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£5.5m funding for Africa’s livestock
An initial programme aims to reduce death rates and reproductive losses in dairy cattle.
Vets delivering initiative to improve animal health

A multi-million pound initiative is underway to improve the health and productivity of farmed animals in sub-Saharan Africa.

Eight experts have been recruited to drive the Supporting Evidence Based Interventions (SEBI) initiative, which is based at the University of Edinburgh’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.

The £5.5 million project aims to boost the livelihoods of livestock farmers using evidence-based technologies that offer sustainable solutions to their challenges.

An initial programme aims to reduce death rates and reproductive losses in dairy cattle in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania. Sub-grants will help research groups to explore the causes of these losses. The University of Glasgow has received the first of these grants to build a disease surveillance platform in Tanzania.

A second programme will facilitate data gathering and the development of tools to better track livestock performance. An international network of practitioners, the Livestock Data for Decisions (LD4D) community to standardise data management across borders.

Finally, a third strand of the initiative will fund researchers to evaluate veterinary interventions for their use in developing countries. The University of Guelph has been granted £125,000 to fund field trials of a hand-held device that can detect animal diseases. Using this portable sensor, dairy farmers can quickly diagnose diseases in cows from a small amount of blood or milk.

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FIVP announces third series of Practice Matters

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 The Federation of Independent Veterinary Practices (FIVP) has announced a third season of its podcast, Practice Matters.

Hosted by Ian Wolstenholme, series three will focus on the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation, including a discussion about some of the expected impacts on independent veterinary colleagues.

Episode one launches on 13th January with guests Drs David Reader and Scott Summers, who will draw on their research into the CMA investigation and provide insights into themes such as transparency, pricing and consumer trust.

Ian Wolstenholme said: "In its third series, we will try and hone in on what the changes will mean in reality for independent practices with advice and guidance on implementation and delivery, drawing on the experience of our own team and other experts in the profession. Hope you can join us soon!" 

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Survey seeks ruminant sector views on antimicrobial stewardship

A new survey is seeking views of people working in the UK ruminant sector on how to tackle the challenge of demonstrating responsible antibiotic stewardship.

Forming part of a wider, collaborative initiative, the results will help identify the types of data available so that challenges with data collection can be better understood and addressed.

Anyone working in the UK farming sector, including vets and farmers,is encouraged to complete the survey, which is available at app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk