animal care

ILRI News on animal care

04 Oct 2022

Celebrating World Animal Day 2022 with a focus on ILRI’s research on animal welfare

World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on 4 October, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. It is a global initiative aimed at raising the status of animals and improving animal welfare standards. The Animal and...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

ILRI News

01 Aug 2022

The problem of using human medication to treat free-range poultry in Soroti, Uganda

The use of human medication to treat sick birds has been noted amongst 203 poultry-keeping households in eastern Uganda. This is attributed, in part, to challenges rural smallholder farmers face in accessing veterinary drugs. The most common human medications used in poultry were painkillers,...

ILRI News

16 Nov 2021

Growth and innovation in the livestock sector could help spur global sustainable development

With the demand for livestock products projected to increase by more than 70 per cent between 2005 and 2030, it is becoming increasingly important to understand livestock’s role in global sustainable development. A recent paper by Fritz Schneider, chair of the Independent Steering Committee for the...