Background and aim

The VetBact database (initially known as VetBakt) with information about bacteria of veterinary interest was developed at the Div. of Bacteriology (Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health [BVF], Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences [SLU], Uppsala, Sweden) in collaboration with the Dept. of Bacteriology and the Office of Science and QA (National Veterinary Institute [SVA], Uppsala, Sweden). The first version of the database was made available on the Internet 9 February, 2006 (as a part of www.sva.se) and in connection with a major update, VetBakt 1.0 got its own website (as a subdomain under sva.se) on 16 April, 2007. On 19 March, 2010, the bilingual version of VetBact 2.0 was released under a specific domain name (vetbact.org). The website is now hosted at SLU and can be accessed as vetbact.slu.se. Since 2024, VetBact is managed at the Department of Animal Biosciences (HBIO), SLU.

VetBact is primarily intended as a tool for veterinary students and their teachers, but can also be useful for veterinary practitioners and students attending other academic courses in bacteriology. Links to course material (video lectures, quizzes, virtual laboratory) have been collected on this page.

The people behind this site

Idea and originator: Professor Emeritus Karl-Erik Johansson (BVF, SLU). Coordinator with veterinary expertise and responsible for further development of VetBact: Professor Ingrid Hansson (HBIO, SLU). Web developer, Webmaster etc: Dr. Staffan Tamm.

Internal Board members

• Ingrid Hansson (sammankallande)
• Karl-Erik Johansson
• Staffan Tamm
• Anna Rosander
• Emma Bergenqvist

External scientific and educational advice

• Dr. Roger Ayling, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), Mycoplasma Group, Department of Bacteriology, Addlestone, Surrey, UK
• Professor Joachim Frey, Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Bern, Switzerland
• Professor John Prescott, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada

Accessibility

Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any suggestions for how we can make this site more accessible.

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Acknowledgements

During 2006 to 2009, these people contibuted information and suggestions.

During 2010 to 2012, these people contibuted information and/or pictures.

Financial support to develop VetBact has been obtained from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (SLU) and from BVF.

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), the National Veterinary Institute (SVA) and the Thure F & Karin Forsberg Foundation supported our work in 2011, and also in 2011-2012.

Free and Open Source technology (FOSS) is a corner stone in the construction of the VetBact database and website.