• Getting healthier food free of pathogen bacteria* and their toxins*, mycotoxins, carcinogenic* products.
• Making better use of veterinary medicines*.
• Finding innovative vaccines for rabbits*.
• Mastering infections in cows and sheep more efficiently ( prions*, viruses*, parasites*).
• Detecting genetic abnormalities in animals*.

These are some of the areas of research at the National Veterinary College of Toulouse.

The College has a dual goal : scientific excellence and thematic relevance. The findings of the research lead to better academic recognition as well as practical applications and recommendations that meet society 's expectations ( e.g. food safety) and more professional demands ( e.g. comparative physiopathology). Veterinary medicine is based on scientific knowledge and clinical research is one of the ENVT scientific priorities.

The policy consists of developing scientific activity in partnership with renowned research centres. Most of the College research groups work with INRA (National Institute for Agronomic Research) departments and share a common research policy. The development of clinical research will lead to new partnership with other establishments like INSERM* ( National Scientific Institute for Medical Research).

Research has always been complimentary with higher education, thus the National Veterinary College has developed laboratory-based science within the campus in order to offer a scientific environment to students .

Research carried out at the College is published in international scientific journals. Within the period 1998- 2001, the ENVT scientific groups published 212 articles in rank A publications, presented 182 papers in congresses and produced 53 (revues de synthèse). The ENVT owns 5 patents and regularly hosts doctoral students from other universities .

Moreover the College is also active regionally, responding to invitation to tender and take part in state-region plans. It also acts as an adviser for local authorities on problems like food safety. It also has partnerships with local organisations, (For example Roquefort and foie gras quality, management of scrappie in the Pyrenees).

The College has a European strategy in partnership with INRA (National Institute for Agronomic Research) and works for European professional and scientific integration within the European Colleges and takes part to the EAEVE (European Association of Education for Veterinary Establishments) of accreditation process.

The research strategy is coherent with two main fields of modern biology , on one side with Pasteurian axis ( microbiology, parasitology, prion diseases, immunology) and on the other side with the Bernardian axis (pharmacology, physiology, toxicology) in order to meet the modern challenge of society using the most modern methods in molecular, cellular biology and genomics.

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