Projects
Enhancing poultry Biosecurity and Health Management through capacitating farmers, veterinarians and researchers in Central and Northern Ethiopia: towards improvement of Poultry productivity(BHMEP). KU Leuven
Poultry production is one of the main livestock subsectors that contribute to the national agricultural GDP of Ethiopia. It requires little investment and space to start and plays important roles in generating employment opportunities, improving family nutrition, and empowering women. However, this subsector is constrained by different factors such as infectious diseases, poor husbandry and poor or no biosecurity practices. Among the ...
Enhanced and cost-effective bioSecurity in livestock production Ghent University
BioSecure will improve the capacity for key actors and decision-makers in livestock farming to understand, prioritise and implement evidence-based, cost-effective and sustainable biosecurity management systems in current and future terrestrial livestock production chains for pigs, poultry, cattle and small ruminants. This will be achieved by:
- Setting up and facilitating a multi actor stakeholder forum to support interactive ...
Networking European poultry actors for enhancing the compliance of biosecurity measures for a sustainable production Ghent University
Poultry sector is one of the main agricultural production systems in Europe, providing 15.2 million tonnes of poultry meat and over 7.5 million tonnes of eggs in 2018, with a 21.2 billion euro turnover in poultry meat in 2015 and 960 million euro worth of eggs in 2016. It is also a very sensitive sector regarding epidemics, that can impact the sector economics (e.g. 2015 and 2017 episodes of Avian Influenza) and also foodborne pathogens ...
Networking European poultry actors for enhancing the compliance of biosecurity measures for asustainable production Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
The emergence of antibiotic resistance in the poultry sector may pose a threat to both animal and public health. This project aims to improve compliance with biosecurity standards through a holistic and multi-actor approach to the European poultry production chain, taking into account all dimensions of the production chain (public safety, economy, environment), at multiple scales (local, ...
Biocheck: the world reference for biosecurity in animal production Ghent University
In de afgelopen jaren heeft de eenheid voor Veterinaire Epidemiologie een uniek risico gebaseerd scoresysteem ontwikkeld dat een objectieve en reproduceerbare kwantificatie van de bioveiligheid op varkens, pluimvee of rundveebedrijven toelaat. Doel van dit project is het aftasten van businessopportuniteiten.
RT 17/2 CAMPREVENT: Reduction of Campylobacter in broiler flocks: identification of risk factors, evaluation of increased biosecurity measures and the protective effect of the microbiota of Campylobacter free flocks Ghent University
The overall objective of this project is to draft an (enhanced) biosecurity protocol, efficient but also easily implementable to reduce the risk that broiler flocks become colonized with Campylobacter. In order to do so, following specific research questions will be answered:
1. "What are possible risk factors for the introduction of Campylobacter in broiler flocks in Belgium?" No risk analysis will be carried out as risk factors are ...
Reduction of Campylobacter in broiler flocks: identification of risk factors, evaluation of increased biosecurity measures and the protective effect of the microbiota of Campylobacter free flocks Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In the industrialized world, Campylobacter is the most important bacterial cause of human gastro-enteritis. It is estimated that 50%-80% of all Campylobacter strains isolated from human cases are originating from the poultry reservoir. The overall objective of this project is to draft an (enhanced) biosecurity protocol, efficient but also easily implemented to reduce the ...
Biosecurity training using the Biocheck.ugent concept to increase health and production on pig and poultry farms in Vietnam Ghent University
Measuring biosecurity in Belgian veal calves and cattle herds (all types): identification of strengths and weaknesses and propositions to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases including zoonoses Ghent University
The research proposal aims at studying the biosecurity level of cattle farms, taking into account the different production systems, in order to propose guidelines for improvements to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases, including zoo noses.
The specific research questions are:
- What is the list of priority diseases for calves and cattle, including zoonoses, to be considered?
- What is the ...