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ILRI News on ECF

28 Apr 2022

Genetics breakthrough in disease-resistant native East African cattle breed—The Economist

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) veterinary scientists led by Phil Toye and James Prendergast of the Roslin Institute were featured in The Economist for the serendipitous discovery of a gene that could make African cattle more resistant to East Coast Fever. Reproduced here is the...

Brenda CorominaPrinceton in Africa Fellow: Assistant Writer/Editor

ILRI News

15 Mar 2022

Experts discuss the impact of climate change on tick-borne pathogens in western, central and eastern Africa

Africa is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, impacting the emergence, re-emergence and spread of vector-borne diseases. The epidemiology of tick-borne diseases in tropical Africa is complex, often characterized by co-infection of livestock and wildlife with multiple tick-borne...

Tezira LoreCommunication Specialist

ILRI News

08 Feb 2022

James Magondu

The Institute for International Livestock Research (ILRI) is sad to report the death the week before last of James Magondu, a long-term staff member of ILRI and its predecessor, the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), who retired from ILRI in 2012. As Julius Osaso,...

Susan MacMillanEmeritus Fellow(International Livestock Research Institute)
Chris HinsonFormer ILRAD Laboratory Manager(Retired)
Julius OsasoDiagnostic Platform Manager(BecA-ILRI Hub)

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Publications on ECF

Journal Article

Published2022

A single exon-encoded Theileria parva strain Muguga cysteine protease (ThpCP): Molecular modelling and characterization

ILRI Projects on ECF

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...