What was the challenge/problem addressed?
Animal tuberculosis is one of the most important disease for livestock and wildlife in Spain. Proposed measures try to apply innovation to improve results to control it. The project has got farmers, hunters and scientist work together with the same objectives.
How did you solve the problem?
We had developed biosecurity audit protocols adappted to each situation, including innovative field diagnosis systems. After that, we’ve improved biosecurity measures to reduce tb prevalence
What is innovative in your practical case?
Biosecurity audit protocols developed and field diagnosis systems applied. Moreover, the integral vision between wildlife and extensive cattle to improve biosecurity measures is really innovative
What are the success factors in solving the problem?
We think the most important aspect in this project has been to get farmers and hunters work together appliing measures indicate by scientits with the collaboration of public administrations.
Lessons learned
We’ve worked in ten extensive cattle farms and in ten hunter areas and not always it’s been easy to manage all the territory. On the other hand, the best of the project has been work together with all sectors afected by the problem. Moreover we’ve worked a lot in important divulgation activities
What role does the advisor or advisory service play with the practical case?
Innovation broker
Can your approach be transferred and/or adapted for other innovation challenges and regions?
Yes
Estimated transferability on a scale from 1 to 5
(where 1 is easy and 5 very difficult)
3
For sharing the experience on the good practice, please contact
Christian Gortazar
Christian.Gortazar@uclm.es
Link to external information
www.gostu.es