Surveillance and early-warning systems for climate-sensitive diseases in Vietnam and Laos (Pestforecast)

A warmer, wetter world is likely to be sicker. The Mekong is a hotspot for human, animal and plant disease, and some of the most important are highly sensitive to climate and climate changes. These diseases impose enormous burdens on human health and the agricultural sector and hinder broader...

Molecular epidemiology network for promotion and support of delivery of life vaccines against Theileria parva and Theileria annulata infection in Eastern and Northern Africa

The general objective of the project is to ensure food security and to improve food safety by developing new and improving existing vaccination against bovine theileriosis caused by T. annulata and T. parva . The anticipated project aims to contribute to poverty alleviation by increasing farmers’...

Developing a livestock traceability system for domestic and export markets in pastoral areas of eastern Africa

Livestock contribute immensely to socio-economic development in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region. There are about 68 million livestock units in the region with Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan. Most of this region is arid or semi-arid, thus pastoral or agro-pastoral...

Novel approach and technologies to reduce the Impact of nematodes and parasitism on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers of sheep and goats in Africa

Application of genomics and immune-informatics to identification of genes related to virulence in mycoplasma mycoides the causative agent of contagious bovine pleuropneuonia (CBPP)

Functional gene discovery for disease resistance in Chicken

Disease Resistance: Avian Influenza (AI) has been a continuous problem in the world and damaged seriously to poultry industry and public health. In Korea, the first outbreak of AI was in 1993, and followed by highly pathogenic outbreak in 2003, and 2006. More than 5 million chicken and ducks were...

Accelerating CBPP research towards a better vaccine through application of synthetic biology

Objectives: Our long-term perspective is to apply key synthetic biology technologies to gain knowledge for vaccine development against diverse mycoplasma infections; the current project will show proof of principle. Two approaches will be pursued. 1. We propose to transfer the synthetic biology...

Impact assessment study of the Nigeria avian influenza control and human pandemic preparedness and response project

Nigeria was the first country in Africa to be affected by the H5N1 virus, with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks initially reported in the Kaduna State and confirmed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on 8 February 2006. The disease spread rapidly to 97 Local...

Enhancing animal health systems in Africa

Weaknesses in veterinary surveillance systems in Africa have been highlighted during recent outbreaks of infectious diseases such as Rift Valley fever and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Conventional passive surveillance has proven largely ineffective due to poor capacity and compliance, and...