Precision livestock farming
...reasing. Furthermore, the methods used to house animals, animal welfare issues, and the high use of antibiotics are coming under fire. Precision livestock farming is one of the ways to increase the...
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Limiting the use of antibiotics in farms
We need to limit the use of antibiotics on farms. How? By preventing animals from getting sick as much as possible. This involves changing how farmers keep their animals, such as rethinking housin...
Reduction of antibiotics (resistance) in European livestock
...essary framework conditions for the sector to continue the path towards safe and responsible use of antibiotics in livestock farming." The problems, the scale and the technical processes of ant...
Policy advice: opportunities for further reduction of plant protection products and antibiotics
The policy advice for further reducing the use of plant protection products and antibiotics in Flemish agriculture and horticulture formulates 5 bottlenecks and 16 recommendations. It ties in wi...
ILVO takes first steps to map spread of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance through manure
... against antibiotic resistance, it is important that we get more insight into the ways in which antibiotics and resistance genes spread to and from humans, animals and the environment. Tina Van den...
Antibiotic residues, antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in manure, soil and plants and the potential exposure of humans
...iotic residues and multidrug resistant (possibly pathogenic) bacteria, such as E. coli resistant to antibiotics which are critically important in human medicine. Further, we noticed that agricultur...
Rethinking Of Antimicrobial Decision-systems in the Management of Animal Production
This project focuses on a more responsible use of antibiotics in animal production systems, in particular on how to steer and manage this transition in order to reduce the risk of antibiotic resistanc...
Alternative dewormers for organic laying hens
PROBING ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES AND RESISTANCE TRANSFER IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS
...esence of sulfonamides and increasing sulfamethoxazole resistance indicate the impact of veterinary antibiotics on aquatic systems.In the marine environment, sediments contained higher concentr...
SPARC: sustainable worm control in ruminants
Role of animal production in society
... livestock farming has negative consequences for the climate and biodiversity. The intensive use of antibiotics can also lead to problems. ILVO approaches all of these aspects from an overarchi...
Validation of commercial screening tests at ILVO: current list
...uded in the validation. Our main focus has been on the validation of tests for the detection of antibiotics in milk; however validation studies in other matrices (meat, honey, fish, etc.), as w...
Food-related analyses
...ctpersoonChemical food safetyILVO analyzes the presence of residues of veterinary medicines (e.g. antibiotics, chemotherapeutics, anthelmintics, anti-inflammatories, steroid hormones, ß-agonists,…)...
Chemical food safety-related analyses
...tuffs can be screened using microbiological tests for the presence of inhibitory substances (mainly antibiotics and chemotherapeutics). Foods can also be analyzed group specifically using immunolog...
Antibiotic use in dairy cattle halved by quick test at dry-off
Although dairy farming is not a major user of antibiotics, the sector is committed to further reducing their use. When dairy cows are dried off at the end of lactation, the number of antibiotic udder ...
Pig farming
ILVO has expertise in detection methods for veterinary medication such as antibiotics in animal producs and has develop a rapid 'rope test (NL)' for screening of antibiotic residues in pigs. ILVO prov...
5G in agriculture and food: Five x Gezondheid (HEALTH) as a beacon for ILVO research
...reased knowledge of plant pathogensclimate-friendly agriculture and marine productionreduced use of antibiotics and improved health and welfare in animal husbandrythe transition to a circular bio-b...
Disinfectants in the livestock shed do not cause resistant bacteria
...and piglet battery). This was done in order to collect E. coli bacteria on which the sensitivity to antibiotics and disinfectants could be tested. These tests showed that the bacteria collected in ...
Improved methodology for detection of antibiotic residues in milk and meat
...stance. They point out that the decrease in the animal use of the consciously crucially important antibiotics since 2011 is accompanied by a reduction in the prevention of antibiotic resistance. Ho...
Veterinary advice has proven its economic added value for farms and animal-based measuring systems
ILVO antibiotic detection lab receives prestigious AFNOR recognition for validation of test kits
Risk of spreading antibiotic resistance through outdoor vegetables? NONE!
...defined zones in the experimental leek field, either manure without, or manure with the addition of antibiotics was spread. 'We chose 3 different types of antibiotics, namely doxycycline, sulfadiaz...