Tags: wildlife

ILRI News on wildlife

02 Dec 2019

#AntimicrobialResistance through the eyes of the journalists in Kenya

Participants in the CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub media sensitization activity held on 15 November 2019 at ILRI Nairobi, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). In the lead up to the World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019 ( #WAAW2019 ), which is celebrated every year in November, the CGIAR AMR...

ILRI News

04 Sep 2019

Ekta Patel

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...

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Publications on wildlife

Journal Article

Published2019

Microbial diversity in bushmeat samples recovered from the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania

Journal Article

Published2019

Zoonotic pathogen seroprevalence in cattle in a wildlife–livestock interface, Kenya

Presentation

Published2019

Co-infection with Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in humans and animals in Kenya: Disease burden and ecological factors

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

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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...