Ylva Persson

Title State veterinarian, associate professor

Research area Infectious diseases in ruminants. Udder health, alternatives to antibiotics, lentiviruses. Some of the projects are carried out in low-income countries.

Research projects

• Blackleg - sudden death on cows' summer pasture

  Start/End: 2026 - 2030

  Project manager: Ylva Persson

  Cattle 2. Zero hunger 12. Responsible consumption and production 13. Climate action Disease control Epidemiology Methodology development Feed In progress

• Severe eye and oral infectious diseases will affect the animal welfare among Swedish reindeer

  Start/End: 2020 - 2027

  Project manager: Ylva Persson

  Cervids Reindeer In progress

• Ruminants in a flexible food chain

  Start/End: 2021 - 2027

  Project manager: Ylva Persson

  Sheep Goat Cattle Reindeer In progress

• Centre for veterinary disaster medicine - animal health, animal welfare and safe food

  Start/End: 2025 - 2027

  Project manager: Ylva Persson

  All animals 1. No poverty 2. Zero hunger 3. Good health and well-being 12. Responsible consumption and production In progress

• TARANDUS network 2.0

  Start/End: 2024 - 2026

  Project manager: Anna Omazic

  Reindeer 12. Responsible consumption and production 13. Climate action In progress

• Baltohop - Support to the implementation of the One Health action plan for containing antimicrobial resistance in the Baltic countries

  Start/End: 2023 - 2025

  Project manager: Ylva Persson

  Pig Cattle In progress

• The slow sheep and goat killer: Small ruminant lentiviruses in Swedish herds

  Start/End: 2022 - 2025

  Project manager: Jonas Johansson Wensman

  Sheep Goat In progress

• When crisis or war strikes – contingency planning in the primary production of Swedish food

  Start/End: 2023 - 2025

  Project manager: Josefine Elving

  In progress

• Coping with climate change in Bangladesh: Developing a safe and profitable water buffalo milk

  Start/End: 2019 - 2024

  Project manager: Ylva Persson

  Exotic ruminants Completed

• Infectious hoof diseases – follow up of treatment records

  Start/End: 2022 - 2023

  Project manager: Annette Backhans

  Cattle In progress

• Optimal use of antibiotics at acute clinical mastitis in dairy cows

  Start/End: 2019 - 2022

  Project manager: Karin Persson Waller

  Cattle Completed

• Latohop - Support to the implementation of the One Health action plan for containing antimicrobial resistance in Latvia

  Start/End: 2019 - 2022

  Project manager: Ylva Persson

  Pig Cattle Completed

• Clinical mastitis in sheep - etiology and resistance

  Start/End: 2022 - 2022

  Project manager: Annette Backhans

  Sheep Completed

• Validation of preventive routines and diagnostics in hairloss in free ranging beef herds

  Start/End: 2019 - 2021

  Project manager: Ylva Persson

  Cattle Completed

• Occurrence of MRSA in dairy goat herds

  Start/End: 2019 - 2020

  Project manager: Ylva Persson

  Goat Completed

• Mastitis in dairy cows in Rwanda: characterization, prevalence, etiology , molecular epidemiology and effects on milk quality

  Start/End: 2019 - 2019

  Project manager: Ylva Persson

  Cattle Completed

• Development of Udder Health Control Program for dairy cows in Bangladesh

  Start/End: 2016 - 2018

  Project manager: Ylva Persson

  Cattle Completed

• Is local salicylic acid an efficient treatment of interdigital phlegmon in dairy cows?

  Start/End: 2013 - 2017

  Project manager: Ylva Persson

  Completed

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