The European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD)

Archive of projects funded in Phase V (2019-2023)

For contact details and more information on these studies please email [email protected].

Context

Research theme

Awarded study

Lead institute (host country)

Budget (EUR)

Output

10th FAR

Evaluating vaccination strategies and vaccine types for FAST.

Immunogenicity study of Rift Valley fever vaccine (RIFTOVAX-LR) among pregnant and non-pregnant cattle.

Dalhousie University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Canada)

>40k

10th FAR

Digital support tools for optimization of FAST surveillance and control.

Open-FMD: a data sharing portal to enhance FMD surveillance.

The Pirbright Institute (UK)

30-40k

FMDWatch

10th FAR

Evaluating vaccination strategies and vaccine types for FAST.

Immunogenicity following simultaneous vaccination of FMD and LSD in indigenous cattle in Nigeria.

National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) (Nigeria)

30-40k

10th FAR

Enhancing laboratory capacity for FAST diseases.

Validation of Lateral Flow Devices (LFD) for detection and serotyping of FMDV and antigenic detection of LSDV.

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna (Italy)

30-40k

Publication

10th FAR

Emergency vaccination against FAST in disease-free countries, criteria guidelines and impact.

Development of an analytical and data processing tool for EuFMDiS model output to support FMD contingency planning.

University of Veterinary Medicine (Austria)

30-40k

CRAN package

9th FAR

Policy support tools for socioeconomic analysis of FAST control strategies considering biosecurity-based business continuity.

Tool to calculate the cost of FMD And Similar Transboundary animal diseases affecting ruminants.

Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain)

30-40k

OutCosT-RUM

9th FAR

Operational optimization of environmental sampling.

Optimizing environmental surveillance for FAST diseases.

The Pirbright Institute (UK)

30-40k

9th FAR

Operational optimization of environmental sampling.

Optimization of an environmental sampling approach integrating network models and nanopore portable sequencing for FMD risk-based surveillance in endemic settings (OpEnS-FMD).

The Roslin Institute (UK

30-40k

Publication

8th FAR(*)

Evaluation the performance of clinical surveillance for FMD among small ruminants.

Compréhension et corrélation de la surveillance clinique et séroprévalence de la fièvre aphteuse chez les petits ruminants au Cameroun.

Direction des Services Vétérinaires, Ministère de l’Elevage, des Pêches et des Industries Animales (MINEPIA) (Cameroon)

15-20k

8th FAR

Evaluation the performance of clinical surveillance for FMD among small ruminants.

Retrospective evaluation of clinical surveillance for FMD in small ruminants at some high risk areas in Egypt.

General organization for Veterinary Services (G.O.V.S.), Ministry of agriculture and land reclamation (Egypt)

15-20k

8th FAR

Evaluation the performance of clinical surveillance for FMD among small ruminants.

Evaluating the role of small ruminants in the spread and endemicity of FMD in Northern Nigeria.

National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI); Infectious and Transboundary Animal Diseases Department, FMD Laboratory (Nigeria)

15-20k

Publication

Publication

Publication

1st FAR-SEE (**)

Establishing national networks to connect veterinary services, laboratories, research institutions, universities, private sector and farmers.

National Platform for Improving Biosecurity in Dairy Cattle Farms (NAPIB).

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Macedonia)

<10k

1st FAR-SEE

Establishing national networks to connect veterinary services, laboratories, research institutions, universities, private sector and farmers. 

Establishment of national serum bank in Serbia for FAST diseases control and prevention.

Institute of Veterinary Medicine (Serbia)

<10k

1st FAR-SEE

Establishing national networks to connect veterinary services, laboratories, research institutions, universities, private sector and farmers.

Determining the Spatial and Temporal variation of Culicoides and Stomoxys abundance in Albania (DeSTeCS). 

Agricultural University of Tirana (Albania)

<10k

Publication

1st FAR-SEE

Establishing national networks to connect veterinary services, laboratories, research institutes, universities, private sector and farmers.

Improvement of the vector-borne diseases surveillance system through monitoring of Culicoides activities during the winter months on the territory of Montenegro (CulMont).

Diagnostic Veterinary Laboratory (DVL) (Montenegro)

<10k

1st FAR-SEE

Establishing national networks to connect veterinary services, laboratories, research institutions, universities, private sector and farmers.

Study on cellular and humoral immune response to LSD vaccination and their interaction with the colostral immunity in calves

Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (Bulgaria)

10-15k

2nd FAR-SEE

Policy and stakeholders networks for research to meet policy-evidence needs

Evaluation of feasibility of improving passive surveillance through the identification and collection of individual and population health indicators and its impact on early detection of FAST And Similar Transboundary animal diseases in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Center for interdisciplinary studies of University of Sarajevo; Veterinary Office (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

<10k

2nd FAR-SEE

Policy and stakeholders networks for research to meet policy-evidence needs

Evaluation of diagnostic specificity of commercial ELISA kits for FAST diseases in wild animals.

Serbian Institute of Veterinary Science; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University in Belgrade; Public Enterprise Vojvodinasume; Veterinary Institute (Serbia)

<10k

Publication

2nd FAR-SEE

Policy and stakeholders networkds for research to meet policy-evidence needs

Biosecurity assessment and scoring in cows - regional approach (BASIC)

Veterinary Faculty Department of Animal Hygiene and Environmental Protection (North Macedonia); Food and Veterinary Agency (North Macedonia); Directorate for Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs (Montenegro); Veterinary Chamber (Montenegro). 

10-15k

LoA (***)

N/A

Environmental and economic determinants of temporal dynamics of the livestock movement network in Senegal. 

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement - UMR Astre (France)

15-20k

Publication

LoA

N/A

External validation of spatial qualitative risk analysis output using disease outbreak data.

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement - UMR Astre (France)

10-15k

N/A

N/A

Harmonisation and calibration of VNT methods used for post-vaccination monitoring in different FMD Reference Laboratories.

The Pirbright Institute (UK)

10k

LoA

N/A

Coordination of international harmonization and information/data sharing in support of the global activities of the WOAH/FAO Reference Laboratory Network for FMD.

The Pirbright Institute (UK)

30-40k

Pragmatist module

OpenFMD platform

LoA

N/A

Development of an FMDV genotyping model

The Pirbright Institute (UK)

>40k

FMDType module

(*) FAR: Fund for Applied Research

(**) FAR-SEE: Fund for Applied Research - Southeast Europe

(***) LoA: Letter of Agreement