TY - JOUR AU - Rinaldi, Laura AU - Hendrickx, Guy AU - Cringoli, Giuseppe AU - Biggeri, Annibale AU - Ducheyne, Els AU - Catelan, Dolores AU - Morgan, Eric AU - Williams, Diana AU - Charlier, Johannes AU - von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Georg AU - Vercruysse, Jozef PY - 2015/03/19 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Mapping and modelling helminth infections in ruminants in Europe: experience from GLOWORM JF - Geospatial Health JA - Geospat Health VL - 9 IS - 2 SE - Editorials DO - 10.4081/gh.2015.347 UR - https://www.geospatialhealth.net/gh/article/view/347 SP - 257-259 AB - Mapping and modelling helminth infections in cattle and sheep in Europe through advanced geospatial research was one of the main task of GLOWORM, a three year project (2012-2014) funded under the European Commission's (EC) seventh framework programme (FP7). Liver flukes as <em>Fasciola hepatica</em> and gastrointestinal nematodes, such as <em>Haemonchus contortus</em> were chosen for the project since these parasites constitute a major cause of lost productivity in small and large ruminants. The output of the GLOWORM project delivered guidelines for standardized and harmonized cross-sectional surveys of helminth parasites in ruminants allowing the development of updated prevalence maps and multi-scale, spatial models for the European area. ER -