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📢 Calling all farmers and veterinarians in the UK! 🐑 👩⚕️ Please participate in our surveys on tick-borne livestock diseases. Your invaluable insights into impacts, treatment options, and on-farm control practices will play a crucial role in shaping the future of livestock health. These surveys are part of the OPTICK study – "One Health surveillance and management of tick-borne disease threats in a changing environment". This is a collaborative interdisciplinary project with UKCEH, Animal and Plant Health Agency, University of Liverpool, UK Health Security Agency, and Moredun Research Institute. OPTICK aims to better understand the complex interactions between changes in land use, climate, and agriculture, and how these factors may increase the risk of ticks spreading diseases to humans and animals in the UK. Please respond and share with colleagues! Farmer survey: https://lnkd.in/gBdMxFwC Vet survey: https://lnkd.in/gSFfV74p #LivestockHealth #LivestockManagement #LivestockFarming

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical issue that extends beyond human health, significantly impacting animals and the environment. To effectively combat AMR, we must adopt a holistic One Health approach that integrates human, animal, and environmental health. In many parts of Africa, the misuse of antibiotics in livestock not only threatens animal health but also contributes to the spread of resistant bacteria, contaminating our water and soil. This interconnected problem calls for innovative solutions and collaboration across sectors. By improving veterinary practices, promoting responsible antibiotic use in agriculture, and enhancing environmental management, we can reduce the spread of AMR. Together, we can protect our ecosystems, ensure the health of our communities, and work towards eradicating AMR. #OneHealth #AMR #PublicHealth #Africa #EnvironmentalHealth #AnimalHealth

I'm proud to announce that the World Organisation for Animal Health, its Quadripartite partners and world leaders have approved a political declaration at the #UNGA High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), in their continued strong commitment to tackling #AMR. If no action is taken, drug resistance could cause annual global GDP losses up to US$ 1.7 trillion by 2050, while the spread of resistant pathogens from livestock to humans could cost up to US$ 5.2 trillion. Moreover, AMR could lead to production losses in the livestock sector, equivalent to the food consumption needs of 746 million people, or even more than two billion in a more severe scenario. I leave the UNGA with renewed determination to collaborate across the #OneHealth spectrum—human, animal, and environmental health—so that together, we can curb the rise of AMR. More about this declaration: https://lnkd.in/evpDBTcv

🐄Animal Trypanosomiases is a group of diseases caused by protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma and affects all domesticated animals, which include Tsetse-transmitted Trypanosomosis, surra disease, and Dourine disease. 🌏In Africa, the Americas and Asia, these diseases, which in some cases affect humans, result in significant illness in animals and cause major economic losses in livestock. www.mobedco.com ✨ #mobedco #AnimalTrypanosomiases #Trypanosoma

Farm #biosecurity is an essential practice for any livestock operation. By taking proactive steps to prevent the introduction and spread of disease, farmers can protect their animals, ensure #FoodSafety, and contribute to a #sustainable and profitable #agricultural industry. Moving forward, we will be having ZCards on biosecurity. As you would recall, ZCard in full form is Zoonoses and Biosecurity Education Card. Walk with us! #Biosecurity #FarmBiosecurity #PreventiveMedicine #OneHealth #PublicHealth #ZoonosesPrevention Ifunanya Onyeka UCD One Health Society Ohio University Global Health Initiative Dauda Onawola

On World Zoonoses Day, the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense reminds you that up to 75% of all circulating diseases are zoonotic. We need to protect both animal and human public health. When we prevent diseases in animals, we safeguard the health of people. You can find useful recommendations in the Commission's reports:

🚨 Recently, FAO & @WOAH held a crucial joint meeting on #FootandMouthDisease (FMD) Regional Roadmaps for Eastern and Southern Africa in 🇹🇿. 🐂🐃🐄🐐🐑 🐖 https://lnkd.in/dJV4dhGg The gathering aimed to share vital information, enhance regional cooperation, and update the Progressive Control Pathway for #FMD. This collaborative effort is essential for increasing livestock productivity and minimizing risks associated with animal infectious diseases. Key stakeholders from across the continent came together to address one of livestock health's most pressing challenges. 🌍🐄 Learn more about this important initiative: bit.ly/3BinAmP #LivestockHealth #SustainableLivestock #FAOAnimalHealth #AnimalHealthInnovation #FAOLivestock

What is plant health? Plant health is the plant's capacity to grow and reproduce normally without the help of any fertilisers or pesticides and to maintain immunity against pests, diseases and weeds. How to improve plant health? 1. Breeding of plant varieties which need no fertiliser or pesticide to improve yield and to withstand the attack of insect pests and pathogens. 2. Improvement of soil health by practicing no-till, mulching, cover cropping, multilayer polycropping and mixed animal husbandry.

Poor animal health can negatively impact animal wellbeing & productivity, producer livelihoods, food security, human health, and the environment. The Global Burden of Animal Diseases (GBADs) Programme uses systematic methods and models of populations, disease, and economy dynamics to estimate the impacts of disease and other health problems in terrestrial and aquatic livestock species, with the aim of enhancing decision making in animal and public health. To make these approaches more accessible, we have recently published the GBADs Technical Guide (v1.0). This guide is a working document that will be updated as methods evolve, and the first edition provides details on how to calculate and understand: ·      🐖 Livestock biomass ·      💵 The economic value of farmed animals and their outputs ·      💉 Economic losses from reduced productivity and expenditure on veterinary services (the Animal Health Loss Envelope, AHLE) ·      🦠 Attribution of losses to specific causes ·      👨👨👧👧 Wider economic impact of animal disease burdens The guide is available at https://lnkd.in/gxdU8niV, and was supported by funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Health is a state of physical 💪🏻, mental 🧠, and social well-being 👩🏻🤝👨🏽 not merely the absence of disease, as defined by the World Health Organization. As we mark #WorldHealthDay today, let's not forget the critical link between animal and human health.  At pHi-Tech we're at the forefront of vaccination technology for livestock, developing advanced solutions that not only safeguard animal health but also contribute to global health security. #pHiTech #AnimalHealth #Farming #FarmTech #FarmInnovation