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Research
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VEERU is
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A comprehensive descriptive history of Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB)
in England since 1980. Complied from information on a wide
range of factors that could be important in the epidemiology
of the disease directly from those involved in the field
(farmers, veterinary surgeons, agricultural advisors etc.)
in order to capture experience-based knowledge that may
contribute to a better understanding of the outbreak and
possible risk factors.
Tony Wilsmore,
Martin Upton,
Nick Taylor &
Keith Allison
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Wellcome
Trust funded project on community-directed brucellosis control by
small-scale dairy farmers in Zimbabwe. This project will enable dairy
cooperatives to develop and implement action plans for their selected brucella prevention strategies
Pamela Woods
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DEFRA
funded project on epidemiological survey of prevalence and risk factors of
fluoroquinolone resistance on pig and poultry farms in England and Wales.
Nick Taylor |
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Study of
the epidemiology of leptospirosis and other zoonotic diseases in cattle in
Tanzania and their relative risk to public health. This study has been
conducted and self financed by Luuk Schoonman, supervised by
Tony Wilsmore and
Nick Taylor.
Summary of thesis
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Together with Scottish Agricultural College and Royal Veterinary
College, a Defra funded study on “An integrated approach to
biosecurity on UK cattle and sheep farms; evaluating existing
measures for endemic diseases against exotic threats”.
Nick Taylor |
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Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) |
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Analysis of data
relating to the mass vaccination campaigns for HPAI in Vietnam – FAO
funded
Nick Taylor |
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Analysis of data
relating to the Participatory Disease Surveillance/Response programme
for HPAI in Indonesia – FAO funded
Nick Taylor |
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Foot and
mouth disease (FMD) |
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VEERU was
the academic partner for two projects under the Knowledge Transfer
Partnership (KTP) and its predecessor the Teaching Companies Scheme (TCS).
Both projects involved the development of appropriate information systems
that facilitate dairy farmers and veterinarians benchmarking and monitoring
performance of their dairy herds. The industrial partners were
PAN Livestock Services Limited
and National Milk Records. As a
consequence of these activities there has been a dramatic and sustained
increase in the routine use of milk recording information by both farmers
and veterinarians in the UK.
James Hanks |
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