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ILRI News on livestock

27 Jun 2022

Nepal Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development explores collaboration opportunities with ILRI during visit to India

Collaboration opportunities to strengthen Nepal’s livestock sector were top of the agenda when Shri Mahindra Ray Yadav, Nepal’s minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development along with his private secretary, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, visited the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI )...

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Mazingira blog

02 Jun 2022

African livestock systems’ greenhouse gas emission intensities are not as high as believed and potential avenues to reduce them

Written by Phyllis Ndung’u Dairy cow in a smallholder mixed crop-livestock system. Photo credit: ILRI/Sonja Leitner Ruminants are central to the economic and nutritional life of much of sub-Saharan Africa, but cattle are now blamed for having a disproportionately large negative environmental impact...

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Publications on livestock

Journal Article

Published2020

Zoonotic pathogens in urban animals: Enough research to protect the health of the urban population?

Journal Article

Published2020

Genetic diversity, population structure and runs of homozygosity in Ethiopian short fat-tailed and Awassi sheep breeds using genome-wide 50k SNP markers

Journal Article

Published2020

Indigenous knowledge of veterinary medicinal plant use in cattle treatment in southwestern Burkina Faso (West Africa)

Extension Material

Published2019

ILRI Projects on livestock

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...

Mar 2019Feb 2022

Health of Ethiopian Animals for Rural Development

This project aims to increase sustainable livestock productivity and improve marketing of livestock products by enhancing quality and reliability of integrated public-private veterinary service delivery. The project also supports the certification of export abattoirs through the development of meat...

Aug 2015Dec 2019

Zoonoses in livestock in Kenya

Continuing changes to livestock production systems in Kenya and elsewhere to satisfy increased demand for livestock products affect the risk of zoonoses and other infectious diseases. The most important changes are the commercialisation and intensification of what was previously subsistence farming...

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ILRI News on livestock

Nepal Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development explores collaboration opportunities with ILRI during visit to India

African livestock systems’ greenhouse gas emission intensities are not as high as believed and potential avenues to reduce them

Nghiên cứu mới cho thấy khả năng kháng kháng sinh của vi khuẩn Salmonella trong các mẫu thịt lợn tại các cửa hàng bán lẻ và cơ sở giết mổ ở Việt Nam

Publications on livestock

Zoonotic pathogens in urban animals: Enough research to protect the health of the urban population?

Genetic diversity, population structure and runs of homozygosity in Ethiopian short fat-tailed and Awassi sheep breeds using genome-wide 50k SNP markers

Indigenous knowledge of veterinary medicinal plant use in cattle treatment in southwestern Burkina Faso (West Africa)

How to feed lactating cows

How to prevent disease in cattle

Reproduction and breeding management

ILRI Projects on livestock

Identifying anthrax hotspots and associated ecological factors in Kenya

Health of Ethiopian Animals for Rural Development

Zoonoses in livestock in Kenya