Monthly Archives: February 2016

Livestock and the Sustainable Development Goals

Originally posted on ILRI news:
Livestock are central to achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and directly relevant to most of them. The growing demand for livestock products in developing countries, driven by population growth, higher incomes and…

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One Health to feature at international conference on tropical veterinary medicine

Originally posted on AgHealth:
The holistic concept of ‘One World-One Health’ in disease prevention and control will be among the topics of discussion at the first joint international conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (AITVM) and…

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FAO workshops map and plan work to contain animal-transmitted Ebola and MERS diseases

Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Watering camels near Wajir, in northern Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Riccardo Gangale). Infectious animal-borne disease threats such as Ebola and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are here to stay, and further painful outbreaks are likely…

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AWARENESS/SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP ON SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF REGULATED AGRICULTURAL INPUTS FOR STAKEHOLDERS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL ZONE (MINNA)

Originally posted on VMAP DIRECTORATE, NAFDAC:
The NAFDAC Act CAP N1 LFN 2004 empowers the agency to provide Science based information for regulatory decisions and specify requirements that must be met by stakeholders to ensure that Veterinary drugs and Allied…

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Some of ILRI’s top livestock slide presentations in 2015

Originally posted on ILRI news:
Sections: Livestock overviews Livestock in Africa Livestock in Asia Livestock feeds Livestock breeds Livestock health Livestock and food safety Livestock and pastoral systems Livestock and climate change Livestock and human nutrition and health Livestock and…

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