Open AccessVeterinarians and beekeeping: What roles, expectations and future perspectives? - a review paper
Author(s) -
Ivana Tlak Gajger,
Aránzazu M. Mañes,
Giovanni Formato,
Michele Mortarino,
J. Toporčák
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
veterinarski arhiv
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.233
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1331-8055
pISSN - 0372-5480
DOI - 10.24099/vet.arhiv.1444
Subject(s) - beekeeping , principal (computer security) , public health , business , environmental planning , economic growth , public relations , political science , ecology , medicine , geography , biology , economics , nursing , computer science , operating system
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.