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ILRI News on disease control

07 Oct 2021

ILRI researchers contribute to Scientific and Technical Review special issue on veterinary services

A special issue (Aug 2021) of the Scientific and Technical Review journal of the World Organisation for Animal Health ( OIE ) turns the spotlight on the operation of veterinary services in a world affected by various external factors such as climate change and emerging zoonotic diseases. The COVID-...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

ILRI News

20 Aug 2021

Tick control: How cattle owners are reducing acaricide efficacy and increasing tick resistance

Introduction Ticks are nuisance external parasites on wildlife, livestock, dogs and sometimes human hosts. Ticks suck blood from their hosts and damage their skins reducing productivity and causing discomfort to the host. Additionally, ticks are vectors that transmit disease-causing pathogens to...

Faith Mutavi
David NgomeCommunications Officer

ILRI News

24 Jun 2021

New study identifies contextual factors for the control of pork tapeworm in endemic areas

Access to services such as toilets and clean water, local knowledge, cultural norms and taboos; and the presence of regulatory frameworks such as meat inspection are among the key factors that determine the success or failure of Taenia solium control measures in endemic areas. These are the...

Nicholas NgwiliGraduate Fellow(ILRI)
Geoffrey NjengaCommunications Officer

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Publications on disease control

Presentation

Published2021

Call for action: Eradicate peste des petits ruminants and improve the livelihood of smallholder farmers in developing countries―Evidence from Senegal

Journal Article

Published2021

Using a One Health case-based investigation for improved control of brucellosis in Isiolo, Kenya

Poster

Published2021

Are there gender differences in access to and demand for East Coast fever vaccine? Empirical evidence from rural smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya

Manual

Published2021

Manuel de vaccination contre la peste des petits ruminants pour les pays sahéliens d’Afrique de l’Ouest: Burkina Faso, Mali, Sénégal

Journal Article

Published2021

Modeling the spread of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome among pig farms in Lira District of northern Uganda

Report

Published2021

Porcine cysticercosis vaccine market scoping: Lessons learnt from the Uganda smallholder pigs value chains

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ILRI Projects on disease control

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...

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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