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ILRI News on sheep

12 Apr 2022

Q fever common in Tana River and Garissa counties: New study reveals

Coxiella burnetii , the bacterium that causes query fever (Q fever) in humans and livestock, is widely spread in Kenya’s Tana River and Garissa counties and it could pose serious economic and human health risks in the region. This is one of the findings of a study by the International Livestock...

Geoffrey NjengaCommunications Specialist
Daniel Nthiwa(ILRI)

ILRI News

22 Oct 2021

Pacem Kotchofa’s PPR research wins second place at World Food Forum’s Transformative Research Challenge

Pacem Kotchofa, a Beninese-born agricultural economist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) who leads the socio-economic thematic group of the Peste de Petits Ruminants (PPR) Global Research and Expertise Network (PPR GREN), was awarded second place at the World Food Forum’s...

Brenda CorominaPrinceton in Africa Fellow: Assistant Writer/Editor

ILRI News

11 Feb 2021

Strengthening wildlife health capacities and use of One Health can support global efforts to eradicate ‘goat plague’

In Africa, ILRI is implementing the Epidemiology and Control of Peste des petits ruminants (ECO-PPR) research project, with several partners in East and West Africa and in collaboration with French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation organization (CIRAD) and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) to support initiatives towards eradicating PPR.