ISAB Operational Group: Incorporating information to improve animal health and welfare in the Spanish dairy cattle sector
- Type Operational group
- Execution 2020 -2023
- Assigned Budget 348.843,6 €
- Scope Supraautonómico
- Autonomous community Andalucía; Aragón; Asturias, Principado de; Cantabria; Castilla y León; Castilla - La Mancha; Cataluña; Comunitat Valenciana; Extremadura; Galicia; Madrid, Comunidad de; Navarra, Comunidad Foral de; País Vasco
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2014-2020
- Project website https://inlac.es/project/grupo-operativo-go_isab/
Description
A system for monitoring, diagnosing, and managing health and well-being information and its relationship to production, functionality, and genetics in dairy cattle will allow for the development of disease-resistant animals and reduce the use of antibiotics.
Objectives
- Collection, analysis and presentation to farmers once the information related to animal health and welfare has been processed
- Feasibility study of incorporating health traits into the dairy cattle improvement program in Spain
Results
- Identification and selection of farms with the best track record in collecting phenotypic data
- Establishment of an atlas with all the pathologies to be collected
- Development of a relational database for data processing
- Analysis of phenotypic health information, report design, and development of a web platform for accessing the information generated.
- Analysis of animal welfare indicators in dairy cattle farms
- Genotyping of animals with collected phenotypes. Designing strategies for disseminating favorable genes in the population and disseminating project results within the dairy sector.
Contact information
- Coordinator/entity name: CONAFE
- Coordinator/entity email: sofia.alday@conafe.com
Beneficiaries
- ABEREKIN S.A
- Centro de Inseminación Artificial
- ASCOL - ASTURIANA DE CONTROL LECHERO SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA ASTUR
- CONAFE - CONFEDERACIÓN DE AsociaciónES DE FRISONA ESPAÑOLA
- FEFRICALE - FEDERACIÓN FRISONA DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN
- XENÉTICA FONTAO SA
Outsourced
- Colaboradores: ANEMBE - Asociación NACIONAL DE ESPECIALISTAS EN MEDICINA BOVINA DE ESPAÑA
- INLAC - ORGANIZACION INTERPROFESIONAL LACTEA
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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