398 -Technological tools for infection detection Case studies with the SOMO respiratory distress monitor in Belgian pig farms (Research paper – Cui – 2019)

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398 Research paper – Cui – 2019 -Technological tools for infection detection Case studies with the SOMO respiratory distress monitor in Belgian pig farms

In Significant Impact Groups: Precision Livestock Farming & Early detection \ Sensor technology
Species targeted: Pigs;
Age: Not stated;
Summary:
In a demonstration project in Flanders (Belgium), the SOMO Respiratory Distress Monitor of SoundTalks, was installed in 10 commercial fattening pig houses showing an automatic alarm when respiratory problems occurred. The warnings of the SOMO-system were analysed against the observations of the farmer. In most cases (74%) the alert situation was confirmed by the farmers inspection, and in 17% of the cases farmers started a medical treatment based on the alerts. At the time of the alert the number of sick animals was still low and the behaviour (activity, feed intake) of the animals still normal in most cases (86%). It was confirmed by the farmers that the use of the SOMO system helped to reduce the amount of medication, because treatments were done in an early stage of infection.

Where to find the original material: http://www.eaplf.eu/wp-content/uploads/ECPLF_19_book.pdf; ISBN 978-1-84170-654-2
Country: BE

397 – Field trial to demonstrate the intelligent dairy assistantIDA system on dairy farms (Research paper – Rutten 2019)

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397 Research paper – Rutten 2019 – Field trial to demonstrate the intelligent dairy assistantIDA system on dairy farms

In Significant Impact Groups: Precision Livestock Farming & Early detection \ Sensor technology
Species targeted: Dairy;
Age: Adult;
Summary:
Connecterra’s Intelligent Dairy Assistant (IDA) is a novel Internet of Things based on a management support system for dairy farms. IDA uses sensor technology, cloud computing and artificial intelligence to support dairy farmers with insights on oestrus and health management. The IDA system uses feedback on historic data to improve its underlying models and farmers may learn from using the system. The experiences indicate that oestrus detection can be improved, and health monitoring can help to start early treatment and thereby reduce the use of antibiotics. For milk production the results are inconclusive as the groups with and without IDA were not balanced on milk yield before the field trial started. Based on the limited size of the experiment it could not be proven significant effects or causal relationships.

Where to find the original material: http://www.eaplf.eu/wp-content/uploads/ECPLF_19_book.pdf; ISBN 978-1-84170-654-2
Country: BE; NL

396 – Precision livestock farming for pigs (Research report – Vranken – 2017)

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396 Research report – Vranken – 2017 – Precision livestock farming for pigs

In Significant Impact Groups: Precision Livestock Farming & Early detection \ Sensor technology
Species targeted: Pigs;
Age: Not stated;
Summary:
In the precision livestock farming (PLF) concept, sensors and algorithms translate the measured animal responses into key indicators for optimal performance, improved animal welfare, and farm sustainability. The output of the sensors (e.g., activity measures with a camera or sound measures with a microphone) is related to animal-based welfare and health indicators such as aggression or respiratory diseases. When sensor signals start to deviate from their expected values, alerts are given to the farmer. In this way the farmer can take an immediate action before the detected change in animal response negatively affects the production performance. These actions range from solving technical problems such as a blocked feeding line, adjusting control settings in the climate and feed controller, etc. In most cases, a preventive medical treatment prevents the further spreading of respiratory diseases in the pen, and the use of antibiotics can be reduced or even precluded.

Where to find the original material: https://academic.oup.com/af/article/7/1/32/4638771; https://doi.org/10.2527/af.2017.0106
Country: BE; NL

394 – Ghid de bune practici privind sănătatea ugerului în fermele europene de vaci de lapte care utilizează sisteme automate de muls şi alte tehnologii în domeniul producţiei (Tools & Checklists)

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394 ToolsChecklists – Ghid de bune practici privind sănătatea ugerului în fermele europene de vaci de lapte care utilizează sisteme automate de muls şi alte tehnologii în domeniul producţiei

In Significant Impact Groups:
Species targeted: Dairy;
Age:
Summary:
This guide aims to help farmers use new milking technologies and automatic milking systems (SAM). It describes the various technologies available for mastitis monitoring and provides some general tips on maintaining good udder health.

Where to find the original material: https://4d4f.eu/sites/default/files/4_GBP_sanatate_uger.pdf;
Country: Belgium;

393 – 4 ways Sweden has cut antibiotics use on dairy farms by Ylva Persson associate state veterinarian at the Swedish Veterinarian Association (Tools & Checklists)

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393 ToolsChecklists – 4 ways Sweden has cut antibiotics use on dairy farms by Ylva Persson associate state veterinarian at the Swedish Veterinarian Association

In Significant Impact Groups:
Species targeted: Dairy;
Age:
Summary:
Ylva Persson, associate state veterinarian at the Swedish Veterinarian Association, explains how the country is achieving the lowest use of veterinary antimicrobials among EU member states and offers advice on how UK farmers can aspire to do the same. The 4 ways are: removing unnecessary use of antibiotics, minimizing need and preventing spread, optimising use when needed, and monitoring use and resistance.

Where to find the original material: https://www.fwi.co.uk/livestock/health-welfare/livestock-medicines/4-ways-sweden-has-cut-antibiotics-use-on-dairy-farms;
Country: Sweden;

392 – Phytobiotics in poultry and swine nutrition – A review (Research paper – Gheisar – 2017)

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392 Research paper – Gheisar – 2017 – Phytobiotics in poultry and swine nutrition – a review

In Significant Impact Groups: Specific alternatives \ Pre-/probiotics
Species targeted: Poultry; Pigs;
Age: Young; Adult;
Summary:
Bacterial resistance and antibiotic residues in animal products led to raising the concern in using antibiotics as growth promoters and finally resulted in the ban on using in-feed antibiotics in most of the developed countries. As an alternative, phytobiotics were recommended by researchers and nutritionists. Plenty of studies have been done using phytobiotics in poultry and swine nutrition so far. They have mostly shown the antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and growth promoting effects of phytobiotics. Antioxidative function of phytobiotics can positively affect the stability of animal feed and increase animal’s products quality and storage time. Generally, the available documents indicate the positive effects of phytobiotics on poultry and swine performance.

Where to find the original material: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1828051X.2017.1350120?scroll=top&needAccess=true; 10.1080/1828051X.2017.1350120
Country: South Korea

391 – Essential oils as alternatives to antibiotics in swine production (Research paper – Omonijo – 2018)

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391 Research paper – Omonijo – 2018 – Essential oils as alternatives to antibiotics in swine production

In Significant Impact Groups: Specific alternatives \ Immunomodulators
Species targeted: Pigs;
Age: Young; Adult;
Summary:
This review article summarizes the efficacy, feasibility and potential mechanisms of the application of essential oils as antibiotic alternatives in swine production. The effects of essential oils on inflammation, oxidative stress, microbiome, gut chemo-sensing and bacterial quorum-sensing (QS) have led to better production performance of animals fed essential oils in a number of studies. It has been demonstrated that essential oils have good potential as antibiotic alternatives in feeds for swine production. The combination of different essential oils and other compounds (synergistic effect) such as organic acids seems to be a promising approach to improve the efficacy and safety of essential oils in applications.

Where to find the original material: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654517301233; 10.1016/j.aninu.2017.09.001
Country: Canada, China

390 – Phytochemicals as antibiotic alternatives to promote growth and enhance host health (Research paper – Lillehoj – 2018)

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390 Research paper – Lillehoj – 2018 – Phytochemicals as antibiotic alternatives to promote growth and enhance host health

In Significant Impact Groups: Feed / gut health \ Feed additives and supplements
Species targeted: Pigs; Poultry; Dairy;
Age: Not stated;
Summary:
Scientists from industry and academia and government research institutes shared their experience in developing and applying potential antibiotic-alternative phytochemicals commercially to reduce AGPs and to develop a sustainable animal production system in the absence of antibiotics.

Where to find the original material: https://veterinaryresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13567-018-0562-6; 10.1186/s13567-018-0562-6
Country: USA

389 – Alternatives to antibiotics for farm animals (Research paper – Papatsiros – 2014)

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389 Research paper – Papatsiros – 2014 – Alternatives to antibiotics for farm animals

In Significant Impact Groups: Specific alternatives \ Immunomodulators
Species targeted: Sheep; Dairy; Poultry; Pigs;
Age: Not stated;
Summary:

Nowadays, there is an increasing concern for the public health about the consequences from the long and increased use of antibiotics in livestock production. The use of antibiotics in animal feed as growth promoters has been completely banned by the European Union since 2006, based on their possible negative effects on human and animal health. The removal of growth promoters has led to animal performance problems and a rise in the incidence of certain animal diseases. Thus, there is an urgent need to find alternatives to antibiotics, especially in EU. Due to the modern consumers’ concern about the potential development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria as well as at the same time the need to prevent economic losses of the farmers, alternatives to antibiotics has been developed to prevent the health problems and to improve the growth performance in farm animals. Owing to the full ban of antibiotic use in EU there is an urgent need to find alternatives to in-feed antibiotics. New strategies and commercial products must be developed to improve animal health and performance, based on their safety, efficacy and cost-effectiveness. The aim of this study is to summarize the beneficial effects of currently used alternatives to in-feed antibiotics, i.e. probiotics, prebiotics, organic acids, phytogenic compounds and zeolites on health and growth performance in farm animals (swine, poultry and ruminants).

Where to find the original material: https://www.cabi.org/cabreviews/review/20133390413; 10.1079/PAVSNNR20138032
Country: Europe

388 – Veterinary use of bacteriophage therapy in intensively-reared livestock (Research paper – Gigante – 2019)

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388 Research paper – Gigante – 2019 – Veterinary use of bacteriophage therapy in intensively-reared livestock

In Significant Impact Groups: Specific alternatives \ Immunomodulators
Species targeted: Pigs; Poultry;
Age: Not stated;
Summary:
Zoonoses are infectious diseases transmitted directly or indirectly between animals and humans. Several important zoonotic pathogens colonize farm animals asymptomatically, which may lead to contamination of the food chain and public health hazards. Moreover, routine sampling of carcasses at retail by government authorities over the past 20 years suggests the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in foodborne pathogens has increased. If this continues, antibiotics may be ineffective against such pathogens in the future and alternative approaches, such as phage therapy, may be necessary. Intensive livestock farming is the only realistic way of meeting the demand for meat from an increasing global population and growth in middle class consumers in developing countries, particularly in Asia. This review elaborates on the use of phages to control zoonotic pathogens in intensively-reared livestock (poultry and pigs).

Where to find the original material: https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-019-1260-3; 10.1186/s12985-019-1260-3
Country: UK