Objective Animal health status in organic dairy farming does not in all respect meet consumers’ expectations. Improvements are crucial to support consumers’ confidence and their willingness to pay premium prices. These are urgently needed to cover the higher production costs. Previous herd health planning concepts have prepared the ground for further advancements. However, recommended measures are often implemented only to an unsatisfactory degree, differing widely between farms, and resulting in an improper animal health status.The IMPRO project aims to substantially overcome weak points in current health management strategies on organic dairy farms and to increase the implementation of evidence based measures and to improve practice of health management. This will be achieved by a multidisciplinary and participatory approach to develop farm specific solutions regarding preventive measures and early treatment strategies. Researchers with a thorough experience in conducting applied research will aim for the following:• to develop a participatory and farm-centric diagnostic tool for a sound diagnostic procedure at the farm level, identifying the most effective measures to improve animal health,• to evaluate farm-specific costs and benefits of recommended measures, to optimise farm-specific allocation of available resources, and to emerge incentives,• to examine the motivation and attitudes of farmer, advisor, and veterinarian directly involved in health management practice,• to elaborate reference values for achievable standards with respect to animal health status,• to develop a pro-active monitoring protocol aiming for improved effectiveness of preventive and treatment strategies and for a reduction in the use of allopathic remedies,• to assess the manageability of alternative treatments according to the state-of-the-art,• to develop a software-based tool including health monitoring, farm diagnostics’ procedures, cost-benefit calculation, and break-even analysis. Fields of science agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedairysocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and management Programme(s) FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Topic(s) KBBE.2012.1.4-04 - Improved management practices and alternative treatments to improve animal health in organic farming systems Call for proposal FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator UNIVERSITAET KASSEL EU contribution € 1 003 959,00 Address Monchebergstrasse 19 34125 Kassel Germany See on map Region Hessen Kassel Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sigrid Reinhard Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution € 507 570,00 Address Almas alle 8 750 07 Uppsala See on map Region Östra Sverige Östra Mellansverige Uppsala län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ulf Emanuelson (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ECOLE NATIONALE VETERINAIRE, AGROALIMENTAIRE ET DE L'ALIMENTATION NANTES ATLANTIQUE France EU contribution € 416 836,00 Address Site de la chantrerie, route de gachet 44307 Nantes See on map Region Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire Loire-Atlantique Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Françoise Briand (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY Netherlands EU contribution € 452 697,75 Address Droevendaalsesteeg 4 6708 PB Wageningen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ineke Van Driel (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT DE RECERCA I TECNOLOGIA AGROALIMENTARIES Spain EU contribution € 400 749,05 Address Ctra c-59 km 12 torre marimon 08140 Caldes de montbui barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Other Administrative Contact Jordi De La Cuesta Fernández (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DATA SERVICE PARETZ GMBH Germany EU contribution € 213 859,20 Address Parkring 3 14669 Ketzin See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Werner Feucker (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF READING United Kingdom EU contribution € 270 116,00 Address Whiteknights campus whiteknights house RG6 6AH Reading See on map Region South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Berkshire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Liz Stansfield (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data