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Experiences and knowledge about the BTV-3 outbreak in the Netherlands

At the moment we are receiving a lot of questions and requests from international partners to share experiences and knowledge about the BTV-3 outbreak in the Netherlands.​​​​​​​In order to fulfil this request in these very busy times for us, we have planned a webinar to share our experience and knowledge with international partners.On Thursday 6 March 2025, Royal GD organises an international webinar on the current situation of bluetongue in the Netherlands. In this webinar we will briefly review the results of various studies on bluetongue since the start of the outbreak in September 2023, including the detection of BTV-12 in October 2024. Bluetongue experts René van den Brom, Katrien van den Brink and Inge Santman-Berends will discuss the results of the impact of BTV-3 on cattle and small ruminants in 2024, the effect of vaccination and ongoing studies.
Speakers

René van den Brom, DVM, PhD, DipECSRHM
Dr René van den Brom, a European specialist in small ruminant health management, graduated from Utrecht University in 2004. He began his veterinary career at veterinary practice and joined GD in 2008. René earned his PhD in 2015 and became a specialist of the European College of Small Ruminant Health Management (Dip.ECSRHM) in 2013. Currently, he is Managerof the small ruminants department at Royal GD and also member of the veterinary advisory board for the Dutch Ministry of LVVN.

Inge Santman-Berends, MSc, PhD
Dr Inge Santman-Berends, an expert in veterinary epidemiology, obtained her MSc in Animal Science from Wageningen University in 2006 and her PhD from Utrecht University in 2011. Since 2012, she has been a senior veterinary epidemiologist at GD, focusing on monitoring, risk analysis, and quantitative epidemiology. In 2021, she became head of GD's Epidemiology group. Inge also coordinates an EU-funded project at Utrecht University on disease surveillance.

Katrien van den Brink, DVM
Katrien van den Brink graduated in veterinary medicine from Utrecht University and has extensive experience in the dairy industry. She worked in large animal practice before joining Utrecht University as a lecturer and researcher. Since 2018, Katrien has been a senior veterinarian at GD, specialising in disease prevention, biosecurity, and bovine infectious diseases. Following the 2023 BTV-3 epidemic, she became GD's BTV specialist for cattle and is currently pursuing a PhD on this topic.