Roadmap for nematode control strategies
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Disease management
Research Question
Prevent the introduction of AR parasites into farms where not already present.
Research Gaps and Challenges
The relative importance of new animal introduction and on-farm management in any change of AR status.
Identify seasons when animal introduction can be more dangerous as carriers of AH resistant worms from other farms.
Favour the entrance of susceptible worms from farms where the level of susceptibility has been previously confirmed (avoid quarantine AH treatment).
Establish and communicate best practice AH quarantine procedure.
Solution Routes
Generate user-friendly tools to determine FEC of animals to confirm whether a drug was effective or not after quarantine treatment.
Establish local susceptible nematode strains to implement management strategies to reverse AR status of worms from animals introduced to a farm?
Dependencies
Pen-side diagnosis of egg counts will make AR diagnosis possible and verify effective quarantine.
Effective communication of best-practice quarantine protocols.
Projects
What activities are planned or underway?
Improving the performance of forage legumes through the use of optimal symbiotic partners using the example of sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia)
Planned Completion date 31/12/2023
Denmark
Development of a web application for the risk assessment of the worm load of free-range laying hens (Wurmfrei)
Planned Completion date 31/12/2026
Denmark