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The SOS (Stamp Out Sleeping Sickness) initiative has stopped one deadly disease from becoming more lethal while creating hundreds of jobs and sustainable businesses.Sleeping sickness or Human African trypanosomiasis, a deadly disease, which threatened the lives of millions of people throughout Africa has been halted, thanks to a consortium of veterinarians, doctors and Government agencies working together with the private sector.  As a result, new businesses and hundreds of sustainable new jobs have been created. Ceva Sounds correspondent, Nik Wood talks to some of the key figures in the SOS project to celebrate the success of the campaign.

 New research suggests that the use of dogs for animal assisted therapy with children and young people have a clear health benefit. In the latest Ceva Sounds podcast, host, Nik Wood, talks to Professor Richard Griffioen on the subject of his published paper: ’Children and Animals in Synchrony’, which sheds light on the mechanisms that explain the effects of animal assisted interventions, using dogs and other animals, with Down Syndrome or autistic children. Ceva was one of the sponsors of Professor Griffioen’s PhD, which resulted in the publication of the paper and his appointment as Professor of Animal Assisted Interventions at Aeres University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. You can read Professor Griffioen’s paper by contacting him at: richardgriffioen@me.com 

Can the humanisation of our pets actually kill them?The question is posed in a new podcast featuring some of our leading experts on pet health and behaviour who discuss the issue of anthropomorphism, whereby people attribute human characteristics and behaviours to their companion animals.

 The aim of the WVA Animal Welfare Awards is to recognize and reward veterinarians who in their daily lives contribute to the protection and welfare of animals and have provided outstanding and exemplary welfare-related services to animals, animal owners, fellow veterinarians and the public. Ceva sponsors the event celebrating these outstanding veterinarians and what they do. Together, beyond animal health.

 The current covid-crisis has accelerated the adoption of new technologies, with these leaps in innovation also impacting agriculture. Precision Livestock Farming (or PLF for short) is the use of technology to monitor the health, performance and welfare of animals, providing farmers with real time data to support their decision-making. 🎙️ Our BRAND NEW Ceva Sounds podcast speaks to the "father" of PLM, Prof Daniel Berckmans, and Ceva's Chief Data Officer, Prof. Thomas Lewiner as they discuss everything about PLF, from what it is? to how it can support farmers? and the role it will play in the future management of livestock 

The bond between animal and human, is strongly illustrated  between assistance animals and the people they help. As a company with a mission we strongly support these programs on various continents. Together, beyond animal health.

3 of our leading veterinarians, Zoltan Penzes, Marie Ducrotroy and  Olivier Espeisse prepared a short white paper and podcast, that explores the origin of the disease and reiterates that ¾ of all zoonoses originate in wildlife and not domestic animals. Zoonotic diseases are not new, we shared a common disease pool with animals since the beginning of time.  What is new is the speed at which they can be spread across our ever more densely populated world, making what we do, vaccination and preventative medicine the cornerstone of the post-covid era.