Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Heilsufrøðiliga Starvsstovan er eftirlits- og vitanarstovnurin fyri mat og djór í Føroyum. Arbeiði og kanningar okkara byggja á nýggjastu, altjóða vitan og gransking. Starvsstovan granskar í teimum yrkisgreinum, sum stovnurin røkir sambært lóg, og á økjum, har tað er eyðsýndur fyrimunur, at gransking og verkætlanirnar verða framdar á stovninum.
The Faroese Food and Veterinary Authority is established under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade to carry out statutory control and laboratory checks within the food and veterinary fields and to undertake research and development relevant to the statutory tasks. The Faroese Food and Veterinary Authority is the Faroese reference laboratory concerning the fields mentioned above.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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RASPOX: Rapid Amplicon Sequencing of Salmon Gill Poxvirus Genomes
Christiansen, D. H. (PI), Petersen, P. E. (CoPI), Dahl, M. M. (CoPI), Gulla, S. (CoI), Kristþórsdóttir, K. H. (CoI), Egholm, I. (CoI) & Joensen, L. L. (CoI)
1/08/23 → …
Project: Research
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Symptoms after detection of COVID19 infection in Faroese individuals / Sjúkueyðkenni hjá fólki, sum eru smittað við COVID-19
Petersen, M. S. (PI), Kristiansen, M. F. (CoI), Hanusson, K. D. (CoI), Danielsen, M. E. (CoI), Steig, B. Á. (CoI), Gaini, S. (CoI), Strøm, M. (CoI) & Weihe, P. M. (CoI)
1/04/20 → …
Project: Research
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RASOPTA: Safeguarding future production of fish in aquaculture systems with water recirculation
Christiansen, D. H. (CoI), Petersen, P. E. (CoI), Dahl, M. M. (CoI) & Krishna, D. (CoI)
1/09/21 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
Research output
- 14 Article
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Stress and immune response to centrifugal pumping of Salmo salar in an industrial recirculating aquaculture system: A case study
Blonç, M., Ruiz, N., Tvarijonaviciute, A., Petersen, P. E., Dahl, M. M., Krishna, D., Christiansen, D. H., Egholm, I., Teles, M. & Tort, L., Jan 2026, In: Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 168, 10 p., 110936.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Environmental DNA/RNA for non-invasive early detection and monitoring of pathogen dynamics in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)
Krishna, D., Petersen, P. E., Dahl, M. M., Egholm, I., von Gersdorff Jørgensen, L. & Christiansen, D. H., Aug 2025, In: Aquaculture. 611, (2026), 14 p., 743030.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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First field evidence of aerosolised SGPV, ISAV-HPR0, and IPNV in Atlantic salmon RAS highlights transmission and biosecurity risks
Krishna, D., Petersen, P. E., Dahl, M. M., Egholm, I. & Christiansen, D. H., 30 Oct 2025, In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 15, 19 p., 37999.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Oral presentation
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Karnitin í matvørum og nýtsla av hesum
Mikkelsen, B. (Speaker)
6 Nov 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Student theses
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An investigation of genetic and reproductive differences between Faroe Plateau and Faroe Bank cod (Gadus morhua L.)
Petersen, P. E. (Author), Taggart, J. B. (Supervisor), Penman, D. J. (Supervisor), Patursson, Ø. (Supervisor) & Dahle, G. (Supervisor), 19 Mar 2015Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Development of a method for whole genome sequencing of the Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus (ISAV) directly from clinical samples and characterization of ISAV-HPR0 in the Faroe Islands
Dahl, M. M. (Author), Middelboe, M. (Supervisor), Christiansen, D. H. (Supervisor) & Petersen, P. E. (Supervisor), 2019Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Microbiota on the surface of Faroese mutton dried by natural ventilation, investigated from slaughter to the final product: A study of taxonomic diversity, investigated by culture-dependent methods
Thomsen, S. (Author), Petersen, P. E. (Supervisor), Fjallsbak, J. P. (Supervisor), Johansen, P. (Supervisor) & Jespersen, L. (Supervisor), 2020Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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