Tags: animal diseases

ILRI News on animal diseases

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

14 Jun 2022

New study reviews strategies to reduce acaricide resistance in ticks in smallholder livestock systems in Africa

Ticks are a major cause of economic losses in the livestock sector in the tropics and sub-tropics. Ticks transmit the pathogens that cause livestock diseases such as East Coast fever, babesiosis and anaplasmosis which are responsible for the deaths of millions of cattle every year. In many African...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

ILRI News

31 May 2022

New study provides the first detailed report on the occurrence of the tick-borne parasite Babesia bovis in cattle in Kenya

Tick-borne diseases pose a significant threat to smallholder livestock keeping in Kenya and the East Africa region at large. One of these tick-borne diseases is babesiosis, caused by the protozoan parasite Babesia . Babesia bigemina is endemic and widespread in East Africa while the status of the...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

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Publications on animal diseases

Journal Article

Published2022

To scan or not to scan? The economics of transthoracic ultrasonography for ‘whole-flock’ ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma screening in UK sheep flocks

Journal Article

Published2022

Prevalence and risk factors of epizootic lymphangitis in cart pulling horses and mules in Central and South Gondar zones, Amhara region, Ethiopia

animal diseases

Journal Article

Published2022

A one-tube rapid visual CRISPR assay for the field detection of Japanese encephalitis virus

Journal Article

Published2022

Seroepidemiology of selected transboundary animal diseases in goats in Zambia

Journal Article

Published2022

Development of a duplex insulated isothermal PCR assay for rapid on-site detection and differentiation of genotypes 1 and 2 of African swine fever virus

Journal Article

Published2022

High pathogenicity of a Chinese NADC34-like PRRSV on pigs

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ILRI Projects on animal diseases

Jun 2020Jun 2023

Management of animal diseases and antimicrobial use by information and communication technology to control antimicrobial resistance in East Africa

Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to global public health and interventions to address it are urgently required. The project applies information and communications technology in poultry production to enhance poultry health, reduce the need to use antibiotics and limit the risk of...

Jan 2021Dec 2022

Global burden of animal diseases

Across the world, livestock production and aquaculture are critical to human nutrition and health. These animals play critical roles in society, providing income and food, but also clothing, building materials, fertilizer and draught power. However, the presence of endemic and emerging diseases, as...

Jan 2020Dec 2023

Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe (LIPS-Zim)

Livestock provides income and employment to farmers, agricultural service providers and others involved in the value chain. Zimbabwe’s livestock production system is characterized by small-scale subsistence farming. Despite the importance of livestock to rural livelihoods, productivity remains low...

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