Tags: zoonotic diseases

ILRI News on zoonotic diseases

07 Aug 2020

Do Kenya’s camel handlers face a threat from MERS? What we found

A camel herder in Kenya (photo credit: Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images). Written by Eric Fèvre , University of Liverpool and International Livestock Research Institute, and Elizabeth Cook , International Livestock Research Institute In Kenya, camels are a very popular animal to keep as livestock...

Susan MacMillanTeam leader, Communications, awareness and advocacy

ILRI News

20 Jul 2020

Pandemic preparedness: The lessons of One Health

One Health is not an approach which is limited to zoonotic disease outbreaks, said Kristina Roesel , scientist in the Animal and Human Health program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), as she delivered a keynote talk at the ‘Workshop on One Health with a focus on prevention...

Annabel SlaterDigital content specialist

ILRI News

14 Jul 2020

A One-Health approach is needed to protect both people and the planet—ILRI and UNEP leaders

Graphic adapted by Annabel Slater, of ILRI communications, from World Bank , 2012. An opinion piece by Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), warns that zoonotic...

Susan MacMillanTeam leader, Communications, awareness and advocacy

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Publications on zoonotic diseases

Journal Article

Published2020

Reflections on IDEAL: What we have learnt from a unique calf cohort study

Journal Article

Published2020

Local and transboundary transmissions of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 through pig trading

Presentation

Published2020

One Health research at ILRI to address neglected tropical diseases, zoonoses and emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia

Report

Published2020

Preventing the next pandemic: Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission

Journal Article

Published2020

Volunteer based approach to dog vaccination campaigns to eliminate human rabies: Lessons from Laikipia County, Kenya

Journal Article

Published2020

Risk factors for Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii infection among small ruminants in Eastern India

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ILRI Projects on zoonotic diseases

Sep 2019Aug 2022

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

Rift Valley fever, brucellosis and Q fever cause serious illnesses in humans and are associated with extensive socio-economic losses in livestock. These diseases are prevalent in pastoral areas of Kenya and are among the country’s top 10 priority zoonoses. In people, the diseases cause intermittent...

Jan 2019Dec 2023

Boosting Uganda’s investment in livestock development

In Uganda, around 70% of all households keep at least one kind of livestock (including poultry). Livestock production is primarily a family business, but only a fraction of the food produced is used for home consumption. Most of it is sold at local markets, which are mainly informal markets...