How can we take a 'One Health' approach to achieve reductions in diseases on farms in Scotland?
Background
Question Group: Working with nature to improve plant, animal and soil health, enhancing agricultural practices, and promoting resilient food systems. It also encompasses innovation in disease control, climate adaptation for crops and stock, strengthening food safety and sustainable farming to reduce environmental pollution and boost productivity.
Sub-questions: -How do we ensure that high standards of animal health remain central to a holistic approach to sustainable livestock systems, while reducing the environmental impacts of farming systems and adapting to the changing climate?
- What are the potential impacts on GHG emissions of improving the control of key endemic diseases / syndromes on farms, and how is this best achieved to benefit both animal health and net zero ambitions?
- What novel approaches can be taken to enable production of economically and biologically viable vaccines and diagnostic tests for key endemic diseases of livestock?
- How can preventive veterinary medicine approaches on cattle and sheep farms (such as foot care, fertility treatment, etc.) be improved and uptake increased, and are such approaches cost-effective for government to incentivise?
- What novel approaches can be taken to the control of sheep scab, in order to reduce prevalence and avoid the environmental and health risks associated with current control practices?
- What are the changing risks of tick-borne diseases to both livestock and humans, and how are they best mitigated?
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Environment natural resources agriculture research strategy 2027 2032
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Related UKRI funded projects
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Factors influencing endemic disease in the Northern Ireland sheep flock.
Endemic diseases are core drivers of medicine use in sheep. Resistance is driven by pathogen exposure to drugs within the animal and residues or metabolites in the environment. A reduction in the burden of endemic diseas...
Funded by: BBSRC
Lead research organisation: MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Why might this be relevant?
Addresses key endemic diseases of sheep in Northern Ireland, including sheep scab, and aims to provide evidence-based on-farm solutions.
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RCG: OpTick: One Health surveillance and management of tick-borne disease threats in a changing environment.
Tick-borne disease (TBD) risks to humans and livestock are increasing rapidly in temperate regions, including the UK, and can cause severe disease in people and livestock, impacting human health and livelihoods. These th...
Funded by: BBSRC
Lead research organisation: Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Why might this be relevant?
Focuses on tick-borne disease threats to humans and livestock, including Lyme Disease, and aims to provide evidence for disease management strategies.
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Plant-based solutions to integrate livestock disease control, nutrition and environmental sustainability in Africa
Smallholder livestock production is crucial to the livelihoods of rural populations throughout Africa, but is experiencing many challenges. Climate change is making nutritional resources from grazing more unpredictable, ...
Funded by: BBSRC
Lead research organisation: Queen's University Belfast
Why might this be relevant?
Partially relevant as it focuses on livestock disease control and environmental sustainability in Africa, not specifically in Scotland.