Practical guidelines

This page will be updated on a recurring basis. You will find an overview of the practical guidelines (practice abstracts) that will be developed in the frame of the RELACS project.

 

Anthelmintics

Faecal egg counts to improve worm control in organic sheep farming

A basket of options to control worms in organic sheep production systems

Duddingtonia flagrans: biocontrol fungus for reducing the use of anthelmintics

Antibiotics

Farmer Field Schools – Using peer-to-peer advisory to reduce antibiotic inputs and to improve animal health and welfare

Essential oil trials on-farm: an alternative treatment for mastitis

Copper

Copper reduction strategies in tomato production

Copper reduction strategies in viticulture

Larch extract as an alternative to reduce copper use in grapevines

Liquorice extract as an alternative to reduce copper use in grapevine

Decision support systems to optimise the efficacy of novel copper alternatives

Fertilisers

Farm gate nutrient budgets for organic farming

Struvite’s potential as an alternative phosphorus source for organic agriculture 

Anaerobic digestates as a nutrient source for organic farming

Phosphorus sources for organic agriculture

Nitrogen efficiency of organic fertilisers

Mineral oil

Vibrational signals to control the whitefly in organic greenhouse production

Vibrations against invasive whiteflies in citrus orchards

Sustainable control of the greenhouse whitefly: combining solutions

Vitamins

Recommendations for Vitamin B2 supplements in organic slow-growing broilers 

Vitamin B2 supplementation for laying and parent hens in organic poultry systems

Vitamin E supplementation – revised recommendations for organic dairy cow production

New vitamin B2 producing wild-type yeast strain (GMO-free)