Tags: animal health

ILRI News on animal health

17 Nov 2022

Celebrating World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022 with highlights of ILRI research on antimicrobial resistance

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week is marked annually from 18 to 24 November to raise global awareness on antimicrobial resistance and encourage rational use of antimicrobials to reduce further emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

ILRI News

02 Nov 2022

Government and partners celebrate achievements in increasing dairy productivity in Burundi

Partners of the regional integrated agricultural development in the great lakes (PRDAIGL) project have held a joint end-of-project workshop to review its contributions to Burundi’s dairy sector in the last two years. Attendees of the 2–3 November forum in Bujumbura were drawn from the Ministry of...

Saba ErmyasCommunications Officer

ILRI News

27 Oct 2022

Capacity building is vital for effective One Health programs

One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. With the increasing threat of global health challenges such as antimicrobial resistance and emerging infectious diseases, we urgently need to adopt a One Health...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

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Publications on animal health

Poster

Published2022

Silica vesicles increase stability of Salmonella-specific phages isolated from chicken in environments mimicking the gastrointestinal tract

Presentation

Published2022

Animal biotech research in Africa: progress and trends

Poster

Published2022

Forty-five years of One Health-related research at the International Livestock Research Institute

Journal Article

Published2022

Impact of COVID-19 on animal health care services in Karnataka

Journal Article

Published2022

Antibiotic resistance of bacterial isolates from smallholder poultry droppings in the Guinea Savanna Zone of Nigeria

Journal Article

Published2022

“How are my age and cows related?” Cognitive interviewing as a tool to pretest survey questions in two limited resource settings

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ILRI Projects on animal health

Jan 2022Dec 2024

Selecting efficient farm-level antimicrobial stewardship interventions from a One Health perspective

The project provides explicit impact estimates and ranking for a range of farm-level antimicrobial resistance interventions in Senegal, highlighting where future research could be most valuable in understanding intervention efficiency from a One Health perspective. Objectives Establish a consortium...

Jan 2022Dec 2024

Protecting human health through a One Health approach

COVID-19 is the sixth zoonotic pandemic since 1980. The frequency and severity of these events is increasing as people encroach on wildlife habitats, and livestock and fish production systems intensify. Animal production systems are reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens, which are responsible for 60% of...

Jan 2021Dec 2023

Inclusive red meat value chains for women and youth in Eastern and Southern Africa (K'LUSA)

Most rural households in Zimbabwe and Malawi depend on smallholder agriculture and livestock husbandry to meet food and nutritional security goals and improve their livelihoods. However, due to the low level of public and private investment in the livestock sector, livestock-keeping households...

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