Roadmap for nematode control strategies

Improve the development and uptake of best practice management of nematode control.

Develop user-friendly tools for farmers to help them identify animals with high nematode burdens or production consequences.
Utilise production records that include information on treatments or egg counts to be able to advise farmers when to treat an individual.
Demonstrate and quantify the economic benefits of best-practice interventions such as diagnosis of AR and implementation of targeted control.
Investigate communication methods to reach farmers in different parts of the world and let them feel secure to share their nematode information and production data.

Development and extension of decision support tools that can act either alone but can also be integrated in general farm or pasture management software.
Development of nematode control decision support systems for beef, sheep, goat and pigs.
Demonstration trials showing the feasibility and beneficial outcomes of best practices approaches
Propagate information about the importance of nutrition as the corner stone of resistance and resilience against gut nematodes, hence reducing the need for antiparasitic treatments.

Develop long-term relationships with farming communities.
Cost-benefit analysis demonstrating the cost of disease and the economics of various treatment options.
Develop animal production and nutrition expertise within the parasitological community.
Vets need to receive updated training to implement targeted control strategies and increase user acceptance.

Good evidence-based nutritional advice is already available to achieve best possible levels of resilience and resistance to nematodes.
Educational courses for vets on implementation targeted control strategies have been performed sporadically.