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ILRI News on animal diseases

06 Feb 2020

New Tick Cell Biobank Outpost at ILRI to support research in Africa on ticks and tick-borne diseases

Ticks in ILRI’s tick laboratory (photo credit: ILRI/David White). The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has been selected as Africa’s Outpost for tick cell lines to serve as a resource for global arthropod research in the continent. ILRI’s Tick Unit has been selected as Africa’s...

ILRI Asia blog

03 Feb 2020

Chi Nguyen

Training on the economics of animal health to improve management of disease threats in India

More than 20 researchers from various institutes of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have been trained on animal disease economics and frameworks for risk analysis and risk management to improve veterinary disease prevention and control in India. In India, 35% of the losses in...

ILRI News

23 Jan 2020

David Aronson

Can a vaccine save the world’s pigs from African swine fever?

A recent article by Katarina Zimmer in The Scientist examines how close we are to developing a vaccine to prevent African swine fever (ASF). It contains an extended discussion of the work of Lucilla Steinaa , an immunologist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Steinaa has been...

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Publications on animal diseases

Presentation

Published2019

Occurrence of trichinellosis in indigenous pigs of ethnic minorities in Vietnam

Journal Article

Published2020

Seroprevalence of foot-and-mouth disease virus in cattle herds raised in Maasai Mara ecosystem in Kenya

Journal Article

Published2019

Molecular detection and typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from cattle, animal handlers, and their environment from Karnataka, Southern Province of India

Journal Article

Published2019

Detection of torque teno sus virus infection in Indian pigs

Journal Article

Published2019

Dissemination and characterisation of Escherichia coli producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases, AmpC β-lactamases and metallo-β-lactamases from livestock and poultry in Northeast India: A molecular surveillance approach

Journal Article

Published2019

Genome sequence of classical Swine Fever Virus NIVEDI-165, Subtype 1.1, a field virus strain isolated from the southern part of India

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ILRI Projects on animal diseases

Jun 2017May 2020

Identifying anthrax hotspots and associated ecological factors in Kenya

In Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa, outbreaks of anthrax occur in certain ecological regions, primarily triggered by weather extremes. Outbreaks of this neglected disease result in significant morbidity and mortality in humans, livestock and wildlife. The overall goal of this project is to identify...

Sep 2019Aug 2022

Co-infection with Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in humans and animals in Kenya: Disease burden and ecological factors

Rift Valley fever, brucellosis and Q fever cause serious illnesses in humans and are associated with extensive socio-economic losses in livestock. These diseases are prevalent in pastoral areas of Kenya and are among the country’s top 10 priority zoonoses. In people, the diseases cause intermittent...

Jun 2019May 2022

Epidemiology and control of peste des petits ruminants in East and West Africa

The global strategy for the control and eradication of peste des petits ruminants has been endorsed by more than 200 countries with the vision of a world free of the disease by 2030. This project supports ongoing global control and eradication efforts led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

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