Jose erales participatory livestock mexico

International Workshop“Agroecology, Water and Climate Change”

“Development of a community – based livestock syndromic recording system

for animal disease surveillance in silvopastoral production system in

Mexico.”

Jose Erales_Villamil 1,2 David Van Metre 1 Cristobal Zepeda 1

Javier Solorio_Sanchez 2 Robin Reid 3 M.D. Salman 1

1 Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biological Sciences, Fort Collins, Colorado, US

2 University of Yucatan, Campus of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.3 Colorado State University, Warner College of Natural Resources,

Coventry, UK, February 26th, 2014

Livestock production in the

world and in Mexico

Deforestation Loss of Biodiversity

Scarcity of resources Soil degradation

Water Pollution Carbon Footprint

National Program on Silvopastoral Livestock Production

Decrease in production

Decrease in profitability

Important changes in landscape

Climate change pressure

Combination Legumes, Grasses, Trees

Ecological advantages

Characteristics of SPS

Improved structure of the soil, fertility

Increased Livestock production per ha.

Better Microenvironment Diversification of production/ha.

Mexican National Program

Started in Michoacan18 States

10,000 has

Animal Health component SPS

Components of Research project

Inputs from farmers Importance of animal

health Starting survey

Almost none kept records

Small Stakeholder

They are 75% Family operated

1 to 35 animals Subsistence,

financial tool Low technification

Low Input, low output

Can’t afford Veterinary Services

Community based approach Important for

farmers That builds from

within That will persist over

time Scarce economic

resources Remote

marginalized regions Insecurity

Syndrome definitions

Meetings, Farmers and Veterinarians and

Technicians Visits to farms

Define syndromes Record keeping

Syndrome definitions

Respiratory Digestive

Locomotor Neurologic

Reproductive Skin and

lesions Sudden death

Udder Illustrated

Guideline

Record Keeping

Presented to Participants

On a Daily basis Treatments if any

Presented to users One for every farm

One for the veterinarian and one for the

technician July to December 2012

Results Triangulation

Counts of cases Determine the

frequency (Milk Yield and weaning weight)

Determine syndromes with

major impact

Incidence Respiratory: 0 to 0.1

(Calf Pneumonia)

Digestive: 0 to 0.04 (Calf Scours)

Locomotor: 0 to 0.01 (Lame cow)

Skin and Lesions: 0 to 0.04

(Skin injuries)

Incidence Reproductive: 0.002 to

0.02 (FMR)

Neurologic: 0 to 0.01 (Calf Depression)

Death: 0 to 0.01 (Calf Death)

Udder/Mastitis: 0.004 to 0.04

(Mastitis)

Current activities Event based

Surveillance, Tool for small

stakeholder Standard of

Operations

Acknowledgements

University of Yucatan, Campus of Agriculture and Biological Sciences

Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biological Sciences, College Research Council.

Fundación Produce Michoacán, A.C.

National Council on Science and Technology, Mexico.

Farmers, Animal workers, Technicians and Veterinarians involved at Michoacán and Yucatán, México