Appolinaire Djikeng

Appolinaire Djikeng

Director General and CGIAR Senior Director of Livestock-Based Systems

Professor Djikeng joins ILRI and CGIAR from the University of Edinburgh, where he is currently Professor and Chair of Tropical Agriculture and Sustainable Development, as well as the Director, Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH) based at the Roslin Institute. He will retain his affiliation with the Roslin Institute of the University of Edinburgh to strengthen the partnership with ILRI and the CGIAR system. Professor Djikeng previously worked with ILRI from 2009-2016 as Technology Manager and then Director of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA)-ILRI Hub. He has received numerous awards, including the 2020 Nelson Mandela Justice Award. He was also recognized by the Decade of Health as one of the 10 people in the United Kingdom changing health.

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My Publications

Investigating volatile semiochemical production from Bos taurus and Bos indicus as a novel phenotype for breeding host resistance to ixodid ticks

  • Matika, O.
  • Foster, S.
  • Githaka, Naftaly W.
  • Owido, Gad
  • Ngetich, Collins
  • Mwendia, C.
  • Brown, H.
  • Caulfield, J.
  • Watson, Kellie
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire
  • Birkett, M.

Livestock phenomics and genetic evaluation approaches in Africa: Current state and future perspectives

  • Houaga, I.
  • Mrode, Raphael A.
  • Opoola, O.
  • Chagunda, M.G.G.
  • Okeyo Mwai, Ally
  • Rege, J.E.
  • Olori, V.E.
  • Nash, O.
  • Banga, C.B.
  • Okeno, T.O.
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire

In search of a new tool for phenotyping tick resistance in cattle

  • Matika, O.
  • Foster, S.
  • Githaka, Naftaly W.
  • Mwendia, C.
  • Brown, H.
  • Watson, K.
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire
  • Birkett, M.

Fourth Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2022

  • Alfieri, James M.
  • Anthony, Nck
  • Arensburger, Peter
  • Athrey, Giridhar N.
  • Balacco, Jennifer
  • Balic, Adam
  • Bardou, Philippe
  • Barela, Paul
  • Bigot, Yves
  • Blackmon, Heath
  • Borodin, Pavel M.
  • Carroll, Rachel
  • Casono, Meya C.
  • Charles, Mathieu
  • Cheng, Hans
  • Chiodi, Maddie
  • Cigan, Lacey
  • Coghill, Lyndon M.
  • Crooijmans, Richard
  • Das, Neelabja
  • Davey, Sean
  • Davidian, Asya
  • Degalez, Fabien
  • Dekkers, Jack M.
  • Derks, Martijn
  • Diack, Abigail B.
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire
  • Drechsler, Yvonne Drechsler
  • Dyomin, Alexander
  • Fedrigo, Olivier
  • Fiddaman, Steven R.
  • Formenti, Giulio
  • Frantz, , Laurent A.F.
  • Fulton, Janet E.
  • Gaginskaya, Elena
  • Galkina, Svetlana
  • Gallardo, Rodrigo A.
  • Geibel, Johannes
  • Gheyas, Almas
  • Godinez, Cyrill John P.
  • Goodell, Ashton
  • Graves, Jennifer A.M.
  • Griffin, Darren K.
  • Haase, Bettina
  • Han Jianlin
  • Hanotte, Olivier H.
  • Henderson, Lindsay J.
  • Zhuo-Cheng Hou
  • Howe, Kerstin Howe
  • Lan Huynh
  • Ilatsia, Evans
  • Jarvis, Erich
  • Johnson, Sarah M.
  • Kaufman, Jim
  • Kelly, Terra
  • Kemp Stephen J.
  • Kern, Colin
  • Keroack, Jacob H.
  • Klopp, Christophe
  • Lagarrigue, Sandrine
  • Lamont, Susan J.
  • Lange, Margaret
  • Lanke, Anika
  • Larkin, Denis M.
  • Larson, Greger
  • Layos, John King N.
  • Lebrasseur, Ophélie
  • Malinovskaya, Lyubov P.
  • Martin, Rebecca J.
  • Martin Cerezo, Maria Luisa
  • Mason, Andrew S.
  • McCarthy, Fiona M.
  • McGrew, Michael J.
  • Mountcastle, Jacquelyn
  • Muhonja, Christine Kamidi
  • Muir, William
  • Muret, Kévin
  • Murphy, Terence
  • Ng'ang'a, Ismael
  • Nishibori, Masahide
  • O'Connor, Rebecca E.
  • Ogugo, Moses
  • Okimoto, Ron
  • Ouko, Ochieng
  • Patel, Hardip R. Patel
  • Perini, Francesco
  • Pigozzi, María Inés
  • Potter, Krista C.
  • Price, Peter D.
  • Reimer, Christian
  • Rice, Edward S.
  • Rocos, Nicolas
  • Rogers, Thea F.
  • Saelao, Perot
  • Schauer, Jens
  • Schnabel, Robert
  • Schneider, Valerie
  • Simianer, Henner
  • Smith, Adrian
  • Stevens, Mark P.
  • Stiers, Kyle
  • Tiambo, Christian Keambou
  • Tixier-Boichard, Michele
  • Torgasheva, Anna A.
  • Tracey, Alan
  • Tregaskes, Clive A.
  • Vervelde, Lonneke
  • Ying Wang
  • Warren, Wesley C.
  • Waters, Paul D. Waters
  • Webb, David
  • Weigend, Steffen
  • Wolc, Anna
  • Wright, Alison E.
  • Wright, Dominic
  • Zhou Wu
  • Yamagata, Masahito
  • Chentao Yang
  • Zhong-Tao Yin
  • Young, Michelle C.
  • Guojie Zhang
  • Bingru Zhao
  • Huaijun Zhou

From a documented past of the Jersey breed in Africa to a profit index linked future

  • Opoola, Oluyinka
  • Shumbusho, Felicien
  • Hambrook, David
  • Thomson, Sam
  • Harvey, Dai
  • Chagunda, Mizeck G.G.
  • Capper, Jude L.
  • Moran, Dominic
  • Mrode, Raphael A.
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire

Assessment of genotyping array performance for genome-wide association studies and imputation in African cattle

  • Riggio, V.
  • Tijjani, Abdulfatai
  • Callaby, R.
  • Talenti, A.
  • Wragg, D.
  • Obishakin, E.T.
  • Ezeasor, C.
  • Jongejan, F.
  • Ogo, N.I.
  • Aboagye-Antwi, F.
  • Toure, A.
  • Nzalawahej, J.
  • Diallo, B.
  • Missohou, A.
  • Belem, A.M.G.
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire
  • Julef, Nick
  • Fourie, J.
  • Labuschagne, Maryke T.
  • Madder, M.
  • Marshall, Karen
  • Prendergast, James G.D.
  • Morrison, Liam J.
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