SIRCAH (Secretariat)

The STAR IDAZ IRC is governed through an Executive Committee, Scientific Committees and working groups, supported by a secretariat (SIRCAH).

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The STAR-IDAZ IRC Secretariat (SIRCAH) provides organisational and communication support to STAR IDAZ IRC and its various members and thereby contribute to the IRC policies and guidelines aimed at coordinating research at international level to contribute to new and improved animal health strategies.

The Secretariat is funded by the European Commission through a Horizon Europe project known as SIRCAH2 (Support for the International Research Consortium on Animal Health). SIRCAH2 involves Kreavet, Defra (UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), CAB International (CABI), UKRI-BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council), and Kreavet.

Member

Dr Latifa EL HACHIMI

Member

Dr Valeria Mariano

Working Group: Aquatic Diseases

Member

Mr Gareth Dicks

Member

Dr Johannes Charlier

Working Group: Animal Genomics and Genetics for Animal Health working group

Member

Ms Madeline Newman

Member

Ms Katie Gordon

Member

Dr Georgina Grell

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New publication explores the development of effective cattle tick vaccines

1st September 2026

STAR IDAZ IRC is delighted to announce the publication of “Questing for sustainable control of cattle ticks: bottlenecks in developing efficacious vaccines,” an Opinion piece in Trends in Parasitology. Naturally acquired immunity to cattle ticks in certain cattle breeds demonstrates that developing vaccines to prevent…

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New Capripoxvirus Research Review identifies advances and critical knowledge gaps

18th August 2026

A new STAR IDAZ Research Review brings together the most important capripoxvirus research published between January 2015 and June 2026, providing an evidence base to guide future research, funding and disease-control priorities. Capripoxviruses (CaPV) cause clinically and economically significant transboundary diseases in cattle, sheep and…