Projects

ACTIVE

Impacts of innovations in livestock systems on livelihoods and poverty

Genetic characterization of field strains and laboratory stocks of the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, the main vector of the cattle disease East Coast Fever

New diagnostic tools to understand the epidemiology of sheep theileriosis in northern Sudan

Sustainable collaborative research between SLU, Uppsala and ILRI in the field of genomics, bioinformatics and immunoinformatics

A system to cost effectively create a continuous supply of F1 heifer via sexed embryos

A system to cost effectively create a continuous supply of F1 heifer via sexed embryos

Functional gene discovery for disease resistance in Chicken

Applied genomics of tick vectors in relation to development of anti-tick vaccines and building research capacity in the eastern and central Africa

Bovine Tuberculosis in the Developing world

ACTIVE

Improving village chicken protection to elevate the livelihoods of poor people in Ethiopia

A comparison between local cattle breeds in Kenya in the rate and extent of adhesion of rumen bacteria to maize stover

Creation of a public resource for housing and analyzing genomic data from Theileria parva and other Apicomplexan species to facilitate vaccine and diagnostic development

Aflatoxin survey of Kenyan farmer maize and development of novel diagnostics