Biosecurity
Innovating preventive management including biosecurity : Will quantify the main factors associated with prevention of disease spread on farms through housing or management and establish performance indicators to assess them

Improving animal resilience
The overall objective of this WP is to increase the resilience of pigs and poultry against disease challenges in modern intensive husbandry systems and by doing so reduce antimicrobial input .
Will study ways to improve the ability of animals to withstand or deal with pathogen challenges through welfare improvements which reduce stress or through nutritional measures improvement to the balance of gut microbiota through TCM or probiotics

Rapid detection of disease
Develop, validate, and deploy an automated behaviour and live weight analysis system that enables trait-specific monitoring for early detection of both generic health challenges and specific diseases . Early detection investigates ways of applying Precision Livestock Farming techniques to develop tools for early detection of health problems, both generic and specific, such as digestive and respiratory diseases. It is structured into three tasks that study how automated monitoring with a variety of sensors identifies individuals or groups in need of treatment

Targeted use & alternative medication
WP4 Targeted use of medication & alternative solutions reduces the need for antimicrobials by targeting individuals or sub-flocks for medication and by use of non-conventional alternatives

Validation of potential solutions
The overall objective of this WP5 is to identify the most promising technical and management practices to reduce the need for antimicrobials, on the basis of practical feasibility, societal acceptance and economic viability.
This WP will investigate the relative merits of the findings in WPs 1-4 in two parallel processes: the management related activities regarding Health & Welfare plans of WP1, and the Technical Solutions investigated in WPs 2-4

Dissemination and Exploitation
The overall objective of WP6 is to provide stakeholders with tools to improve health & welfare and reduce antimicrobial usage in broiler and pig farming.
This WP will consist of 7 Tasks, starting with the creation of a Dissemination plan, followed by 6 stakeholder-oriented communication activities

Project Coordination
Project Management : The overall objectives of this WP are to achieve the aims of the project in time, within the available budget and to the highest possible standard

Upcoming Conference
“SCIENCE MEETS PRACTICE TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR ANTIMICROBIALS IN ANIMALS”
"SCIENCE MEETS PRACTICE to reduce the need for antimicrobials in animals"
We would like to invite you to our industry day where leading scientists, practitioners, and industry will have the chance to meet, discuss and get to know the innovations for fighting antimicrobial resistance in livestock farming.
The event will be hybrid and will host virtual attendees and in-person attendees
During the event, you will have the opportunity to present the innovation/product of your research/company.
Aemilia Hotel, Via G Zaccherini Alvisi 16, 40138 Bologna, Italy
SAVE THE DATE: Bologna conference 23rd June 2022
HealthyLivestock conference:"SCIENCE MEET PRACTICE TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR ANTIMICROBIALS"
HealthyLivestock in the Horizon Magazine
Hans Spoolder, HealthyLivestock project's coordinator in an interview with the Horizon Journal
HealthyLivestock new video: Prototype of on-farm hatching system
Prototype of on-farm hatching system within research facility of Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Good Practices to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance
Call for good practice by AMR stakeholders network
Joint report- Antimicrobial Resistance in the EU/EEA
A One Health Response by ECDC, EMA, OECD, EFSA