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We review the global dynamics of livestock disease over the last two decades. Our imperfect ability to detect and report disease hinders assessment of trends, but we suggest that, although endemic diseases continue their historic decline in wealthy countries, poor countries experience static or d...


Perry, Brian D.Grace, DeliaSones, Keith R.[Current drivers and future directions of global livestock disease dynamics]Current drivers and future directions of global livestock disease dynamics
McDermott, John J.Grace, Delia[Agriculture-associated diseases: Adapting agriculture to improve human health]Agriculture-associated diseases: Adapting agriculture to improve human health

One Health recognizes the inter-dependence of human, animal and environmental health and is especially relevant to understanding zoonotic diseases such as cysticercosis. Cysticercosis, caused by larval stages of the pig tapeworm Taenia solium, is an important disease in developing countries and a...


Grace, DeliaDownie, K.[Cysticercosis in a population of epileptics in western Kenya: relating human and pig risk factors]Cysticercosis in a population of epileptics in western Kenya: relating human and pig risk factors

Unger, FredHung Nguyen-VietPhuc Pham DucNgoc, P.T.Alter, T.Baumann, M.Scholl, A.Grace, Delia[Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam through better management of parasitic pig-borne diseases]Safer indigenous pork and healthier ethnic minorities in Vietnam through better management of parasitic pig-borne diseases

Poverty is now at the heart of development discourse; we discuss how it is measured and understood. We next consider the negative and positive impacts of livestock on pro-poor development. Taking a value-chain approach that includes keepers, users and eaters of livestock, we identify diseases tha...


Perry, Brian D.Grace, Delia[The impacts of livestock diseases and their control on growth and development processes that are pro-poor]The impacts of livestock diseases and their control on growth and development processes that are pro-poor

Since the 1980s, pork has become very popular in eastern Africa, with Uganda currently leading per capita consumption. Most of the pork is produced locally by smallholder pig farmers who ventured into piggery as a profitable income–generating activity. Yet, knowledge of good husbandry practices i...


Roesel, KristinaDione, Michel M.Nöckler, K.Fries, R.Baumann, M.P.O.Clausen, P.H.Grace, Delia[Exposure of pigs to Trichinella spp. in three districts in Central and Eastern Uganda]Exposure of pigs to Trichinella spp. in three districts in Central and Eastern Uganda

Seré Rabé, CarlosMcDermott, John J.Staal, Steven J.Randolph, Thomas F.Grace, DeliaBaker, Derek[Low livestock funding: Why has funding for livestock been so low from key players in the livestock field?]Low livestock funding: Why has funding for livestock been so low from key players in the livestock field?

Despite massive expansion of human and livestock populations, fuelled by agricultural innovations, nearly one billion people are hungry and 2 billion are sickened each year from the food they eat. Agricultural and food systems are intimately connected to health outcomes, but health policy and pro...


Grace, DeliaMahuku, George S.Hoffmann, V.Atherstone, ChristineUpadhyaya, Hari D.Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit[International agricultural research to reduce food risks: Case studies on aflatoxins]International agricultural research to reduce food risks: Case studies on aflatoxins
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The greatest health burden of zoonoses falls on poor people in developing countries. Poor people have greater exposure to zoonoses through livestock keeping; living in agricultural communities; greater exposure to peri-domestic and wild animals; and less access to clean water. Although their cons...


Grace, Delia[Zoonoses of poverty: Measuring and managing the multiple burdens of zoonoses and poverty]Zoonoses of poverty: Measuring and managing the multiple burdens of zoonoses and poverty

Background Previously free of rabies, Bali experienced an outbreak in 2008, which has since caused a large number of human fatalities. In response, both mass dog culling and vaccination have been implemented. In order to assess potential community-driven interventions for optimizing rabies contro...


Widyastuti, M.D.W.Bardosh, K.L.SunandarBasri, C.Basuno, E.Jatikusumah, A.Arief, R.A.Putra, A.A.G.Rukmantara, A.Estoepangestie, A.T.S.Willyanto, I.Natakesuma, I.K.G.Sumantra, I.P.Grace, DeliaUnger, FredGilbert, J.[On dogs, people, and a rabies epidemic: results from a sociocultural study in Bali, Indonesia]On dogs, people, and a rabies epidemic: results from a sociocultural study in Bali, Indonesia

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