wildlife

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...

zoonotic diseases
disease control
animal diseases
epidemiology
health
wildlife
livestock

International Livestock Research Institute

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ILRI News on wildlife

One Health Centre in Africa

ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station to serve as conservancy and critical wildlife corridor for Nairobi National Park

Wildlife markets in the pandemic: Prohibit or preserve them? Ban or promote them?

Publications on wildlife

Microbial diversity in bushmeat samples recovered from the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania

Zoonotic pathogen seroprevalence in cattle in a wildlife–livestock interface, Kenya

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

Temporal and spatial distribution of anthrax outbreaks among Kenyan wildlife, 1999–2017

Clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance at the wildlife–livestock–human interface in Nairobi: An epidemiological study

A participatory epidemiological study of major cattle diseases amongst Maasai pastoralists living in wildlife-livestock interfaces in Maasai Mara, Kenya

ILRI Projects on wildlife

Identifying anthrax hotspots and associated ecological factors in Kenya