Anouk Veldhuis

Anouk Veldhuis

''As a veterinary epidemiologist GD Animal Health, I am constantly challenged to translate scientific findings and relevant analytical output to practical recommendations that are of value for farmers, veterinarians and policymakers. I feel privileged that with my employment at GD Animal Health, I am able to contribute to the high standard of animal health in the Dutch livestock industry.'' 

 

Position

MSc, PhD

Expertise

Quantitative epidemiology, Syndromic surveillance, Surveillance of endemic diseases, Scenario tree modelling

Biography

Anouk Veldhuis studied Animal Sciences at Wageningen University, with a specialization in Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology. She graduated in 2009, after completing her MSc thesis at GD Animal Health and the University of Copenhagen, investigating the effect of preventive management measures for paratuberculosis in Danish dairy herds.

In 2009 she started working as a junior epidemiologist at the Veterinary and Agrochemical Research centre (CODA-CERVA) in Belgium. Since 2011, Anouk is employed in the Epidemiology group of GD Animal Health, working on a variety of national and international research projects, providing scientific input as a veterinary epidemiologist and conducting epidemiological data analyses.

In 2016, she obtained her PhD degree at the University of Utrecht with a thesis entitled: “Surveillance of emerging disease in cattle: Application to the Schmallenberg virus epidemic in the Netherlands.” 

Please find an Open Access version of the thesis via the link below: 
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/339515

Publications

  • Anouk M.B. Veldhuis, Henriëtte Brouwer-Middelesch, Nienke Paarlberg, Angela Deterink, Thoma Dijkstra, Lourens Heres, Debora Smits, Thijs Poll, Sabine Stoelinga and Inge Santman-Berends, 2025. Evaluation of a data-driven tool to monitor youngstock rearing in dairy herds: Perception by its users and validation of improvement options. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 244 (2025) 106637. 
  • Anouk Veldhuis, Marian Aalberts, Patty Penterman, Paul Wever, Gerdien van Schaik, 2023. Bayesian diagnostic test evaluation and true prevalence estimation of Mycoplasma bovis in dairy herds. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 216 (2023) 105946
  • Veldhuis A.M.B., Smits D., Bouwknegt M., Worm H. and van Schaik G. (2021) Added Value of Meat Inspection Data for Monitoring of Dairy Cattle Health in the Netherlands. Front. Vet. Sci. 8:661459. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.661459
  • Anouk M. B. Veldhuis, Wim A. J. M. Swart, Henriëtte Brouwer-Middelesch, Jan A. Stegeman, Maria H. Mars and Gerdien van Schaik, 2020. The Comparison of Three Statistical Models for Syndromic Surveillance in Cattle Using Milk Production Data. Front. Vet. Sci. 7:67.doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00067
  • Veldhuis, J. Mars, A. Stegeman, G. van Schaik, 2019. Changing surveillance objectives during the different phases of an emerging vector-borne disease outbreak: The Schmallenberg virus example. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 166, 21–27
  • Veldhuis, L. Alban, D. Oorburg, G. van Schaik, 2019. Improving antimicrobial residue surveillance in finishing pigs by risk-based sampling designs. Food Control 98, 126–132
  • Veldhuis, I. Santman-Berends, B. Schauer, F. Waldeck, J. Mars, C. Staubach, G. van Schaik, 2017. Epidemiological performance and subsequent costs of different surveillance strategies to control bovine herpesvirus type 1 in dairy farms. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 139 105–114.
  • A.M.B. Veldhuis, H. Brouwer-Middelesch, A. Marceau, A. Madouasse, Y. Van der Stede, C. Fourichon, S. Welby, P. Wever, G. van Schaik, 2016. Application of syndromic surveillance on routinely collected cattle reproduction and milk production data for the early detection of outbreaks of Bluetongue and Schmallenberg viruses. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 124, 15–24.
  • A.M.B. Veldhuis, M.H. Mars, C.A.J. Roos, L. van Wuijckhuise, G. van Schaik, 2015. Two years after the Schmallenberg virus epidemic in the Netherlands: does the virus still circulate? Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, doi:10.1111/tbed.12349.
  • A.M.B. Veldhuis, I.M.G.A Santman-Berends, J.M. Gethmann, M.H. Mars, L. van Wuijckhuise, P. Vellema, M. Holsteg, D. Höreth-Böntgen, F.J. Conraths, G. van Schaik, 2014. Schmallenberg virus epidemic: impact on milk production, reproductive performance and mortality in dairy cattle in the Netherlands and Kleve district, Germany. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 116, 412–422.
  • A.M.B. Veldhuis, S. Carp-van Dijken, L. van Wuijckhuise, G. Witteveen, G. van Schaik, 2014. Schmallenberg virus in Dutch dairy herds: Potential risk factors for high within-herd seroprevalence and malformations in calves, and its impact on productivity. Veterinary Microbiology, 168, 281–293.
  • A.M.B. Veldhuis, G. van Schaik, P. Vellema, A.R.W. Elbers, R. Bouwstra, H.M.J.F. van der Heijden, M.H. Mars, 2013. Schmallenberg virus epidemic in the Netherlands: Spatiotemporal introduction in 2011 and seroprevalence in ruminants. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 112, 35– 47.

 

''As a veterinary epidemiologist GD Animal Health, I am constantly challenged to translate scientific findings and relevant analytical output to practical recommendations that are of value for farmers, veterinarians and policymakers. I feel privileged that with my employment at GD Animal Health, I am able to contribute to the high standard of animal health in the Dutch livestock industry.'' 

 

Position

MSc, PhD

Expertise

Quantitative epidemiology, Syndromic surveillance, Surveillance of endemic diseases, Scenario tree modelling

Biography

Anouk Veldhuis studied Animal Sciences at Wageningen University, with a specialization in Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology. She graduated in 2009, after completing her MSc thesis at GD Animal Health and the University of Copenhagen, investigating the effect of preventive management measures for paratuberculosis in Danish dairy herds.

In 2009 she started working as a junior epidemiologist at the Veterinary and Agrochemical Research centre (CODA-CERVA) in Belgium. Since 2011, Anouk is employed in the Epidemiology group of GD Animal Health, working on a variety of national and international research projects, providing scientific input as a veterinary epidemiologist and conducting epidemiological data analyses.

In 2016, she obtained her PhD degree at the University of Utrecht with a thesis entitled: “Surveillance of emerging disease in cattle: Application to the Schmallenberg virus epidemic in the Netherlands.” 

Please find an Open Access version of the thesis via the link below: 
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/339515

Publications

  • Anouk M.B. Veldhuis, Henriëtte Brouwer-Middelesch, Nienke Paarlberg, Angela Deterink, Thoma Dijkstra, Lourens Heres, Debora Smits, Thijs Poll, Sabine Stoelinga and Inge Santman-Berends, 2025. Evaluation of a data-driven tool to monitor youngstock rearing in dairy herds: Perception by its users and validation of improvement options. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 244 (2025) 106637. 
  • Anouk Veldhuis, Marian Aalberts, Patty Penterman, Paul Wever, Gerdien van Schaik, 2023. Bayesian diagnostic test evaluation and true prevalence estimation of Mycoplasma bovis in dairy herds. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 216 (2023) 105946
  • Veldhuis A.M.B., Smits D., Bouwknegt M., Worm H. and van Schaik G. (2021) Added Value of Meat Inspection Data for Monitoring of Dairy Cattle Health in the Netherlands. Front. Vet. Sci. 8:661459. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.661459
  • Anouk M. B. Veldhuis, Wim A. J. M. Swart, Henriëtte Brouwer-Middelesch, Jan A. Stegeman, Maria H. Mars and Gerdien van Schaik, 2020. The Comparison of Three Statistical Models for Syndromic Surveillance in Cattle Using Milk Production Data. Front. Vet. Sci. 7:67.doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00067
  • Veldhuis, J. Mars, A. Stegeman, G. van Schaik, 2019. Changing surveillance objectives during the different phases of an emerging vector-borne disease outbreak: The Schmallenberg virus example. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 166, 21–27
  • Veldhuis, L. Alban, D. Oorburg, G. van Schaik, 2019. Improving antimicrobial residue surveillance in finishing pigs by risk-based sampling designs. Food Control 98, 126–132
  • Veldhuis, I. Santman-Berends, B. Schauer, F. Waldeck, J. Mars, C. Staubach, G. van Schaik, 2017. Epidemiological performance and subsequent costs of different surveillance strategies to control bovine herpesvirus type 1 in dairy farms. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 139 105–114.
  • A.M.B. Veldhuis, H. Brouwer-Middelesch, A. Marceau, A. Madouasse, Y. Van der Stede, C. Fourichon, S. Welby, P. Wever, G. van Schaik, 2016. Application of syndromic surveillance on routinely collected cattle reproduction and milk production data for the early detection of outbreaks of Bluetongue and Schmallenberg viruses. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 124, 15–24.
  • A.M.B. Veldhuis, M.H. Mars, C.A.J. Roos, L. van Wuijckhuise, G. van Schaik, 2015. Two years after the Schmallenberg virus epidemic in the Netherlands: does the virus still circulate? Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, doi:10.1111/tbed.12349.
  • A.M.B. Veldhuis, I.M.G.A Santman-Berends, J.M. Gethmann, M.H. Mars, L. van Wuijckhuise, P. Vellema, M. Holsteg, D. Höreth-Böntgen, F.J. Conraths, G. van Schaik, 2014. Schmallenberg virus epidemic: impact on milk production, reproductive performance and mortality in dairy cattle in the Netherlands and Kleve district, Germany. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 116, 412–422.
  • A.M.B. Veldhuis, S. Carp-van Dijken, L. van Wuijckhuise, G. Witteveen, G. van Schaik, 2014. Schmallenberg virus in Dutch dairy herds: Potential risk factors for high within-herd seroprevalence and malformations in calves, and its impact on productivity. Veterinary Microbiology, 168, 281–293.
  • A.M.B. Veldhuis, G. van Schaik, P. Vellema, A.R.W. Elbers, R. Bouwstra, H.M.J.F. van der Heijden, M.H. Mars, 2013. Schmallenberg virus epidemic in the Netherlands: Spatiotemporal introduction in 2011 and seroprevalence in ruminants. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 112, 35– 47.

 

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