The first Stakeholder Network Meeting of the EU Horizon 2020-funded ONTOX project was held on 13-14 March 2023, in Brussels, Belgium. The discussion centred around identifying specific challenges, barriers and drivers in relation to the implementation of non-animal new approach methodologies (NAMs) and …

Both because of the shortcomings of existing risk assessment methodologies, as well as newly available tools to predict hazard and risk with machine learning approaches, there has been an emerging emphasis on probabilistic risk assessment. Increasingly sophisticated AI models can be applied to a plethora …

Elasmobranchen, beter bekend als haaien en roggen, worden algemeen gehouden in aquaria over de hele wereld. Aquariumwelzijn is onder bestudeerd in vergelijking met terrestrische dieren in gevangenschap. Hoewel ze op grote schaal worden gehouden, zijn er maar weinig gepubliceerde studies die het welzijn …

Sharks are ecological important inhabitants of most of the world’s oceans and seas. Still their life-history, which is dictated by slow growth rates and late maturity, makes most species, especially demersal- and coastal sharks, prone to exploitation through target- and nontarget fisheries. Another threat …

The species blonde ray (Raja brachyura) and thornback ray (Raja clavata) have been selected for the 2.1 InnoRays project, to get more insight about the status of these stocks in the Greater North Sea. Unstained and stained age determination methods were tested and LFQ data analysis are conducted for …

From the publisher: "Background: The introduction of whole new foods in a population may lead to sensitization and food allergy. This constitutes a potential public health problem and a challenge to risk assessors and managers as the existing understanding of the pathophysiological processes and the …

Despite changing attitudes towards animal testing and current legislation to protect experimental animals, the rate of animal experiments seems to have changed little in recent years. On May 15–16, 2013, the In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform (IVTIP) held an open meeting to discuss the state of the …

De laatste decennia zijn de aantallen haaien en roggen afgenomen, overwegend door de gevolgen van visserij. In Nederland wordt niet gericht op haaien en roggen gevist waardoor alle negatieve gevolgen ontstaan door de bijvangst op commercieel interessante soorten vis. Deze problematiek is door de Europese …

Haaien en roggen nemen wereldwijd al jaren in aantallen af. Binnen Europa hebben verschillende natuurorganisaties zich deze afname aangetrokken, de lobby van deze organisaties heeft geleid tot actie van het Europees Parlement. Een van resultaten van deze actie is de opname van haaien en roggen in de …

The objective of this research was to investigate the opportunities for sustainable enterprises in the equine sector for young starting entrepreneurs in the Northeast of the Netherlands. This research also includes the different aspects involved when starting an equine enterprise in this area in order …