NON-ANTIBIOTIC APPROACHES TO CONTROL MASTITIS IN DAIRY COWS

The project is co-financed by the governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.

Project summary:

The project teams up 4 research groups from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland to develop new methods for early detection of mastitis in dairy cows, propose a new protective product of mammary gland based on lactobacilli, and prepare guidelines for mastitis prevention for farmers in the V4 region and beyond. As a result, the use of antibiotics on dairy farms will be reduced in line with the EU strategy to fight antimicrobial resistance.

Project ID: 22420065
Implementation period:  04/11/2024-30/04/2026

Project deliverables:

1. 1^st meeting of project research teams, online
2. 1^st research phase - data collection from milk yield and transport of samples, Brno, CZ
3. Participation in conference, Piešťany, SK
4. 2^nd research phase - data collection from milk yield and transport of samples, Budapest, HU
5. Participation in conference - Hungary, Gödöllő, HU
6. 3^rd research phase - data collection from milk yield and transport of samples, Wroclaw, PL
7. Creating and updating a website
8. 2^nd meeting of project research team, Košice, SK
9. Publishing book and article
10. Participation in conference, Zakopane, PL

Project partners:
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Department of Nutrition and Animal Husbandry – project coordinator (SK)
Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of AgriSciences, Department of Morphology, Physiology and Animal Genetics (CZ)
University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Department of Physiology and Biochemistry (HU)
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Biostructure and Animal Physiology (PL)

Project coordinator:
MVDr. Zuzana Lacková, PhD.
Department of Nutrition and Animal Husbandry, UVMP in Košice
e-mail: zuzana.lackova@uvlf.sk  
tel.: +421 915 984 580

Project website: https://v4dairycows2024.uvlf.sk/