Abstract
MILKQUA project will enhance milk and dairy food quality and safety, and lower milk-associated health hazards, by reducing antimicrobial use on Tunisian farms in the context of One Health approach. Milk safety and quality are essential to the health and welfare of a community. Yet, milk also provides one of the main vehicles of food-borne diseases and antibiotic resistance. Therefore, MILKQUA will :
• Deliver an extension-based national milk program (QMP) to reduce the incidence of mastitis, and the consequent use of antibiotics.
• Explore the use of essential oils and plant extracts with antibacterial activities in diets of dairy cows to decrease the burden of mastitis, and increase feed efficiency, animal welfare and sustainability of milk production system.
• Improve the quality, including the shelf life of dairy products. MILKQUA is a cross-multidisciplinary project engaging 5 EU partners from 4 countries (France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal).
It will team with 5 Tunisian partners including livestock organization, academic and research institutions and dairy companies, with a high expertise in both fundamental and applied science, and will strongly rely on up-to-date system biology (both in vitro and in vivo assays) and OMICs methodologies. Synergy in communication and dissemination by the several Tunisian stakeholders will permit to reduce and monitor antimicrobial usage in livestock and improve both milk quality and quantity. MILKQUA will enhance the role of Tunisian dairy producers, as economic and environmental actors of the rural communities as purveyors of a sustainable food supply to consumers. MILKQUA will also lay the foundation of an accountable and dynamic system that will stimulate the economy to grow and promote prosperous and resilient communities across the country and elsewhere, providing new knowledge about the biological effects of natural compound that will be extended to other Mediterranean basin countries.
Objectives
MILKQUA will develop and implement best practices within an integrated program for food safety and quality by:
- Helping producers to prevent monitor and reduce food safety risks in their farms and companies by designing and implementing an on-farm food safety program, the Quality Milk Program (QMP).
- Reducing the use of antibiotics and antibiotic-resistance for cattle and consumers, and improve animal yield by implementing an innovative phytocompounds-based anti-microbial approach and prevention in dairy farms.
- Improving daily handling practices by implementing an educational program and the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), providing farmers with customable tools as a sustainable resource of reducing mastitis and improving antimicrobial stewardship for dairy stakeholders that will enhance food security and viability of rural communities.
This project is part of the PRIMA programme supported by the European Union
Institut de l'Elevage
[ IDELE ]
FRANCE
Latifa Najar
Latifa Najar
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
[ INRAE ]
FRANCE
Saïd Bouhallab
Saïd Bouhallab
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
[ CSIC ]
Spain
Sonia Andres
Sonia Andres
Università degli Studi di Milano
[ UMIL ]
ITALY
Fabrizio Ceciliani
Fabrizio Ceciliani
University Porto - Faculty of Pharmacy
[ UPFF ]
PORTUGAL
David Pereira
David Pereira
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE
[ INRAT ]
TUNISIA
Hichem Bensalem
Hichem Bensalem
CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ-CÉDRIA
[ CBBC ]
TUNISIA
Riadh Ksouri
Riadh Ksouri
NATIONAL SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE OF SIDI THABET
[ ENMV ]
TUNISIA
Monia Dalloul
Monia Dalloul
Office de l'Elevage et des Pâturages
[ OEP ]
TUNISIA
Henda Hanafi
Henda Hanafi
SOCIÉTÉ TUNISIENNE DES INDUSTRIES ALIMENTAIRES
[ STIAL DÉLICE DANONE ]
TUNISIA
Soumaya Benslimane
Soumaya Benslimane
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events
1st MilkQua Project Steering Board Meeting (June 3rd-4th, 2020)
The MilkQua Project has hold its First project Steering Board Meeting on June 3rd and 4th afternoons, on a virtual meeting, in replacement of the initially planned meeting in Lodi (Italy). All partners were present. Twenty two participants were counted.
IDELE Innovations Comice 2019
On 17 December 2019 in Paris, the French Livestock Institute organised its second Comice des Innovations et des Partenariats.
3rd Senegal Meeting : “Milk, a factor of development "
Prima Kick-off meeting in Montpellier
Kick-off MilkQua Project
The kick off meeting of the MilkQua project took place in Paris on April 17, 2019. This launch was organized by Latifa Najar from Institut de l'Élevage.
documents
JUNE 20 / MilkQua - 1st Project Steering Board Meeting (June 3rd-4th, 2020) - Press release (EN)
JUNE 20 / MilkQua - 1st Project Steering Board Meeting (June 3rd-4th, 2020) - Press release (FR)
JUNE 20 / MilkQua - 1st Project steering board meeting - Video + All presentations
MilkQua - Abstract "Milk, a factor of developpment" (Dakar - June, 2019)
MilkQua Poster
MilkQua - Presentation "Milk, a factor of developpment" (Dakar - June, 2019)
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