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ILRI News on wildlife

04 Sep 2019

Scientists test an experimental vaccine against malignant catarrhal fever at ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station

Livestock grazing at the Kapiti Research Station (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). The annual migration of wildebeest between the Serengeti and Maasai Mara parks in Tanzania and Kenya is one of the seven new wonders of the world. Thousands of tourists from all over the world gather to see this...

AgHealth blog

21 Jun 2019

Tezira Lore

New study finds that urban wildlife may be a significant vector for antimicrobial resistant bacteria

Researchers entering sampling data (photo credit: Zoonoses and Emerging Diseases). In the cities of developing nations, where unregulated antibiotic use is common and livestock jostle with people amid often unsanitary conditions, scientists have found a potentially troubling vector for the...

Publications on wildlife

Journal Article

Published2019

Temporal and spatial distribution of anthrax outbreaks among Kenyan wildlife, 1999–2017

Journal Article

Published2019

Clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance at the wildlife–livestock–human interface in Nairobi: An epidemiological study

Journal Article

Published2019

A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya

Journal Article

Published2018

Recurrent anthrax outbreaks in humans, livestock, and wildlife in the same locality, Kenya, 2014–2017

Journal Article

Published2017

Brucella seroprevalence in cattle near a wildlife reserve in Kenya

Journal Article

Published2016

Metagenomic analysis demonstrates the diversity of the fecal virome in asymptomatic pigs in East Africa

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ILRI Projects on wildlife

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...

International Livestock Research Institute

Tags: wildlife

ILRI News on wildlife

Scientists test an experimental vaccine against malignant catarrhal fever at ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station

New study finds that urban wildlife may be a significant vector for antimicrobial resistant bacteria

ILRI’s Kapiti livestock research station—and Kenyan and global public goods—imperiled by land grabs in Kenya

Publications on wildlife

Temporal and spatial distribution of anthrax outbreaks among Kenyan wildlife, 1999–2017

Clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance at the wildlife–livestock–human interface in Nairobi: An epidemiological study

A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya

Recurrent anthrax outbreaks in humans, livestock, and wildlife in the same locality, Kenya, 2014–2017

Brucella seroprevalence in cattle near a wildlife reserve in Kenya

Metagenomic analysis demonstrates the diversity of the fecal virome in asymptomatic pigs in East Africa

ILRI Projects on wildlife

Identifying anthrax hotspots and associated ecological factors in Kenya