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MOOC about livestock opens up again
Published: 20 August 2024
Welcome to apply for this Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), "Efficient livestock production with low use of antibiotics". During the course you will learn what antibiotic resistance is and how to help it while increasing livestock productivity.
Understand disease prevention and antibiotic use in livestock production
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing problem worldwide and is a threat to the health of animals and humans. Also, for food security and nutrition, the economy for farmers and the environment and climate, we need an efficient livestock production, which in turn requires healthy animals. In many countries, this has led to an extensive and often inappropriate use of antibiotics, which may contribute to increasing antibiotic resistance.
In this course, you will learn how basic disease preventive measures in combination with low and medically rational use of antibiotics can sustain or even increase livestock producivity and limit the emergence of antibiotic resistance.
What topics will you cover?
- What antibiotics are and what they are used for
- What antibiotic resistance is, how it develops and why it is a problem
- Basics of infectious disease prevention
- When and how we should use antibiotics prudently and efficiently in livestock production
- How to combine disease preventive measures and prudent use of antibiotics for livestock to sustain their health and productivity
- The economic possibilities in applying disease preventive measures
Contact
Emelie Zonabend König, Research Officer
Vice-Chancellor's Office, SLU Global
Vice-Chancellor's Office, SLU Global
emelie.zonabend@slu.se, +4618671685, +46761424081