The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) would like to invite you to join the Community of Practice (CoP) on Acaricide Resistance Management of Livestock Ticks.

The Community of Practice (CoP) on Acaricide Resistance Management of Livestock Ticks provides a platform for various stakeholders representing a broad range of technical knowledge, skills and experience with the common goal of promoting a shared global vision on the sustainable management of ticks in livestock and acaricide resistance. These stakeholders include academic and research institutions, veterinary laboratories, pharmaceutical producers and the private sector, regulatory authorities, veterinary (para) services, healthcare providers and cattle farmer associations, as well as government representatives, international, intergovernmental and regional organizations, global and regional financial institutions and philanthropic donors.

The CoP is one of the significant outcomes of the first expert consultation on the sustainable management of parasites in livestock challenged by the global emergence of resistance organized by FAO on 9-10 November 2021.

This community provides a platform to facilitate linkage and information exchange between stakeholders and relevant networks, projects and programmes.

More specifically, the community serves to:

• Share and co-create knowledge among stakeholders on the sustainable management of ticks in livestock and acaricide resistance that adequately reflects the integrated One Health approach, with a particular focus on diagnostics and surveillance of acaricide resistance in livestock ticks, efficient integrated tick and tick-borne diseases control strategies, research and innovative pharmaceutical solutions, development and regulatory compliance and promotion of best practices;
• Promote a shared vision and commitment to action to tackle acaricide resistance in livestock ticks: Engaging all relevant stakeholders across the human-animal-environment interface to build a global picture, identify gaps and priority areas for action and promote actions to tackle tick acaricide resistance;
• Provide a venue for information-sharing and collaboration to achieve a common understanding and enable collaboration between different sectors and disciplines,
• Promote the dissemination of knowledge and information to ensure awareness and visibility of the issue and encourage concrete actions and policy decisions in support of the sustainable management of parasites in livestock. 

To join the CoP on Acaricide Resistance Management of Livestock Ticks, register here.

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