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FP6 Priority: 5

Projects Acronym: REPLACE

Start and Ending date: start: 01 March 2004 end: 01 March 2008

Budget: €4,651k total, €2,868k EU contribution

Name Coordinator: Dr. R.J. Wallace.

Full Address: The Rowett Research Institute, Greenburn Road, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK.

Telephone: +44 1224 716656

Fax: +44 1224 716687

Email: John.Wallacerri.sari.ac.uk

Full Title: Plants and their extracts and other natural alternatives to antimicrobials in feeds

Contract number: 506487

STREP

Growth-promoting antibiotics will be banned in the EU by 2006.  Livestock producers need alternative means of obtaining similar production benefits to maintain profitability and competitiveness against overseas producers, including the US, where such restrictions do not exist. Ways must also be found to improve the healthiness and safety of animal products reaching the consumer, including those from organic farming. This project will examine plants, plant extracts and other natural materials as safe alternatives to feed antimicrobials.  The materials will be derived from 500 samples of plant materials collected as possible feed additives for ruminants [FP5 project, Rumen-up, QLK5-CT-2001-00992], plus some additional natural materials likely to be useful in non-ruminants.  Rumen-up samples, for which a large data set of background information and screening success now exists, will be tested for properties not screened in FP5: their possible impact on human and animal health (E. coli, parasites), food quality (fatty acids) and efficient use of natural resources (increased forage use by ruminants).  Researchers on pigs, poultry and fish, where the impact of antibiotic withdrawal is greatest, will join the consortium.  The priorities in these species overlap with ruminants, although the precise aims and pathogen species are different.   After identifying the most promising candidates for each target, a small number of samples will be taken to animal trials.  The project will link fragmented research carried out with different animal species across Europe and provide a platform, via consultation with industry, farmers’ and consumers’ organisations, veterinarians, botanists, agronomists and economists, for the rational production of a new generation of natural feed additives. The main benefits will be a healthier, safer food chain, increased sustainability of animal agriculture and reduction in its detrimental effects on the environment.

Dr. R. J. Wallace.

Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, UK;

Dr. K. Becker.

Institute for Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, D-70599 Stuttgart,

Germany;

Dr. S. Lopez.

Department Produccion Animal, Universidad de León, E-24071 León, Spain;

Dr. F. Mould.

Department of Agriculture, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading, Berks RG6 6AT, UK;

Dr. F. Jackson.

Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland, EH26 0PZ, UK;

Dr. O. Hojberg.

Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark;

Dr. A. Bomba.

Research Institute if Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice,

Slovak Republic;

Dr. M. Kaldhusdal.

National Veterinary Institute, P.O.Box 8156 Dep, N-0033 Oslo, Norway;

Dr. D. Rutkowski.

August Cieszkowski Agricultural University, Poznań, Poland;

Dr. R. Losa.

Crina SA. Chemin de la Combe 15, P.O. Box 510, CH-1196, GLAND, Switzerland;

Dr. C. Duffy.

Alltech Ireland Ltd, Sarney, Summerhill Road, Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland

Projects Web Link: www.replace-eu.com

This Form was completed by – Name: C. Duffy

Affiliation to the project: Project Partner, Dissemination & Technology Implementation manager

Submission Date of this form: 10 March 2005