Designing best veterinary practices to reduce antimicrobial and antiparasitic use
SOA
36
Internal project
Action 3 - Leading Institute: UCPH
Project summary
This project aims to reduce, replace and refine antimicrobial and antiparasitic use in terrestrial and aquatic farming by optimizing treatment regimens through improved diagnostics, early pathogen detection and AMR profiling, validating innovative alternatives, evaluating environmental impacts of drugs and residues, and addressing major bacterial and parasitic diseases driving veterinary drug use.
Project objectives
- Rationalization of antimicrobial and antiparasitic use by optimizing treatment regimens of current antimicrobial and antiparasitic drugs to maximize clinical efficacy, minimize group treatment and resistance selection, and develop tailored treatment strategies for the clinical needs of each farm targeting high-impact bacterial and parasitic diseases in in pigs, cattle, small ruminants, poultry, horses, aquaculture and apiculture.
- Validate innovative alternatives and diagnostic approaches, including phage therapy, light therapy, feed additives, immunomodulators and autovaccines, and advance rapid diagnostic and decision-making tools, to enable timely treatment and reduce unnecessary drug use.
- Assess environmental impact of antimicrobial/antiparasitic drugs or potential alternatives, including possible effects on environmental AMR resistance, their persistence and ecological impact in terrestrial and aquatic systems
- Dissemination of disease-specific guidelines for prudent antimicrobial and antiparasitic use in the livestock sector, implemented through training activities and outreach events for veterinarians and producers
Outcomes and impacts
- Scalable best practices & decision-support tools for livestock
- New scientific data for research and policy
- Improved animal health, lower AMR and environmental burden via a sustainable EU network