Bart Pardon

Bart Pardon is a veterinarian (2007), currently associated professor in large animal internal medicine with focus on ruminants at Ghent University (Belgium). He holds a Ph.D in veterinary sciences (2012) and is a specialist of the European college of Bovine Health Management (2016). He teaches in the domains of pathophysiology, propaedeutics and internal medicine. He is the head of the clinic for ruminants at the University of Ghent. In addition to the indoor clinical work, he and his team offer problem herd solving services to farmers and veterinarians, mainly in the area of calf health and infectious diseases. 

His research group focuses on calf health in general, and respiratory health and sepsis in specific, with the eventual aim to rationalize antimicrobial use. Current projects include the development of rapid diagnostic tools, decision support tools, precision medicine applications (data and sensor driven) and evaluation of interventions like antimicrobial therapy and vaccination for bovine respiratory disease. A significant portion of his past and present work deals with Mycoplasmopsis bovis, an interest that awoke from his Ph.D work in the veal calf industry. He has a track record of 156 scientific publications listed in Web of Science and is a frequently asked speaker on (inter)national conferences and industry-sponsored events. He is/has been promotor of 19 Ph.D students this far. He acted as a scientific advisor for multiple organisations including EFSA, FVE, AMCRA, ECBHM, Sciensano, KNMVD and FAVV. In 2023, he co-founded qTUS, a UGhent spin-off company, bringing a lung ultrasonography method (qTUS) to practice. Bart attempts to keep close contact with practice, and puts effort in translating his own and others researchers work to veterinarians and farmers.