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ILRI News on animal breeding

21 Apr 2022

Press release: New livestock-based initiative launched for better livelihoods, nutrition and gender inclusion in the Northwest Highlands of Vietnam

A two-day workshop, 20-21 April 2022, kicked off the One-CGIAR initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion (or SAPLING ) in Son La Province, Northwest Vietnam. The workshop brought together about 80 key stakeholders from Son La province including...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

AVCD program blog

09 Dec 2021

How DFAs are rejuvenating the dairy industry in Homa Bay and Siaya counties

Okal Okoko, at his Okasambu Dairy Farm in Oyugis, Homa Bay Before 2019, Kasbondo Dairy Cooperative, in Oyugis, Homa Bay County used to receive 300-350 litres of milk per day from less than 25 farmers with only three of them able supply 60 litres per day. Across the region in Siaya County, SAM...

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ILRI News

12 May 2021

Scientists in Africa explore use of surrogate sires to improve small ruminant breeds

In Pullman, Washington, the director and reproductive biologist at the Center for Reproductive Biology, Jon Oatley, and his team have generated a gene-edited goat, known as surrogate sire—a goat that is capable of ‘hosting’ sperm from a different buck. Oatley believes that this technology is the key to unlocking the growing demand for food and nutritional security and has paired up with scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the University of Nairobi to apply the technology in Africa.

Ekta PatelScientist & Communications Manager - Biosciences

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Publications on animal breeding

Journal Article

Published2022

Comparative efficiency for in vitro transfection of goat undifferentiated spermatogonia using lipofectamine reagents and electroporation

Journal Article

Published2022

Galbase: A comprehensive repository for integrating chicken multi-omics data

Manual

Published2022

A guide to setting up a selective indigenous chicken program: The Horasi breed in Tanzania

Press Item

Published2022

We can buy wheat by selling milk or meat

Press Item

Published2022

Livestock: Ethiopia’s extra potential to stimulate the economy

Journal Article

Published2022

Genome-wide investigations reveal the population structure and selection signatures of Nigerian cattle adaptation in the sub-Saharan tropics

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ILRI Projects on animal breeding

Improving village chicken protection to elevate the livelihoods of poor people in Ethiopia

Chickens are the only affordable livestock for the poor and improving their production level can improve the livelihood of the village farmers, and thus serve as a stepping stone out of extreme poverty. Production levels of indigenous chicken can be improved by organised breeding A participatory...

A system to cost effectively create a continuous supply of F1 heifer via sexed embryos

Many of Heifer Project International’s projects are centred on the provision of improved animals to and training of low income families. In relation to dairy cattle in a number of sub-Saharan African countries, HPI has indicated that they are unable to meet the demand for high quality animals from...

animal breeding

Jan 2011Dec 2013

Comparative genome sequence analysis to identify disease and traits related genes under different selection pressures during chicken domestication

Objectives: • To identify candidate genes associated with disease resistance and economic traits through an analysis of signature of selection (SOS) between Asian and African lineage poultry. • To conduct statistical modeling of marker-assisted gene introgression (MAI) based on disease...

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