Contact
Johan Höglund
Professor at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health; Parasitology Unit
Telephone: 018-672371, 070-2574156
E-mail: johan.hoglund@slu.se
Helminthoses in grazing livestock
Last changed: 30 August 2022
Chronic parasitic infections of grazing livestock are common and they dramatically reduce the production of animal protein that is a most important food source for an ever-increasing human population. Thus improved approaches to diagnose and combat endemic parasitic diseases caused by a wide range of pasture borne helminths (i.e. nematodes and fluke) are important, especially in face of climatic change leading to increased parasite challenge, as well as a results of the emerging issue of anthelmintic resistance.
The overall aim of this line of research is to develop sustainable disease control strategies to combat parasitic diseases in grazing livestock. We explore a set of specific objectives that combined will enable us to forecast parasite infection, identify “hot spots” of infection, as well as through targeted intervention prevent resulting disease. It will also allow us to increase our basic understanding on how parasite infections are controlled as well as provide more fundamental knowledge of the organisms involved. The more specific objective is to produce validated surveillance techniques based on new diagnostic techniques for the identification of herds and/or individuals at risk of developing disease.