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New community animal health platforms to guide participatory improvement of livestock in four regions of Mali
Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
Participants of a community animal health platform facilitators training in Mali (photo credit: ILRI/Michel Dione). Four community animal health platforms (CAHPs) have been formed to harness collective action in addressing…
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WorldFish breeding program produces 15th generation of improved GIFT tilapia
Originally posted on CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish:
At WorldFish, the long-running selective breeding program for the Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) strain is fundamental to its efforts to improve livelihoods and food security in Asia, the Pacific…
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New publication warns of rising use of antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs in farm animals
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Antimicrobial consumption in chickens (A) & pigs (B) in 2010. Figure from PNAS paper: Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals, published 20 Mar 2015 by Thomas Van Boeckel, Tim Robinson and others. As reported…
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Recent drought-induced livestock losses in East Africa mask deeper problem of animal feed scarcities
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Cattle grazing on Brachiaria grass at the ILRI campus in Nairobi, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Collins Mutai). The following excerpts are taken from an opinion piece published by An Notenbaert, a former scientist with ILRI for 11…
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Why (and how) human health (and development) depends on animal health—OIE’s Monique Eloit
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
South African cattle dead from a devastating outbreak of rinderpest, 1896 (photographer unknown; public domain image). The following are excerpts of an opinion piece written by Monique Eloit, director general of the World Organisation for Animal…
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Livestock for food security and nutrition—Committee on World Food Security policy recommendations
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Rachael Njeri has started growing forage strips on her farm in the Kenya’s Tana River watershed. The forage plants help prevent soil erosion and provide feed for her cattle (photo credit: CIAT/Georgina Smith). The Committee…
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Pathogen ecologies and human interventions: The natural and unnatural histories of zoonotic diseases
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
Three diapered goats in the boot of a car in Bamako, Mali (photo on Flickr by Romel Jacinto/37 °C). This week, the Lancet publishes a series of three papers on diseases that are ‘zoonotic’, that is,…
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