Understanding & Managing the Changing Risks of Tick-Borne Diseases in the UK: The OPTICK & TickSolve Projects
04 Jul 2024
Hugh Owen: A14
Large Animal Stream
Key Learning Objectives
- Become familiar with how tick-borne disease burdens are changing in the UK - key drivers, risk factors and impacts.
- Understand the One Health approach and how ecology, social science, modelling and epidemiology are being combined to understand impacts of livestock tick-borne diseases and develop new solutions (within the OPTICK project).
- Understand the role of farmer, vet and land manager perceptions and priorities in tick-borne disease management, highlight opportunities to engage with the OPTICK and TICKSOLVE projects.
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