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A novel protocol is developed to mitigate the risk of pathogen transmission between wildlife and livestock

Treatments and prevention Biosecurity and Hygiene Digital Innovation

30 October 2023

3 minute read

Sharing of salt rocks between wildlife and livestock: a minor epidemiological risk

Health & Disease Treatments and Prevention Biosecurity

9 October 2023

3 minute read

Scientists from IREC and the University of Seville are studying the role of mineral supplementation in extensive livestock farming as a factor in the transmission of pathogens between wildlife and livestock, taking animal tuberculosis as a study model.

How do we control the overabundance of certain wildlife species in national parks?

Herd Management Environmental Management Equipment and Innovation

27 September 2023

5 minute read

95% of those surveyed agree on the need to control the damage caused by the overabundance of certain species of fauna, such as wild ungulates, in national parks. However, there is no consensus on the most appropriate methods of carrying out this control.

New oral vaccines to help food production in Africa

Health & Disease Treatments and Prevention Biosecurity

18 September 2023

3 minute read

An oral vaccine that combines tick antigens with inactivated mycobacteria to help control ticks in cattle

Mineral supplementation reduces cattle exposure to heavy metal contamination

Herd Management Environmental Management Health & Disease

11 September 2023

4 minute read

Mineral supplementation with phosphate-rich salts and calcium carbonate reduces the bioavailability of lead (Pb) in cattle exposed to Pb contamination in former abandoned mining districts

August - October 2023

A novel protocol is developed to mitigate the risk of pathogen transmission between wildlife and livestock

Health & Disease Treatments and Prevention Biosecurity

30 October 2023

3 minute read

A work by IREC, a pioneer in science applied to extensive livestock farming, develops a systematic but adaptable protocol to implement biosecurity against wildlife in extensive cattle farms and reduce the risk of transmission of tuberculosis and other diseases.

Sharing of salt rocks between wildlife and livestock: a minor epidemiological risk

Health & Disease Treatments and Prevention Biosecurity

9 October 2023

3 minute read

Scientists from IREC and the University of Seville are studying the role of mineral supplementation in extensive livestock farming as a factor in the transmission of pathogens between wildlife and livestock, taking animal tuberculosis as a study model.

How do we control the overabundance of certain wildlife species in national parks?

Herd Management Environmental Management Equipment and Innovation

27 September 2023

5 minute read

95% of those surveyed agree on the need to control the damage caused by the overabundance of certain species of fauna, such as wild ungulates, in national parks. However, there is no consensus on the most appropriate methods of carrying out this control.

New oral vaccines to help food production in Africa

Health & Disease Treatments and Prevention Biosecurity

18 September 2023

3 minute read

An oral vaccine that combines tick antigens with inactivated mycobacteria to help control ticks in cattle

Mineral supplementation reduces cattle exposure to heavy metal contamination

Herd Management Environmental Management Health & Disease

11 September 2023

4 minute read

Mineral supplementation with phosphate-rich salts and calcium carbonate reduces the bioavailability of lead (Pb) in cattle exposed to Pb contamination in former abandoned mining districts

Conditioned aversion in wolves: first steps to reduce their predation on livestock

Herd Management On-farm Biosecurity Welfare

16 August 2023

6 minute read

Conditioned prey aversion could be used as a non-lethal tool to reduce wolf predation on livestock, contributing to the necessary coexistence between humans, their livestock activities, and the wolf.

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