Timothée Vergne
@timvergne.bsky.social
Associate Professor of veterinary public health at the National Veterinary School of Toulouse #ENVT 🇨🇵
Epidemiologist and infectious disease modeller
Head of the @epidesa.bsky.social lab
🐔🐖🐮🦆🐗🦠💻
Epidemiologist and infectious disease modeller
Head of the @epidesa.bsky.social lab
🐔🐖🐮🦆🐗🦠💻
A huge bravo to all the volunteers making this mission against #rabies possible, especially the #veterinary students from the Royal University of Agriculture #RUA in Cambodia and the international volunteers from Worldwide Veterinary Service #WVS.
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
A huge bravo to all the volunteers making this mission against #rabies possible, especially the #veterinary students from the Royal University of Agriculture #RUA in Cambodia and the international volunteers from Worldwide Veterinary Service #WVS.
Yesterday, I witnessed the scale of this operation in Phnom Penh:
1. Over 100 tuk-tuks mobilized to transport #vaccination teams
2. Thousands of #rabies vaccine doses administered
3. An intense door-to-door search to reach every possible dog
4. Seamless coordination through a dedicated app
1. Over 100 tuk-tuks mobilized to transport #vaccination teams
2. Thousands of #rabies vaccine doses administered
3. An intense door-to-door search to reach every possible dog
4. Seamless coordination through a dedicated app
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Yesterday, I witnessed the scale of this operation in Phnom Penh:
1. Over 100 tuk-tuks mobilized to transport #vaccination teams
2. Thousands of #rabies vaccine doses administered
3. An intense door-to-door search to reach every possible dog
4. Seamless coordination through a dedicated app
1. Over 100 tuk-tuks mobilized to transport #vaccination teams
2. Thousands of #rabies vaccine doses administered
3. An intense door-to-door search to reach every possible dog
4. Seamless coordination through a dedicated app
A powerful example of #OneHealth in action!
#Rabies still kills around 60,000 people every year worldwide, despite being a fully preventable disease though the #vaccination of dog populations.
Since 2023, @missionrabies.bsky.social has been carrying out massive vaccination campaigns in #Cambodia.
#Rabies still kills around 60,000 people every year worldwide, despite being a fully preventable disease though the #vaccination of dog populations.
Since 2023, @missionrabies.bsky.social has been carrying out massive vaccination campaigns in #Cambodia.
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
A powerful example of #OneHealth in action!
#Rabies still kills around 60,000 people every year worldwide, despite being a fully preventable disease though the #vaccination of dog populations.
Since 2023, @missionrabies.bsky.social has been carrying out massive vaccination campaigns in #Cambodia.
#Rabies still kills around 60,000 people every year worldwide, despite being a fully preventable disease though the #vaccination of dog populations.
Since 2023, @missionrabies.bsky.social has been carrying out massive vaccination campaigns in #Cambodia.
Am looking for a highly motivated #PhD candidate to design innovative epidemiological surveillance strategies for avian #influenza in a #vaccination context, with field activities in Morocco.
Interface between #virology and quantitative #epidemiology
Apply by 30 April 2025
👉 lnkd.in/e8SXWA3U
Interface between #virology and quantitative #epidemiology
Apply by 30 April 2025
👉 lnkd.in/e8SXWA3U
April 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Am looking for a highly motivated #PhD candidate to design innovative epidemiological surveillance strategies for avian #influenza in a #vaccination context, with field activities in Morocco.
Interface between #virology and quantitative #epidemiology
Apply by 30 April 2025
👉 lnkd.in/e8SXWA3U
Interface between #virology and quantitative #epidemiology
Apply by 30 April 2025
👉 lnkd.in/e8SXWA3U
So grateful to be part of a system that values scientific expertise for making evidence-based decisions! 🌍🇪🇺
Intense days at @efsa.europa.eu to finalise the annual report analysing the 2024 epidemiological situation on African swine fever #ASF in Europe. Released in May.
@efsa-animals.bsky.social
Intense days at @efsa.europa.eu to finalise the annual report analysing the 2024 epidemiological situation on African swine fever #ASF in Europe. Released in May.
@efsa-animals.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So grateful to be part of a system that values scientific expertise for making evidence-based decisions! 🌍🇪🇺
Intense days at @efsa.europa.eu to finalise the annual report analysing the 2024 epidemiological situation on African swine fever #ASF in Europe. Released in May.
@efsa-animals.bsky.social
Intense days at @efsa.europa.eu to finalise the annual report analysing the 2024 epidemiological situation on African swine fever #ASF in Europe. Released in May.
@efsa-animals.bsky.social
Ce soir, environ 1000 personnes (my guess) se sont rassemblées à #Toulouse en soutien à #StandUpForScience.
Des cheveux grisonnants mais, à mon goût, trop peu d'étudiants, alors que Toulouse compte près de 40 000 étudiants en sciences.
En espérant que le mouvement prenne de l'ampleur !
Des cheveux grisonnants mais, à mon goût, trop peu d'étudiants, alors que Toulouse compte près de 40 000 étudiants en sciences.
En espérant que le mouvement prenne de l'ampleur !
March 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Ce soir, environ 1000 personnes (my guess) se sont rassemblées à #Toulouse en soutien à #StandUpForScience.
Des cheveux grisonnants mais, à mon goût, trop peu d'étudiants, alors que Toulouse compte près de 40 000 étudiants en sciences.
En espérant que le mouvement prenne de l'ampleur !
Des cheveux grisonnants mais, à mon goût, trop peu d'étudiants, alors que Toulouse compte près de 40 000 étudiants en sciences.
En espérant que le mouvement prenne de l'ampleur !
Pour l'indépendance de la science et la lutte contre l'obscurantisme ! ✊
👉 standupforscience.fr/322-2/
👉 standupforscience.fr/322-2/
March 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Pour l'indépendance de la science et la lutte contre l'obscurantisme ! ✊
👉 standupforscience.fr/322-2/
👉 standupforscience.fr/322-2/
International collaborations in #science is one of the most exciting parts of the job!
Just coming back from a 2-day scientific visit at the #UAB 🇪🇸, where I taught their #OneHealth master students and touched base on a series of #research projects related to #livestock farm #biosecurity.
Just coming back from a 2-day scientific visit at the #UAB 🇪🇸, where I taught their #OneHealth master students and touched base on a series of #research projects related to #livestock farm #biosecurity.
November 23, 2024 at 12:10 PM
International collaborations in #science is one of the most exciting parts of the job!
Just coming back from a 2-day scientific visit at the #UAB 🇪🇸, where I taught their #OneHealth master students and touched base on a series of #research projects related to #livestock farm #biosecurity.
Just coming back from a 2-day scientific visit at the #UAB 🇪🇸, where I taught their #OneHealth master students and touched base on a series of #research projects related to #livestock farm #biosecurity.
Thrilled to share our work on the influence of wild boar density on the spread of African swine fever #ASF in northern Italy (Jan 2022 - Sep 2023).
Our model reproduced observed ASF dynamics and showed that wild boar density shaped the second ASF wave only.
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...
Our model reproduced observed ASF dynamics and showed that wild boar density shaped the second ASF wave only.
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...
November 21, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Thrilled to share our work on the influence of wild boar density on the spread of African swine fever #ASF in northern Italy (Jan 2022 - Sep 2023).
Our model reproduced observed ASF dynamics and showed that wild boar density shaped the second ASF wave only.
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...
Our model reproduced observed ASF dynamics and showed that wild boar density shaped the second ASF wave only.
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/supportin...
[PhD position] Please share!
Looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work in our MSCA Doctoral Network #VIVACE (vivace.hub.inrae.fr/news2) on highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI transmission #modelling to inform vaccination strategies.
👉 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143
@inrae-france.bsky.social
Looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work in our MSCA Doctoral Network #VIVACE (vivace.hub.inrae.fr/news2) on highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI transmission #modelling to inform vaccination strategies.
👉 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143
@inrae-france.bsky.social
November 12, 2024 at 11:04 AM
[PhD position] Please share!
Looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work in our MSCA Doctoral Network #VIVACE (vivace.hub.inrae.fr/news2) on highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI transmission #modelling to inform vaccination strategies.
👉 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143
@inrae-france.bsky.social
Looking for a motivated PhD candidate to work in our MSCA Doctoral Network #VIVACE (vivace.hub.inrae.fr/news2) on highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI transmission #modelling to inform vaccination strategies.
👉 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-23143
@inrae-france.bsky.social
New video of our Wiliman-ID project funded by the European Union to combat five of the most impactful zoonoses and animal diseases!
Feat. avian influenza, African swine fever, West Nile fever, African horse sickness and chronic wasting disease
📽️▶️ lnkd.in/dKxCVCBa
Website: www.wiliman-id.eu
Feat. avian influenza, African swine fever, West Nile fever, African horse sickness and chronic wasting disease
📽️▶️ lnkd.in/dKxCVCBa
Website: www.wiliman-id.eu
April 5, 2024 at 6:47 AM
New video of our Wiliman-ID project funded by the European Union to combat five of the most impactful zoonoses and animal diseases!
Feat. avian influenza, African swine fever, West Nile fever, African horse sickness and chronic wasting disease
📽️▶️ lnkd.in/dKxCVCBa
Website: www.wiliman-id.eu
Feat. avian influenza, African swine fever, West Nile fever, African horse sickness and chronic wasting disease
📽️▶️ lnkd.in/dKxCVCBa
Website: www.wiliman-id.eu
16 février à Toulouse.
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February 16, 2024 at 1:31 PM
16 février à Toulouse.
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Did not really know what to expect from this first scientific visit to #NCHU, Taiwan 🇹🇼.
But I have been overwhelmed by scientific soundness, visionary research, openess and kindness!
Hopefully the beginning of long-term collaborations!
Thanks Dr. Day-Yu Chao for making this possible!
But I have been overwhelmed by scientific soundness, visionary research, openess and kindness!
Hopefully the beginning of long-term collaborations!
Thanks Dr. Day-Yu Chao for making this possible!
November 22, 2023 at 6:50 AM
Did not really know what to expect from this first scientific visit to #NCHU, Taiwan 🇹🇼.
But I have been overwhelmed by scientific soundness, visionary research, openess and kindness!
Hopefully the beginning of long-term collaborations!
Thanks Dr. Day-Yu Chao for making this possible!
But I have been overwhelmed by scientific soundness, visionary research, openess and kindness!
Hopefully the beginning of long-term collaborations!
Thanks Dr. Day-Yu Chao for making this possible!
Glad to be back in Hanoi, for the first leg of my Asian tour!
Today: regional consultation on environmental surveillance of avian influenza viruses in live-bird markets by FAO Asia-Pacific.
With @brandonhayes.bsky.social
But having a meeting straight after a sleeplessnight in the plane is hard! Zzz.
Today: regional consultation on environmental surveillance of avian influenza viruses in live-bird markets by FAO Asia-Pacific.
With @brandonhayes.bsky.social
But having a meeting straight after a sleeplessnight in the plane is hard! Zzz.
November 15, 2023 at 3:10 AM
Glad to be back in Hanoi, for the first leg of my Asian tour!
Today: regional consultation on environmental surveillance of avian influenza viruses in live-bird markets by FAO Asia-Pacific.
With @brandonhayes.bsky.social
But having a meeting straight after a sleeplessnight in the plane is hard! Zzz.
Today: regional consultation on environmental surveillance of avian influenza viruses in live-bird markets by FAO Asia-Pacific.
With @brandonhayes.bsky.social
But having a meeting straight after a sleeplessnight in the plane is hard! Zzz.
Glad to be back in Hanoi, for the first leg of my Asian tour!
Today: regional consultation on environmental surveillance of avian influenza viruses in live-bird markets by #FAO Asia-Pacific.
But having a meeting straight after a sleeplessnight in the plane is hard! ZZzzz...
Today: regional consultation on environmental surveillance of avian influenza viruses in live-bird markets by #FAO Asia-Pacific.
But having a meeting straight after a sleeplessnight in the plane is hard! ZZzzz...
November 15, 2023 at 3:09 AM
Glad to be back in Hanoi, for the first leg of my Asian tour!
Today: regional consultation on environmental surveillance of avian influenza viruses in live-bird markets by #FAO Asia-Pacific.
But having a meeting straight after a sleeplessnight in the plane is hard! ZZzzz...
Today: regional consultation on environmental surveillance of avian influenza viruses in live-bird markets by #FAO Asia-Pacific.
But having a meeting straight after a sleeplessnight in the plane is hard! ZZzzz...
Intense days at UAB, Barcelona, discussing with the master students the relevance of disease modelling for improving highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI management, brainstorming with A. Allepuz et al. on #biosecurity and risk assessment (BIOSECURE EU-project), and... devouring (too much) ham! 😍
November 3, 2023 at 9:29 AM
Intense days at UAB, Barcelona, discussing with the master students the relevance of disease modelling for improving highly pathogenic avian influenza #HPAI management, brainstorming with A. Allepuz et al. on #biosecurity and risk assessment (BIOSECURE EU-project), and... devouring (too much) ham! 😍
Everything you always dreamt to know about avian influenza transmission is finally synthesised in a single paper that presents all epidemiological insights gained from the modelling of historical epidemics (2004-2022).
Hope you will find it useful!
rdcu.be/doXTw
Hope you will find it useful!
rdcu.be/doXTw
October 19, 2023 at 4:04 PM
Everything you always dreamt to know about avian influenza transmission is finally synthesised in a single paper that presents all epidemiological insights gained from the modelling of historical epidemics (2004-2022).
Hope you will find it useful!
rdcu.be/doXTw
Hope you will find it useful!
rdcu.be/doXTw
At the #GeoVet23 conference, with @brandonhayes.bsky.social and Jun-Sik Lim presenting their work on multi-host modelling of African swine fever #ASF transmission and on the evaluation of intervention strategies against ASF in South Korea. Well done guys!
And awesome stage!
And awesome stage!
September 24, 2023 at 7:41 AM
At the #GeoVet23 conference, with @brandonhayes.bsky.social and Jun-Sik Lim presenting their work on multi-host modelling of African swine fever #ASF transmission and on the evaluation of intervention strategies against ASF in South Korea. Well done guys!
And awesome stage!
And awesome stage!
Congratulations @brandonhayes.bsky.social for your contribution to the complex field of #transmission of infectious diseases between #livestock and #wildlife!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Collaborative (and productive) work between UMR_IHAP, INRAE, Anses and
ENVT
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Collaborative (and productive) work between UMR_IHAP, INRAE, Anses and
ENVT
September 7, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Congratulations @brandonhayes.bsky.social for your contribution to the complex field of #transmission of infectious diseases between #livestock and #wildlife!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Collaborative (and productive) work between UMR_IHAP, INRAE, Anses and
ENVT
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Collaborative (and productive) work between UMR_IHAP, INRAE, Anses and
ENVT
African swine fever #ASF keeps spreading inexorably... Sweden has just "joined the club", with one wild boar testing positive (so far).
www.pigprogress.net/health-nutri...
www.pigprogress.net/health-nutri...
September 7, 2023 at 10:09 AM
African swine fever #ASF keeps spreading inexorably... Sweden has just "joined the club", with one wild boar testing positive (so far).
www.pigprogress.net/health-nutri...
www.pigprogress.net/health-nutri...
Dans un mois exactement, la #France va commencer à vacciner ses canards contre le virus de l'influenza aviaire #IAHP !
C'est inédit dans l'Union Européenne qui interdisait jusqu'à présent la #vaccination contre cette maladie pour des raisons commerciales.
agriculture.gouv.fr/tout-ce-quil...
C'est inédit dans l'Union Européenne qui interdisait jusqu'à présent la #vaccination contre cette maladie pour des raisons commerciales.
agriculture.gouv.fr/tout-ce-quil...
September 1, 2023 at 9:54 AM
Dans un mois exactement, la #France va commencer à vacciner ses canards contre le virus de l'influenza aviaire #IAHP !
C'est inédit dans l'Union Européenne qui interdisait jusqu'à présent la #vaccination contre cette maladie pour des raisons commerciales.
agriculture.gouv.fr/tout-ce-quil...
C'est inédit dans l'Union Européenne qui interdisait jusqu'à présent la #vaccination contre cette maladie pour des raisons commerciales.
agriculture.gouv.fr/tout-ce-quil...
In one month to the day, #France will start vaccinating massively its #ducks against avian influenza (#HPAI)!
There is no precedent in the European Union where #vaccination used to be prohibited for international trade reasons.
agriculture.gouv.fr/tout-ce-quil...
There is no precedent in the European Union where #vaccination used to be prohibited for international trade reasons.
agriculture.gouv.fr/tout-ce-quil...
September 1, 2023 at 9:53 AM
In one month to the day, #France will start vaccinating massively its #ducks against avian influenza (#HPAI)!
There is no precedent in the European Union where #vaccination used to be prohibited for international trade reasons.
agriculture.gouv.fr/tout-ce-quil...
There is no precedent in the European Union where #vaccination used to be prohibited for international trade reasons.
agriculture.gouv.fr/tout-ce-quil...
The organization of the conference of the Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine #SVEPM (250 people, 25 countries) last March in Toulouse received the 2023 award for major achievement contributing to the international visibility of the ENVT.
Proud! 🥳
Proud! 🥳
August 30, 2023 at 8:42 AM
The organization of the conference of the Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine #SVEPM (250 people, 25 countries) last March in Toulouse received the 2023 award for major achievement contributing to the international visibility of the ENVT.
Proud! 🥳
Proud! 🥳
In short, reducing duck farm density in the 20% densest municipalities is not sufficient. So now, it is paramount to investigate the effect of other strategies on #HPAI virus transmission dynamics, such as flock size reduction, confinement of outdoor flocks and #vaccination.
6/6
6/6
August 30, 2023 at 7:02 AM
In short, reducing duck farm density in the 20% densest municipalities is not sufficient. So now, it is paramount to investigate the effect of other strategies on #HPAI virus transmission dynamics, such as flock size reduction, confinement of outdoor flocks and #vaccination.
6/6
6/6
Even in the most stringent scenario, the basic reproction number (R0) remained higher than 1.5 in wide regions, suggesting that reducing duck farm densities in the 20% densest municipalities would not have been sufficient to completely prevent HPAI virus from spreading.
4/6
4/6
August 30, 2023 at 7:01 AM
Even in the most stringent scenario, the basic reproction number (R0) remained higher than 1.5 in wide regions, suggesting that reducing duck farm densities in the 20% densest municipalities would not have been sufficient to completely prevent HPAI virus from spreading.
4/6
4/6