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The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has published updated priority disease lists identifying where vaccination could have the greatest impact on reducing antimicrobial use (AMU) in animals. Developed by the WOAH Ad Hoc Group on the Prioritisation of Diseases for which Vaccines Could Reduce Global Antimicrobial Use in Animals (PROEVA), the work updates previous…

STAR IDAZ IRC is delighted to announce the publication of “Questing for sustainable control of cattle ticks: bottlenecks in developing efficacious vaccines,” an Opinion piece in Trends in Parasitology. Naturally acquired immunity to cattle ticks in certain cattle breeds demonstrates that developing vaccines to prevent tick infestations is feasible. However, important scientific and practical barriers…

STAR IDAZ IRC is delighted that five articles have now been published in the Joint DISCONTOOLS / STAR IDAZ Retrospective Collection: DISCONTOOLS & STAR IDAZ research gaps for infectious disease control in animals. The collection is being organised in collaboration with BMC Veterinary Research, with Professor Gary Entrican, STAR IDAZ Scientific Committee, and Dr Johannes…