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ILRI News on disease control

07 Aug 2020

Laughter, the universal language

Author Zoë Campbell at a community meeting with Fulani pastoralists in Senegal (photo credit: Guy Ilboudo, ILRI-Burkina Faso). Written by ILRI gender and socioeconomic researcher Zoë Campbell. If there were no language barriers, what would research be like, I wonder? I’m a gender researcher working...

Susan MacMillanTeam leader, Communications, awareness and advocacy

ILRI clippings

07 Aug 2020

Do Kenya’s camel handlers face a threat from MERS? What we found

A camel herder in Kenya (photo credit: Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images). Written by Eric Fèvre , University of Liverpool and International Livestock Research Institute, and Elizabeth Cook , International Livestock Research Institute In Kenya, camels are a very popular animal to keep as livestock...

Susan MacMillanTeam leader, Communications, awareness and advocacy

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Publications on disease control

Journal Article

Published2020

Evidence for the presence of African swine fever virus in apparently healthy pigs in South-Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Presentation

Published2020

One Health research at ILRI to address neglected tropical diseases, zoonoses and emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia

Report

Published2019

Policy validation workshop and the 9th Ethio-poultry forum

Report

Published2020

Preventing the next pandemic: Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission

Journal Article

Published2020

Volunteer based approach to dog vaccination campaigns to eliminate human rabies: Lessons from Laikipia County, Kenya

Journal Article

Published2020

Comparative transcriptomics of the bovine apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva developmental stages reveals massive gene expression variation and potential vaccine antigens

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ILRI Projects on disease control

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...

Aug 2011Jul 2014

Accelerating CBPP research towards a better vaccine through application of synthetic biology

Objectives: Our long-term perspective is to apply key synthetic biology technologies to gain knowledge for vaccine development against diverse mycoplasma infections; the current project will show proof of principle. Two approaches will be pursued. 1. We propose to transfer the synthetic biology...

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May 2010Oct 2013

Enhanced control of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in sub Saharan Africa through development of better diagnostics and vaccines

Objectives/goals To alleviate negative impacts of CBPP on pastoralist and othe livestock keepers in endemic areas of sub Saharan African countries. Expected outputs Laboratory assay that provides greater sensitivity and specificity than the existing test and that is capable of accurately estimating...

Tags: disease control

ILRI News on disease control

Laughter, the universal language

Do Kenya’s camel handlers face a threat from MERS? What we found

New project to improve agricultural productivity in Zimbabwe

Publications on disease control

Evidence for the presence of African swine fever virus in apparently healthy pigs in South-Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo

One Health research at ILRI to address neglected tropical diseases, zoonoses and emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia

Policy validation workshop and the 9th Ethio-poultry forum

Preventing the next pandemic: Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission

Volunteer based approach to dog vaccination campaigns to eliminate human rabies: Lessons from Laikipia County, Kenya

Comparative transcriptomics of the bovine apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva developmental stages reveals massive gene expression variation and potential vaccine antigens

ILRI Projects on disease control

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

Accelerating CBPP research towards a better vaccine through application of synthetic biology

Enhanced control of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in sub Saharan Africa through development of better diagnostics and vaccines