Veterinarski arhiv, Vol. 91 No. 4, 2021.
Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.24099/vet.arhiv.1444
Veterinarians and beekeeping: What roles, expectations and future perspectives? - a review paper
Ivana Tlak Gajger
orcid.org/0000-0002-4480-3599
; Department for the Biology and Pathology of Fish and Bees, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Aránzazu M. Mañes
; Department Animal Health, Complutense University Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Giovanni Formato
; Apiculture, Honey Bee Production and Diseases Laboratory, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M.Aleandri., Toscana, Italy
Michele Mortarino
; Department of Veterinary Medicine, State University of Milan, Lodi, Italy
Juraj Toporcak
; University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Kosice, Slovakia
Sažetak
Apiculture is an important economy sector, facing a real health crisis. Honeybees, as well as other insect pollinator populations have been in decline over recent decades, and diseases are one of the principal challenges. To face this situation, public and private veterinary services are needed to manage surveillance, control, eradication and prevention measures of honeybee diseases within their territories, in close collaboration with beekeepers and farmers. It is necessary urgently to clarify the current problems and threats to apiculture in the public health sector. Due to possible interactions between bee health and production, the negative effects of environmental xenobiotics and climate change, this field must be considered as an interdisciplinary research issue. Moreover, honeybee veterinary medicine is increasingly engaged in the One Health approach, due to the possibility that the poor health of honeybee colonies affects human life. This review identified the key veterinarian roles, gaps in their higher education curriculum, as well as the necessity for research linkage between expectations and professional perspectives.
Ključne riječi
honeybee colonies; veterinary medicine; One Health; disease management; beekeepers
Hrčak ID:
265580
URI
Datum izdavanja:
17.11.2021.
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