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The 2026 Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for the European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare (EUP AH&W) is now available, setting out an updated long-term strategic vision for animal health and welfare research in Europe. STAR IDAZ International Research Consortium for Animal Health contributed to both the development of the original SRIA and…

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has published updated priority disease lists identifying where vaccination could have the greatest impact on reducing antimicrobial use (AMU) in animals. Developed by the WOAH Ad Hoc Group on the Prioritisation of Diseases for which Vaccines Could Reduce Global Antimicrobial Use in Animals (PROEVA), the work updates previous…

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 tick infestations is feasible. However, important scientific and practical barriers…