investigation of Traditional Cheese Production Tecnology and Standards in the Light of European Union (2019-1-TR01-KA202-077415)

COST Actions

• Novel tools for test evaluation and disease prevalence estimation
• European Swine Influenza Network (ESFLU)
• Biosecurity enhanced through training, evaluation and raising awareness
• COST ERNEST »European Research Network on Signal Transduction«

Applicative Research Projects

• Met4Lab – Basis for establishment of a system for identification and exchange of metrological requirements in the field of biochemical analysis
• Development of a multimethod for the determination of prohibided substances in food
• Sampling procedures for prohibited free-living animals and development of molecular tools to ensure traceability through identification and deposit of genetic material
• Risk-assessment of the introduction of African swine fever virus into domestic pig holdings
• Strategic approaches to improve the health and fertility of small ruminants
• Breeding of domestic animals by upgrading animal welfare in accordance with social requirements
• Management strategies and control of Salmonella Infantis infections in broiler flocks
• Rising the competitve position of Slovenian cattle farming by controlling paratuberculosis in dairy cattle herd
• Genotyping of the American foulbrood causative agent as a tool to determine the transmission routes of the disease
• Detection of type A influenza viruses in environmental samples, feed and animal bedding and development of an algorithm for the diagnosis of influenza in pig
• Technological innovations to improve animal welfare in poultry and pigs

Basic Research Projects

• Vascularization and vascular effects as predictive factors for local ablative techniques
• Escherichia coli as an intestinal pathogen of calves: exploring the host-pathogen factors, farm management and antimicrobial resistance burden
• Paratuberculosis in dairy cattle: communal pasture implications, economic analysis and stakeholders’ engagement
• Exploring the biofilm phenotype and surfactome of Listeria monocytogenes to predict its persistence and pathogenicity potential using machine learning
• Monitoring of the clinical and immune response to improve the outcome of combined electrochemotherapy and IL-12 gene therapy in dogs with spontaneous peripheral tumours
• Genetic diversity and virulence of Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American foulbrood
• Use of silk fibroin for encapsulation and differentiation of stem cells as a starting point for the development of advanced cartilage treatment
• Identification of genetic and metabolic properties of fatty pig breeds – case of Krškopolje pig
• Identification and characterization of pathogens of infectious diseases with the method of next generation sequencing
• Time-lapse intra-vital imaging of immune response after electrochemotherapy induced in situ vaccination and interleukin-12 gene therapy boost
• Role of estrogens in active brain feminisation; and development of a novel hormone implant, mimicking estrous cycle 
• Improving immune response of animals against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and Clostridium perfringens toxins with chicken egg yolk antibodies
• Use of probiotics to control contamination of poultry farms with campylobacters and salmonella
• Plasma decontamination of mycotoxins and inactivation of fungi in food industry
• Protein complexes from the fungal genus Pleurotus, new bio‐ pesticides for controlling Colorado potato beetle and western corn rootworm
• Rezistomi probiotičnih in starterskih kultur kot potencialni dejavnik tveganja za širjenje odpornosti proti antibiotikom
• Celice beta med razvojem in remisijo z dieto povzročene sladkorne bolezni

Other National Projects

• ReNature
• Development of a model of the ruminant’s four stomachs with its parasites for achieving deeper learning in a student oriented approach
• Development of Advanced Cellular Therapies to Treat Dementia in Dogs
• Cell transplantation into murine brain as a model for brain damage treatment
• Isolation, characterisation and posible uses of exosomes from mesenchymal stem cells for advanced treatments of dogs
• Wildlife park 3

Office for Research and International Cooperation

Head: mag. Petra Gruden
Email: r-r@vf.uni-lj.si
             
Tel.: 01 4779 852