Tags: animal health

ILRI News on animal health

13 May 2021

Putting One Health into practice: A call to action for animal health

Action for Animal Health is a new coalition that aims to secure greater support for animal health systems with a focus on: increasing and improving the animal health workforce; closing the veterinary medicines and vaccines gap; improving animal disease detection, surveillance and management;...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

Policies, institutions and livelihoods

07 May 2021

Assessing the role of cooperatives in promoting adoption of livestock vaccines in Kenya

Researchers in the Policies Institutions and Livelihoods (PIL) program of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have had to adopt new ways of conducting surveys in a bid to comply with the COVID-19 pandemic-related travel restrictions in Kenya. Julius Githinji, a research associate...

Judy KimaniCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

ILRI Asia blog

27 Apr 2021

ILRI launches livestock research for development programs in Nepal

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has officially launched its programs in Nepal. Bimal Kumar Nirmal, acting secretary in Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD), officially launched ILRI’s livestock research programs in the country on 23 April 2021 at...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

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Publications on animal health

Manual

Published2021

Sổ tay hướng dẫn phòng bệnh ký sinh trùng truyền lây từ lợn sang người và cải thiện thực hành vệ sinh trong chuỗi sản xuất thịt lợn bản địa

Report

Published2021

Identification of risk factors for African Swine Fever (ASF) along pig value chain in Lào Cai province

Journal Article

Published2021

Comparative evaluation of the immunodominant proteins of Brucella abortus for the diagnosis of cattle brucellosis

Presentation

Published2021

Animal and Human Health program communications

Report

Published2020

Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam through better management of parasitic pig-borne diseases

Manual

Published2020

Prevention of parasitic pig-borne diseases and improvement of hygiene practices in the pork value chain

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ILRI Projects on animal health

Aug 2020Aug 2025

Feed the Future Animal Health Innovation Lab

The Feed the Future Animal Health Innovation Lab will develop local capacity in Kenya to carry out laboratory-based animal health research to improve East Coast fever vaccines and diagnostics and conduct social and economic evaluations of the effects of animal health interventions on human...

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 2021

Silvopastoralism and welfare of animals in Borana

Silvopastoralism is a form of agroforestry that involves integrating trees, forage and the grazing of domesticated animals in a mutually beneficial way. This project will develop site-specific action plans to strengthen silvopastoralism and its value chain integrating management of dry forests,...

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