Experience

Wageningen Bioveterinary Research

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head Of Department Bacteriology, Host Pathogen Interaction and Diagnostic Development

  • Oct 2021 - Present



Aeres University of Applied Sciences Dronten

• Netherlands
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Professor Bovine Health Management / Lector Management van Rundergezondheid

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Starting from 1 January 2018, I will work as a part-time Professor in Bovine Health Management at Aeres university of applied sciences. Whit this, I will contribute to the knowledge with regard to bovine health management and to the design of education, research and knowledge transfer in this field. The focus of my research will be on cattle farming in countries like the Netherlands, where preventive health management plays an important role: keep healthy cows healthy. Healthy animals are the basis of sustainable farming. Contact: a.velthuis@aeres.nl Show less



COKZ

• Netherlands
• Dairy Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bestuurslid

  • Dec 2020 - Present



GD Animal Health

• Netherlands
• Veterinary Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Cattle Research Manager

  • Nov 2012 - Oct 2021

• Head International and Special Accounts - ad interim

  • Feb 2015 - May 2015

  GD Animal Health acts as partner in many international projects related to animal health, such as disease-control programmes, monitoring programmes, the establishment of veterinary diagnostic labs, and lab capacity building projects. GD Animal Health has been active in eastern and central Europe, Egypt, Indonesia, India, Ethiopia, Ireland, Finland and Russia. Successful projects include disease (mastitis) control programmes, risk-analysis studies, epidemiological studies, legal aspects of food safety related to animal products, IT infrastructure, capacity building of veterinary diagnostic laboratories and training of vets and laboratory staff. Transfer of knowledge and capacity building can be based on cooperation contracts per module. Custom-made modules are also possible, as requirements may differ per lab or country. The aim of our cooperation or partnership is to strive for long-lasting support relationships (long-term contracts). Show less



European Association of Agricultural Economists

• liaison officer of the Netherlands

  • Jan 2009 - Nov 2012



Wageningen University & Research

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Dec 2001 - Nov 2012

  Research into the economic aspects of food safety and animal health (zoonoses) Knowledge concerning: -Zoonosis, food production, chains, risk analysis, economics, modeling, data analysis, epidemiology and microbiology Teaching: - Food Safety Economics (MSc) - Animal Health and Food safety Economics (MSc) - Risk Management in Food Supply Chains (MSc) - Introduction into Infectious Diseases (BSc) - Economic aspects of food safety (Post-Docterale) - EU policy for agriculture, food and green (Post-Docterale) - Basic training veterinarians VWA - Strengthening Food Safety Systems in new and candidate member states of the European Union and in the neighbour countries - Career Coaching (Post-Docterale). Guiding different Msc thesis students on research topics related to Food Safety Economics or Animal Healt Economics Research Projects: - Development of a cost-calculating model for recall damage; - Research on the relation between dairy farm audits and bulk milk quality - Development of a Management Information System to support management decisions in the breeder-hatchery-broiler chain. - Costs and benefits analysis of Bluetongue in Netherlands - Reliability of electronic Identification and Registration of ovine and caprine animals - Tracking and Tracing or consumers milk: Modelling the recall costs in relation with batch size and time of determination -Quality assurance program for paratuberculosis: development of a new surveillance and control program for paratuberculosis, based on two farm states (green and red) representing the bulk milk quality. - Grenzüberschreitende Integrierte Qualitätssicherung: Quality control systems in German and English pig production: the differences between QS and IKB (GIQS) - Evaluation of regulation on animal movements - Technical and Economic feasibility of Electronic Identification and registration of bovine animals Show less



Wageningen UR

• Assistant Professor

  • Dec 2001 - Nov 2012



ID-Lelystad

• PhD student

  • Aug 1997 - Dec 2001

  Quantification of transmission of Actinobacillus Pleuropneumoniae among pigs. Research: - Development of an experimental transmission model for bacterial transmission to measure. - Development of mathematical and statistical methods to quantify transmission. - Transmission and the impact of vaccination on the transmission of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae between pig quantify. Knowledge concerning: - Quantitative veterinary epidemiology, mathematical transmission models, transmission experiments, bacteriology (Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae) Skills: - Design, implementation and analysis of animal experiments (in possession of article 9 certificate) - Modeling and programming - Performing statistical analyses - Scientific writing Show less



Praktijkonderzoek Rundvee, Schapen en Paarden (ASG-WUR)

• Onderzoeker

  • Aug 1996 - Aug 1997

  Uitvoerend onderzoeker van de "Polderproef" met als doel de risicofactoren van stofwisselingsaandoeningen bij melkkoeien te kwantificeren. Kennis betreffende: -Melkziekte, slepende melkziekte, lebmaagdraaiing, kopziekte, epidemiologie, longitudinale studie, statistische analyse van grote datasets: zoeken naar risicofactoren Uitvoerend onderzoeker van de "Polderproef" met als doel de risicofactoren van stofwisselingsaandoeningen bij melkkoeien te kwantificeren. Kennis betreffende: -Melkziekte, slepende melkziekte, lebmaagdraaiing, kopziekte, epidemiologie, longitudinale studie, statistische analyse van grote datasets: zoeken naar risicofactoren



ID-Lelystad (ASG-WUR)

• Researcher

  • Jun 1996 - Aug 1997

  Research on the estimation of genetic and phenotypic correlations and heritabilities for the Dutch Dairy meat index. Knowledge: Quantitative genetics, data analysis Research on the estimation of genetic and phenotypic correlations and heritabilities for the Dutch Dairy meat index. Knowledge: Quantitative genetics, data analysis