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ILRI News on livestock

08 Jan 2020

As United States marks January as ‘National One Health Awareness Month’, public, veterinary and environmental health in Africa is bolstered by the start of a new ‘One Health’ centre

Menz, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Zerihun Sewunet) Each year, an International One Health Day is celebrated globally on 3 Nov. Last month, the US Senate designated Jan 2020 as ‘National One Health Awareness Month’ to promote collaboration among public, animal and environmental health scientists...

ILRI News

17 Dec 2019

Ekta Patel

ILRI scientists are applying advanced ‘nanovaccinology’ in development of new vaccines against devastating tropical livestock diseases

Artistic render of a nanoparticle (photo credit: University of California at Berkeley/Mathew Tirrell) Smaller than 100 nanometres in diameter—about 60 times smaller than the width of human hair and comparable in size to microscopic structures within cells—synthetically produced nanoparticles are...

ILRI News

11 Dec 2019

Paul Karaimu

Getting up close and personal: Building on long-standing CGIAR collaboration, a delegation of diplomats tours advanced livestock science facilities in Nairobi

Her Excellency Annett Günther, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Kenya (second left); Katrin Hegemann, deputy head of Delegation of the EU to Kenya; and Patrick Egloff, deputy head of mission, Embassy of Switzerland (to Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda) during a visit to...

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Publications on livestock

Journal Article

Published2020

Importance of livestock diseases identified using participatory epidemiology in the highlands of Ethiopia

Conference Paper

Published2019

The impact of perennial forage varieties in milk productivity and gender role

Journal Article

Published2019

High quality cassava peel® production and its utilization in pig production: A review

Conference Paper

Published2019

Factors influence adoption of perennial forage varieties in dairy production system in India

Journal Article

Published2019

Evaluation of new generation macrolides for the treatment and metaphylaxis of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in cattle experimentally infected with Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides

Journal Article

Published2019

Genetic and antigenic variation of the bovine tick-borne pathogen Theileria parva in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa

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ILRI Projects on livestock

Jun 2017May 2020

Identifying anthrax hotspots and associated ecological factors in Kenya

In Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa, outbreaks of anthrax occur in certain ecological regions, primarily triggered by weather extremes. Outbreaks of this neglected disease result in significant morbidity and mortality in humans, livestock and wildlife. The overall goal of this project is to identify...

Mar 2019Feb 2022

Health of Ethiopian Animals for Rural Development

This project aims to increase sustainable livestock productivity and improve marketing of livestock products by enhancing quality and reliability of integrated public-private veterinary service delivery. The project also supports the certification of export abattoirs through the development of meat...

Aug 2015Dec 2019

Zoonoses in livestock in Kenya

Continuing changes to livestock production systems in Kenya and elsewhere to satisfy increased demand for livestock products affect the risk of zoonoses and other infectious diseases. The most important changes are the commercialisation and intensification of what was previously subsistence farming...

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