The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) was created in the early 1990s,
and, like CGIAR crop centres, its major goal was increasing productivity. Animal
health was believed to cause about one-fourth of the yield gaps seen in developing
countries, but almost all research centreed on ...
Milk marketing in Assam, NE India remains predominantly in the informal sector; there is also growing concern among consumers about the purity and quality of milk marketed by informal milk vendors and the possible health risk posed by it. ILRI’s study on milk safety (ILRI 2008) indicates that mos...
Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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Deka, Ram Pratim
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Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Grace, Delia
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[Quality and safety improvements in informal milk markets and implications for food safety policy]
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Quality and safety improvements in informal milk markets and implications for food safety policy
Lapar, Ma. Lucila
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Deka, Ram Pratim
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Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Grace, Delia
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[Improving food safety and quality in traditional dairy value chain in Assam: An assessment of economic impact]
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Improving food safety and quality in traditional dairy value chain in Assam: An assessment of economic impact
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic vector-borne disease present in much of Africa,
and the Arabic peninsula. During outbreaks, the case fatality is high in young
ruminants and there may be abortion storms, human disease is usually mild but
some may suffer fatal hemorrhagic fever. Outbreaks in ...
Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Njeru, I.
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Karanja, J.
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Grace, Delia
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Bett, Bernard K.
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[Rift Valley fever virus seroprevalence among ruminants and humans in northeast Kenya]
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Rift Valley fever virus seroprevalence among ruminants and humans in northeast Kenya
Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is an acute mosquito-borne viral zoonosis that causes cyclical epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa, with recent incursions into the Arabian Peninsula. Outbreaks of RVF are associated with above average rainfall and flooding, in which large numbers of vectors emerge. Recent stu...
Mbotha, D.
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Kairu-Wanyoike, S.W.
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Grace, Delia
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Kihara, Absolomon
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Wainaina, M.
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Hoppenheit, A.
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Clausen, P.H.
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Lindahl, Johanna F.
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[Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus seropositivity in an irrigation scheme in Bura, southeast Kenya]
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Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus seropositivity in an irrigation scheme in Bura, southeast Kenya
Deka, Ram Pratim
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Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Grace, Delia
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[Health risk in informal milk value chain: Needs of a people-centric collective and integrated approach to address it]
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Health risk in informal milk value chain: Needs of a people-centric collective and integrated approach to address it
India has over 300 million buffaloes and cows, and is the country that produces the most milk. Even though
the commercial sector is growing, a large part of the milk is still traded through informal value chains. Many
households have only few milking animals, and production is hampered by poor he...
Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Deka, Ram Pratim
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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Grace, Delia
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[Challenges in intensifying India smallholder dairy production: Health risks and productivity gaps]
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Challenges in intensifying India smallholder dairy production: Health risks and productivity gaps