A5021963702- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
Ghent University
2023-2024
French Community of Belgium
2022
Major efforts have been made by veterinary professionals to reduce the need for antibiotic use in animals. An online survey launched Federation of Veterinarians Europe (FVE) aimed gather responses from practicing veterinarians with field experience metaphylactic livestock group treatment. Only 17% all (n = 183/1087, species-specific merged) applied treatments 75% or more their treatments. Significantly less were reported mixed practices (p 0.002) and specialized cattle < 0.001) as well small...
The European Union Animal Health Law (2016/429) emphasizes disease prevention, underpinned by livestock biosecurity, surveillance, and traceability, as key aspects to minimize the risk of animal diseases. An important element biosecurity is training actors involved in implementing it. However, their needs expectations regarding this are poorly known. Under COST action BETTER (CA20103), a World Café was organized identify for farmers, veterinary practitioners, students, other actors. A total...
On-farm hatching is a relatively new method in the broiler industry, which fertilized eggs are transported to farms at stage of 17-19 days incubation. Once hatched, chicks have direct access feed and water. Previous studies shown on-farm increase animal welfare intestinal development. However, no yet aimed quantify compare antimicrobial use hatched flocks with that traditionally flocks. In this study, information on (AMU) was collected from 211 Belgian conventional farms, including data 2244...