Ynte Hein Schukken
Position
CEO Royal GD, Prof. dr.
Expertise
Bovine mastitis, Endemic infectious diseases of dairy farms, Epidemiology, Diagnostic tests, Animal health programmes
Position
CEO Royal GD, Prof. dr.
Expertise
Bovine mastitis, Endemic infectious diseases of dairy farms, Epidemiology, Diagnostic tests, Animal health programmes
Here you will find links to our various experts within the areas of expertise of Royal GD. Our team of veterinarians, specialists, and scientists excel in animal health surveillance, conduct practical research, and develop effective programmes for disease prevention and control. Click on the links to meet our dedicated professionals and learn more about their specific areas of expertise and contributions to advancing animal health.
Christian Scherpenzeel
Position
DVM, PhD
Expertise
Udder health, Milk quality, Selective dry cow treatment
Ant Koopmans
Position
DVM
Expertise
Ruminant nutrition and health, Drinking water for animals, Dairy herd health
Arne Vanhoudt
Position
DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECBHM - EBVS®
Expertise
Foot health, Cow comfort, Animal welfare, Dairy herd health
Debora Smits
Position
DVM
Expertise
Animal health surveillance, Youngstock, Parasitic diseases
Emma Strous
Position
DVM, DipECBHM
Expertise
Infectious disease BVD, Infectious disease IBR, Dairy herd health, Youngstock
Frederik Waldeck
Position
DVM
Expertise
Infectious disease IBR, Infectious disease BVD, Animal Welfare
Heleen Kellij-Klunder
Position
DVM
Expertise
Udder Health, Ruminant Health Monitoring
Jasper het Lam
Position
DVM
Expertise
Animal health Surveillance, Bovine respiratory Disease, Mannheimia haemolytica, Herd health Management
Judith de Jong
Position
DVM
Expertise
Bovine Health Monitoring and Surveillance, Herd Health Management
Liza le Feber-Dekker
Position
DVM
Expertise
Animal health surveillance, Neospora
Katrien van den Brink
Position
DVM
Expertise
Bluetongue, Infectious disease BVD, Infectious disease IBR, Leptospirosis, animal welfare
Maarten F. Weber
Position
DVM, DBR, MSc, PhD, DipECBHM, DipECVPH
Expertise
Paratuberculosis, Salmonellosis, Epidemiology of infectious diseases
Menno Holzhauer
Position
DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECBHM
Expertise
Animal health surveillance, Claw health, Young stock nutrition and management, Parasitic diseases
Position
Sector Manager Cattle
Expertise
BVD, Certification Programs
Position
DVM, PhD
Expertise
Udder health, Milk quality, Selective dry cow treatment
Position
DVM
Expertise
Ruminant nutrition and health, Drinking water for animals, Dairy herd health
Position
DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECBHM - EBVS®
Expertise
Foot health, Cow comfort, Animal welfare, Dairy herd health
Position
DVM
Expertise
Animal health surveillance, Youngstock, Parasitic diseases
Position
DVM, DipECBHM
Expertise
Infectious disease BVD, Infectious disease IBR, Dairy herd health, Youngstock
Position
DVM
Expertise
Infectious disease IBR, Infectious disease BVD, Animal Welfare
Position
DVM
Expertise
Udder Health, Ruminant Health Monitoring
Position
DVM
Expertise
Animal health Surveillance, Bovine respiratory Disease, Mannheimia haemolytica, Herd health Management
Position
DVM
Expertise
Bovine Health Monitoring and Surveillance, Herd Health Management
Position
DVM
Expertise
Animal health surveillance, Neospora
Position
DVM
Expertise
Bluetongue, Infectious disease BVD, Infectious disease IBR, Leptospirosis, animal welfare
Position
DVM, DBR, MSc, PhD, DipECBHM, DipECVPH
Expertise
Paratuberculosis, Salmonellosis, Epidemiology of infectious diseases
Position
DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECBHM
Expertise
Animal health surveillance, Claw health, Young stock nutrition and management, Parasitic diseases
Position
BVSc MRCVS
Expertise
Salmonella, Paratuberculosis
Eveline Willems
Position
DVM
Expertise
General pig health, Reproduction, Genetics
Jobke van Hout
Position
DVM, PhD
Expertise
Manager research projects, Scientific research, Lecturer practical and academic courses
Lucía Dieste Pérez
Position
DVM, MSc, PhD
Expertise
Swine health, Diagnostics, Brucella suis, Microbiota
Tijs Tobias
Position
DVM MSc PhD Dipl. ECPHM
Expertise
Swine Health, Infectious pig diseases, One Health in pig farming, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Position
DVM
Expertise
General pig health, Reproduction, Genetics
Position
DVM, PhD
Expertise
Manager research projects, Scientific research, Lecturer practical and academic courses
Position
DVM, MSc, PhD
Expertise
Swine health, Diagnostics, Brucella suis, Microbiota
Position
DVM MSc PhD Dipl. ECPHM
Expertise
Swine Health, Infectious pig diseases, One Health in pig farming, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Position
DVM
Expertise
Monitoring
Robert Jan Molenaar
Position
DVM, FCRPath
Expertise
Diagnosis and transmission, Organized control, Applied research
Anneke Feberwee
Position
DVM, PhD, EBVS®
Expertise
Diagnosis and transmission, Organized control, Applied research, Bacterial diseases in poultry
Christiaan ter Veen
Position
DVM, MAHM
Expertise
Poultry Coccidiosis, Zoonotic Salmonella, Salmonella Pullorum/Salmonella Gallinarum
Fiona-Schoemaker-van Kaam
Position
DVM
Expertise
Central poultry veterinarian, Organized poultry healthcare, Salmonella, Hatcheries
Gert Jan Boelm
Position
DVM
Expertise
Research on vaccines (development and registration), GLP and GCP studies, Field of attention: Marek’s disease.
Jeanine Wiegel
Position
DVM
Expertise
Surveillance, Research projects (antimicrobial use and resistance in poultry), Consultancy, Bacterial diseases in poultry
Lonneke Vervelde
Position
Prof., dr., ir.
Expertise
Host-pathogen interaction, vaccine development, avian (mucosal) immunity to viral, parasitic and bacterial diseases
Mirthe de Wit
Position
DVM
Expertise
Organized poultry health care, Aviaire influenza (AI), Newcastle Disease (NCD)
Willem Dekkers
Position
DVM
Expertise
Central poultry veterinarian, Organized poultry health care, Spotted fever, Gumboro disease, Pasteurella
Sjaak de Wit
Position
Prof., DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECPVS
Expertise
Diagnosis and transmission, Quality and accreditation of serological tests for poultry pathogens, Test development, Applied research
Position
DVM, FCRPath
Expertise
Diagnosis and transmission, Organized control, Applied research
Position
DVM, PhD, EBVS®
Expertise
Diagnosis and transmission, Organized control, Applied research, Bacterial diseases in poultry
Position
DVM, MAHM
Expertise
Poultry Coccidiosis, Zoonotic Salmonella, Salmonella Pullorum/Salmonella Gallinarum
Position
DVM
Expertise
Central poultry veterinarian, Organized poultry healthcare, Salmonella, Hatcheries
Position
DVM
Expertise
Research on vaccines (development and registration), GLP and GCP studies, Field of attention: Marek’s disease.
Position
DVM
Expertise
Surveillance, Research projects (antimicrobial use and resistance in poultry), Consultancy, Bacterial diseases in poultry
Position
Prof., dr., ir.
Expertise
Host-pathogen interaction, vaccine development, avian (mucosal) immunity to viral, parasitic and bacterial diseases
Position
DVM
Expertise
Organized poultry health care, Aviaire influenza (AI), Newcastle Disease (NCD)
Position
DVM
Expertise
Central poultry veterinarian, Organized poultry health care, Spotted fever, Gumboro disease, Pasteurella
Position
Prof., DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECPVS
Expertise
Diagnosis and transmission, Quality and accreditation of serological tests for poultry pathogens, Test development, Applied research
René van den Brom
Position
DVM, PhD, DipECSRHM
Expertise
Head of the Department of small ruminant health, Surveillance of small ruminants health, Zoonotic diseases (small ruminant related), Infectious causes of abortion, Goat health management, Sheep health management
Karianne Peterson
Position
DVM, PhD, Grad. Cert. in UL&T, EBVS® European Specialist in Small Ruminant Health Management
Expertise
Infectious diseases: MVV; CAEV; CLA; Paratuberculosis, Metabolic disorders: (trace)minerals, Diagnostics, Goat health & welfare management, Sheep health & welfare management
Linda van den Wollenberg
Position
DVM, specialist Equine Internal Medicine
Expertise
Equine infectious diseases, Equine internal medicine
Position
DVM, PhD, DipECSRHM
Expertise
Head of the Department of small ruminant health, Surveillance of small ruminants health, Zoonotic diseases (small ruminant related), Infectious causes of abortion, Goat health management, Sheep health management
Position
DVM, PhD, Grad. Cert. in UL&T, EBVS® European Specialist in Small Ruminant Health Management
Expertise
Infectious diseases: MVV; CAEV; CLA; Paratuberculosis, Metabolic disorders: (trace)minerals, Diagnostics, Goat health & welfare management, Sheep health & welfare management
Position
DVM, specialist Equine Internal Medicine
Expertise
Equine infectious diseases, Equine internal medicine
Theo Lam
Position
MSc, DVM, PhD
Expertise
Bovine mastitis, Udder health, Antibiotic use
Harold van der Heijden
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Development of veterinary diagnostic assays, especially immunodiagnostic assys (e.g. ELISA)
Annet Heuvelink
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Antimicrobial resistance (testing and surveillance), MIC testing of antimicrobials (including feed activities), MALDI-TOF MS, IR Biotyping, Udder pathogens, Salmonella, E.coli
Deon van Merwe
Position
European Registered Toxicologist (ERT)
Expertise
Veterinary Toxicology; Toxicokinetics; Ruminant feed safety; Water quality; Environmental Toxicology; Ecotoxicology
Erhard van der Vries
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Zoonotic diseases, Monitoring and surveillance, Virus discovery, Moleculair diagnostics and next-generation sequencing
Erik van Engelen
Position
PhD
Expertise
Bacteriology, Cryptosporidium parvum, Mycoplasma bovis, Tritrichomonas foetus, Campylobacter fetus, Coxiella burnetti, Streptococcus suis
Jet Mars
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Immune diagnostics, Epidemiology, Laboratory quality, Ruminant infectious disease
Marian Aalberts
Position
DVM, PhD
Expertise
Immunodiagnostic tests, Infectious diseases of cattle and small ruminants, Salmonellosis, Paratuberculosis, Parasitology
Remco Dijkman
Position
PhD
Expertise
Molecular diagnostics, Molecular biology, Molecular epidemiology and genotyping of veterinary pathogens, Mycoplasma synoviae, Infectious bronchitis virus, Infectious bursal disease virus
Saskia van der Drift
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Animal nutrition, Metabolic disorders, Biomarkers, Clinical biochemistry
Position
MSc, DVM, PhD
Expertise
Bovine mastitis, Udder health, Antibiotic use
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Development of veterinary diagnostic assays, especially immunodiagnostic assys (e.g. ELISA)
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Antimicrobial resistance (testing and surveillance), MIC testing of antimicrobials (including feed activities), MALDI-TOF MS, IR Biotyping, Udder pathogens, Salmonella, E.coli
Position
European Registered Toxicologist (ERT)
Expertise
Veterinary Toxicology; Toxicokinetics; Ruminant feed safety; Water quality; Environmental Toxicology; Ecotoxicology
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Zoonotic diseases, Monitoring and surveillance, Virus discovery, Moleculair diagnostics and next-generation sequencing
Position
PhD
Expertise
Bacteriology, Cryptosporidium parvum, Mycoplasma bovis, Tritrichomonas foetus, Campylobacter fetus, Coxiella burnetti, Streptococcus suis
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Immune diagnostics, Epidemiology, Laboratory quality, Ruminant infectious disease
Position
DVM, PhD
Expertise
Immunodiagnostic tests, Infectious diseases of cattle and small ruminants, Salmonellosis, Paratuberculosis, Parasitology
Position
PhD
Expertise
Molecular diagnostics, Molecular biology, Molecular epidemiology and genotyping of veterinary pathogens, Mycoplasma synoviae, Infectious bronchitis virus, Infectious bursal disease virus
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Animal nutrition, Metabolic disorders, Biomarkers, Clinical biochemistry
Inge Santman-Berends
Position
PhD
Expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, Surveillance, Simulation modelling, Predictive modelling, Risk analyses, Data products
Anouk Veldhuis
Position
PhD
Expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, Syndromic surveillance, Surveillance of endemic diseases, Scenario tree modelling
Corneel Vermeulen
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Genetics and Genomics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, High-throughput sequencing
Gerdien van Schaik
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, Infectious diseases, Modelling, Surveillance
Henriëtte Brouwer - Middelesch
Position
MSc
Expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, Data products, Syndromic surveillance, Predictive modelling
Irene Bisschop
Position
MSc
Expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, Data monitoring, Syndromic surveillance
Manon Holstege
Position
MSc
Expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, Prediction models, New methodological opportunities, Zoonoses
Position
PhD
Expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, Surveillance, Simulation modelling, Predictive modelling, Risk analyses, Data products
Position
PhD
Expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, Syndromic surveillance, Surveillance of endemic diseases, Scenario tree modelling
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Genetics and Genomics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, High-throughput sequencing
Position
MSc, PhD
Expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, Infectious diseases, Modelling, Surveillance
Position
MSc
Expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, Data products, Syndromic surveillance, Predictive modelling
Position
MSc
Expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, Data monitoring, Syndromic surveillance
Position
MSc
Expertise
Quantitative epidemiology, Prediction models, New methodological opportunities, Zoonoses
Nadine Meertens
Position
DVM, Dr.med.vet., DipECVP
Expertise
Oral pathology, Dermatopathology, Oncological pathology
Position
DVM, Dr.med.vet., DipECVP
Expertise
Oral pathology, Dermatopathology, Oncological pathology