zoonotic diseases

This page brings together ILRI and partner resources on zoonotic diseases. It shows information on projects, news items, research outputs, video materials and presentations as well as ILRI people working in zoonotic diseases.

News about zoonotic diseases

Livestock fact check – what’s behind the data behind facts on livestock development?

Facts and data on livestock and sustainable development are often hard to pin down. A set of fact sheets from the Supporting Evidence Based...

ILRI clippings, Jun/2018
Checking the facts behind the ‘livestock facts’ we think we know

A new look at the facts behind the 'livestock facts' we think we know—Twitter Moment ...

ILRI clippings, Jun/2018

ILRI launches mobile phone-based interactive voice advisory service for pig farmers in Uganda

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is underlining its commitment to smallholder pig farmers with the launch of Uganda’s first...

ILRI Livelihoods, Gender and Impact, May/2018
‘Is my food safe?’ – the state of current research on food safety

Originally posted on AgHealth...

Safe Food Fair Food, May/2018

Agrilinks hosts month-long focus on food safety

Originally posted on AgHealth:
Fish...

Safe Food Fair Food, Apr/2018
Thai’s Prince Mahidol Award Conference addresses emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance

Making the world safe from the threats of zoonotic diseases and ensuring effective management of antibiotics requires a well-coordinated...

ILRI Asia, Mar/2018

New project to tackle antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam’s pig sector

A two-year project that will assess veterinary health management and veterinary drug use in Vietnamese pig farms has been launched. The project...

ILRI Asia, Mar/2018
New abattoir to improve access to safe and affordable pork in Uganda

In their quest for fairer pork prices, better pork handling and safety and a desire to strengthen disease control measures, in particular for...

ILRI Livelihoods, Gender and Impact, Mar/2018

Germany and ILRI intensify scientific cooperation to protect consumer health in Africa and Europe

With the participation of German research institutions and authorities, a workshop to improve human and animal health protection is taking place...

ILRI clippings, Mar/2018
DFID/UKAid fund British, ILRI, African genetics research to advance African livestock development

During the visit Ms Mordaunt also announced plans to develop the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, which is based in both...

ILRI clippings, Jan/2018

Collaboration between government and researchers to improve food safety in Cambodia

Originally posted on...

Safe Food Fair Food, Jan/2018
Vietnam-based project to design key maps and tools for managing climate-sensitive diseases

On 22 December 2017 animal and human health experts gathered in Hanoi, Vietnam to discuss ways of disseminating the findings and recommendations...

ILRI Asia, Jan/2018

While some animal-transmitted diseases of the poor are declining, other, mostly foodborne, diseases are on the rise

A new category of infectious diseases is thriving. Amid mostly stabilizing population growth, declining poverty, rising urbanization and emerging...

ILRI clippings, Nov/2017
#OneHealthDay: New research on Uganda’s urban pig value chain focuses on One Health from social science perspective

On the occasion of One Health Day (3 Nov), we feature a new ILRI discussion paper on pathogens in Uganda's urban and peri-urban pig value chain....

AgHealth, Nov/2017

Animal health experts discuss approaches for tackling brucellosis in India

Towards the end of the peri-urban human animal environment interface (PeriMilk) project that the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI...

ILRI Asia, Nov/2017
ILRI and Farm Ink ‘Facebook project’ to track livestock diseases in Kenya among five winners of research grants

The CGIAR Platform on Big Data in Agriculture has awarded five research proposals USD100,000 each during its inaugural convention 19–22 Sep 2017....

ILRI clippings, Oct/2017

University of Melbourne students learn use of One Health approaches in livestock research from ILRI researchers in Vietnam

A group of four students from the University of Melbourne, School of Veterinary Sciences participated in a two-week internship with the...

ILRI Asia, Oct/2017
Behaviour change and biosciences necessary to tackle infectious zoonotic diseases – Uppsala Health Summit

A workshop at last week’s Uppsala Health Summit zoomed in on zoonotic diseases in livestock and ways to mitigate risk behaviour associated with...

Livestock agri food systems, Oct/2017

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Projects on zoonotic diseases

Quantifying weather and climate impacts on health in developing countries...

People working on zoonotic diseases


	Alice Kiyong’a Research Assistant I
	Barbara Wieland Team Leader Herd Health
	Barbara Wieland Team Leader Herd Health
	Christine Atherstone consultant
	Dr Momanyi Kelvin Nyariaro Research Assistant
	Eric Fevre Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool
	Florence Mutua post doctoral scientist
	Hu Suk Lee Scientist (veterinary epidemiologist)
	Johanna Lindahl Scientist

Media stories

Probe into farm animals could help treat drug-resistant bacteria

2018/05 - EurekAlert!
‘Nation’ probe discovers huge residues of drugs in meat

2017/08 - The Daily Nation
'One Health' research awarded £7.7million from Global Challenges Research Fund

2017/07 - University of Liverpool News
Pathway to peril: What's the new Zika?

2017/07 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Workshop on trust networks for food safety held

2017/07 - Viet Nam News

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Clippings

Intensive animal production may boost flu pandemic threat

2017/01 - EurekAlert
How an ‘urban zoo’ project in Kenya is helping unpack the spread of disease

2016/11 - The Conversation
Meat inspection must be beefed up in Africa to cull food-borne diseases

2016/08 - The Conversation
Understanding MERS-CoV at the animal-human interface

2016/05 - FAO
Biosecurity guide for live poultry markets

2015 - FAO

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ILRI events in zoonotic diseases

'Food microbial hazards and risks’ seminar

Jul/2016

Advantages of and ways forwards for integrated One Health approaches to antimicrobial resistance management in Vietnam

Jul/2016

An integrated approach to controlling brucellosis in Africa

Jan/2013

ILRI photos from zoonotic diseases

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