In a previous blogpost I talked about what led me to become interested in veterinary homeopathy, and how little by little I came to understand the complexity of using this...
This third post about investigating the uses of homeopathy on the farm addresses my own relationship to the field. Is neutrality stance possible when dealing with an alternative medicine that...
In a series of three posts, I will present the findings of an investigation that I conducted under the Food Policy and Health Risk Management master's programme taught by National...
So-called "critical" antimicrobials have been in the spotlight of European legislative news in recent months. The European Parliament almost voted to reject a regulatory package (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) of...
To reduce antimicrobials in livestock, alternatives approaches are nowadays developing, in particular those based on the use of medicinal plants. Very often, those changes are initiated by women.
The problem of antimicrobial resistance is nowadays framed through a dystopian narrative, based on the fear of a world without antibiotics. It is urgent to rethink our understanding of the...
This is the first article of a series dedicated to the use of homeopathy by dairy farmers. The origin of this research comes from a field survey on organic farming,...
As our investigation progressed, one question loomed large: why did we choose to study colistin? Why didn’t we choose cephalosporins or fluoroquinolones, which also are considered to be "critical" antimicrobials?...
As we have seen, veterinary activities are very diverse, both in terms of general medical procedures and preventive medicine. However, although all of these activities are intertwined during a farm...
Due to an increasing shortage of professionals and restrictions on the use of antimicrobials in livestock production, the veterinary profession in rural areas is undergoing considerable change. Since 2012, the...