ABSTRACT. - SMARTER (SMAll RuminanT breeding for Efficiency and Resilience) is an H2020 EU multi-actor project, whose global objective is to develop novel and collaborative strategies to improve resilience and efficiency of the sheep and goat sectors at the animal, population/breed and system/farm levels. A dedicated work package (WP6) aims to contribute to accelerated genetic progress for resilience and efficiency (R&E) through international harmonisation and cooperation in order to deploy genomic evaluations across countries.

Worldwide, gastrointestinal parasites (GIP) generate numerous productive and economic losses in sheep production and Uruguay does not escape to this problem. Due to the aggravating situation of anthelmintic resistance to all drugs available in the market, the use of non-chemical alternative strategies is essential to address the problem of GIP.

Worldwide, gastrointestinal parasites (GIP) generate numerous productive and economic losses in sheep production and Uruguay does not escape to this problem. Due to the aggravating situation of anthelmintic resistance to all drugs available in the market, the use of non-chemical alternative strategies is essential to address the problem of GIP.