Nutrition is emerging as a powerful tool for preventing disease and strengthening immunity in livestock. Changemakers leading this shift explore the opportunities and hurdles that will shape evidence generation, farmer adoption, and the scaling of preventative nutrition across global production systems.

Rapid diagnostics are transforming everyday veterinary practice, enabling earlier detection and faster decision-making. Changemakers explore the latest advances in point-of-care tools, their role in improving outcomes, and the challenges of validation, adoption, and integration into workflows.

• Validation – generating clinical evidence to support regulatory approval and vet adoption
• Integration – embedding diagnostics into workflows for scale and commercial uptake

Veterinary associations recommend regular parasite control and diagnostics to prevent transmission. However, parasiticides face growing scrutiny over environmental and health concerns. With resistance increasing, changemakers are developing innovative solutions, ranging from new treatments to advanced diagnostics and targeted delivery, ensuring long-term protection for animals and humans.

• Market differentiation – demonstrating value of novel products in a crowded market
• Adoption hurdles – balancing efficacy, cost, and stewardship to drive uptake

Advances in genetics and genomics are enabling faster progress in productivity, welfare, and disease resistance across livestock species. Changemakers highlight the changemakers applying genomic selection, gene editing, and advanced breeding strategies to improve animal health outcomes and productivity.

• Regulatory pathways – navigating approval and acceptance of genomic technologies
• Market adoption – demonstrating value to farmers and integrating innovation into breeding programs

Cell and gene therapies are redefining the possibilities of veterinary medicine offering the potential to repair, replace, and restore biological function. With the first approvals expected as early as 2026, changemakers at the forefront of research and commercialisation explore the opportunities and hurdles that will define their path to clinical adoption.

• Clinical adoption – building veterinary trust and integrating into practice workflows
• Distribution – ensuring stability, scalability, and accessibility

Artificial intelligence can play a vital role by enabling predictive analytics to help farmers anticipate productivity changes and prevent health issues before they escalate. Hear from the changemakers applying data-driven insights to deliver measurable health and productivity gains across livestock systems.

• Demonstrating ROI – building the evidence base to drive farmer adoption
• Data – overcoming the challenge of dispersed datasets from farms, labs and clinics
• Route to market – integrating AI tools into existing farm management systems