This report describes a study of the principal animal health problems in central and southern parts of Turkana South District, with particular emphasis on their relative importance, factors that promote their occurrence and persistence, and the perceived impact of intervention measures applied pr...
Bett, Bernard K.
,
Jost, Christine
,
Mariner, Jeffrey C.
,
[Participatory investigation of important animal health problems amongst the Turkana pastoralists: Relative incidence, impact on livelihoods and suggested interventions]
,
Participatory investigation of important animal health problems amongst the Turkana pastoralists: Relative incidence, impact on livelihoods and suggested interventions
Dans le cadre du projet de détection précoce, de rapportage et de surveillance de l’influenza aviaire en Afrique, financé par l’Agence américaine pour le développement international (USAID), un certain nombre de formations en surveillance participative de la maladie (SPM) concernant l’influenza a...
Ameri, A.A.
,
Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.
,
Jones, B.
,
Mariner, Jeffrey C.
,
Mehta-Bhatt, Purvi
,
Pissang, C.
,
[Introduction à l’épidémiologie participative et son application à la surveillance participative de l’influenza aviaire hautement pathogène: Manuel pour les praticiens de la surveillance participative des maladies]
,
Introduction à l’épidémiologie participative et son application à la surveillance participative de l’influenza aviaire hautement pathogène: Manuel pour les praticiens de la surveillance participative des maladies
Until today HPAI in poultry is considered to be endemic in most of the Indonesian provinces since it was officially declared in 2004. Vaccination is used as one of the control strategies targeting layer and breeder farms but also Kampong (village) chicken. Limited information is available on the ...
Unger, Fred
,
Priyono, W.
,
Siregar, E.S.
,
Azhar, M.
,
Bett, Bernard K.
,
McLaws, M.
,
Jost, Christine
,
Mariner, Jeffrey C.
,
[Population dynamics in Kampong chicken and consequences for HPAI vaccination: results of a field trial in Java]
,
Population dynamics in Kampong chicken and consequences for HPAI vaccination: results of a field trial in Java
Rinderpest was a devastating disease of livestock responsible for continent-wide famine and poverty. Centuries of veterinary advances culminated in 2011 with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Organization for Animal Health declaring global eradication of rinderpest; only the ...
Roeder, P.
,
Mariner, Jeffrey C.
,
Kock, R.
,
[Rinderpest: The veterinary perspective on eradication]
,
Rinderpest: The veterinary perspective on eradication
The research objective was to develop a thermostable vaccine against peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a morbilliviral disease of small ruminants targeted for eradication that is a major constraint on the livelihoods of the rural poor throughout much of Africa and Asia. Although existing PPR vacc...
Mariner, Jeffrey C.
,
Gachanja, J.
,
Tindih, H.S.
,
Toye, Philip G.
,
[A thermostable presentation of the live, attenuated peste des petits ruminants vaccine in use in Africa and Asia]
,
A thermostable presentation of the live, attenuated peste des petits ruminants vaccine in use in Africa and Asia
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subsp.
mycoides (Mmm) is an economically very important cattle disease in sub-Saharan Africa.
CBPP impacts animal health and poverty of livestock-dependent people through decreased
animal productivity, reduced food supply, and...
Jores, Joerg
,
Mariner, Jeffrey C.
,
Naessens, Jan
,
[Development of an improved vaccine for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia: An African perspective on challenges and proposed actions]
,
Development of an improved vaccine for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia: An African perspective on challenges and proposed actions
Mariner, Jeffrey C.
,
Bett, Bernard K.
,
Gachohi, John M.
,
[Decision support framework for managing Rift Valley fever in the Horn of Africa]
,
Decision support framework for managing Rift Valley fever in the Horn of Africa
Lawson, S.E.
,
Mariner, Jeffrey C.
,
Jost, Christine
,
Madri Dewi, A.P.
,
[Avian Influenza H5N1 outbreaks in village poultry of West Java, Indonesia: A detailed investigation using participatory epidemiology]
,
Avian Influenza H5N1 outbreaks in village poultry of West Java, Indonesia: A detailed investigation using participatory epidemiology
This study was designed to measure the transmissibility of Type A H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza
(HPAI) in mixed populations of backyard and small-scale commercial chickens in Java. An approach adapted
from infection tree reconstruction was used to trace affected chickens and households i...
Jost, Christine
,
Bett, Bernard K.
,
Poole, Elizabeth J.
,
Azar, M.
,
Murahman, J.
,
Daju, D.
,
McLaws, M.
,
Schoonman, L.
,
Unger, Fred
,
Mariner, Jeffrey C.
,
[Transmissibility and other characteristics of HPAI in Indonesian village poultry]
,
Transmissibility and other characteristics of HPAI in Indonesian village poultry