1. Livestock Expo and National Milk Week
Diagnostic innovation and livestock (DIAL): Towards more effective and sustainable applications of antibiotics in livestock farming
Livestock Expo and National Milk Week
30th May – 1st June, 2018
BY VERA FLORIDA MKENDA (PhD)
Research Fellow,
Science, Technology and Innovation (STIS),
The University of Edinburgh
SCOTLAND-UK

2. The Diagnostic Innovation and Livestock (DIAL) project aims to facilitate the development of novel, rapid diagnostic tests to support decisions around antimicrobial use in livestock in the UK and Tanzania.
This is an interdisciplinary investigation bringing together social, veterinary and innovation sciences. Using an innovation systems approach, we aim to identify barriers and enablers to diagnostic innovation, assess the regulatory support required and understand potential markets for rapid AMR diagnostics in livestock.

3. DIAL is a multidisciplinary research program

4. Use of antibiotics in Tanzania
Freq. %
Antibiotics
162
44.14
Total Registered
367
Total Critical or Highly important
% of all Registered drugs
% of antibiotics
Listed by WHO as Critically important 32 9 20
Listed by WHO as Highly important
106 29 65
Total (Critical + Highly important)
138 38 85

5. The role of pen-side technologies
Rapid diagnostics have potential to address the challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans and animals. However, successful development and application of novel diagnostic tools requires both scientific innovation and understanding of relevant social, political and economic factors.