One Health – Sustainable Animal Food Production in Circular Systems
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Our multidisciplinary research applies a One Health perspective to sustainable food production from farmed animals. We focus on improving animal health and welfare, reducing environmental impacts and advancing circular production systems.
We focus on One Health and sustainable food production from farmed animals in circular systems, including cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry and farmed fish. The research is multidisciplinary, drawing on veterinary medicine and animal science to explore how interactions between animals, humans and the environment can contribute to more sustainable food production.
Research aims to improve animal health and welfare, reduce the need for medical drugs, minimise environmental impacts. Modern monitoring technologies, including computer vision, are integrated to improve the understanding and management of animal production systems from ecological, animal welfare and socio-economic perspectives.
The work also involves coordinating interdisciplinary national and European research collaborations, including EU-projects, developing international networks, supporting early-career researchers and integrating the One Health perspective into undergraduate and postgraduate education. An important ambition is to foster a collaborative research environment in which students and research teams can develop and thrive.
The topic is one of three key areas within the One Health hub at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science at SLU, alongside the key areas in OH antimicrobial resistance and OH comparative medicine, respectively.
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For research collaboration, please contact Professor Stefan Gunnarsson, who leads the One Health research group.