Ruminant health research – progress to date and future prospects, with an emphasis on Irish research
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J.F. Mee, D. Barrett and P. Silva Boloña et al. Ruminant health research – progress to date and future prospects, with an emphasis on Irish research. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research. 2022. Vol. 61(1):55-86. DOI: 10.15212/ijafr-2020-0150Abstract
This review addresses the progress that has been made in ruminant health research over the last 60 yr, with an emphasis on Irish research. The review focuses on the economically important infectious diseases of dairy and beef cattle and of sheep, calf diseases, regulated and non-regulated infectious diseases, lameness, mastitis and parasitoses. The progress to date, current knowledge and future challenges are all addressed. Paradigm shifts have occurred in many of these diseases, the most profound of which is the change from increasing antimicrobial usage (AMU) to the realisation of the challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the current reduction in AMU. Another major change in thinking is the move away from focus on the pathogen exclusively towards a more holistic view of the roles of host immunity and adequacy of management. In the last 60 yr, many new diseases have emerged but in parallel many new technologies have rapidly evolved to monitor and control these threats to animal health. Irish research has contributed substantially to improved current ruminant health. The major future challenge is how to manage ruminant health in a OneHealth world where animal, human and environmental health and sustainability are intimately intertwined and interdependent.ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
http://dx.doi.org/10.15212/ijafr-2020-0150
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