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.
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Grace, Delia
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Sones, Keith R.
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[Current drivers and future directions of global livestock disease dynamics]
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Current drivers and future directions of global livestock disease dynamics
Perry, Brian D.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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Omore, Amos O.
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Perera, O.
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Vatta, A.
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[Improving the health of livestock kept by the resource-poor in developing countries.]
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Improving the health of livestock kept by the resource-poor in developing countries.
Market access for livestock products from Africa has traditionally been limited by the presence of certain infectious diseases that pose risks to animal and human health. However, an increasingly discussed option for widening that access is commodity-based trade (CBT) focusing on the health and s...
Heartwater is a severe tick-borne, non-contagious disease of ruminant livestock caused by the rickettsia Cowdria ruminantium, which is endemic in much of sub-Saharan Africa and in the Caribbean. Transmission occurs via ticks of the Amblyomma genus, primarily A. variegatum and A. hebraeum. Intense...
Peter, T.F.
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O'Callaghan, C.J.
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Perry, Brian D.
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Medley, G.F.
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Mahan, S.
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[Application of PCR in heartwater epidemiology]
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Application of PCR in heartwater epidemiology
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.
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Grace, Delia
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[The impacts of livestock diseases and their control on growth and development processes that are pro-poor]
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The impacts of livestock diseases and their control on growth and development processes that are pro-poor
The general role of veterinary epidemiology and economics to national animal-disease control throughout the world is considered for the four main groupings of animal diseases: zoonotic, food-borne, endemic and epidemic diseases. This is done by considering how veterinary epidemiology and economic...
Perry, Brian D.
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McDermott, John J.
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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[Can epidemiology and economics make a meaningful contribution to national animal-disease control?]
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Can epidemiology and economics make a meaningful contribution to national animal-disease control?
This paper outlines four key pillars of epidemiology and economics in national animal disease control; prioritizing in animal disease control; the comparative advantage of Ethiopia in the leather industry; and gives some impressive figures including estimated production of hides and skins, employ...
Perry, Brian D.
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[The impact and control of diseases and other damages constraining leather value chains]
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The impact and control of diseases and other damages constraining leather value chains
Lessard, P.
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L'Eplattenier, R.
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Norval, R.A.I.
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Perry, Brian D.
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Dolan, T.T.
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Burrill, A.
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Croze, H.
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Sorensen, M.
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Grootenhuis, J.G.
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Irvin, A.D.
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[Geographical information systems in the estimation of East Coast fever risk to African livestock]
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Geographical information systems in the estimation of East Coast fever risk to African livestock
Seventy 1- to 4-year old female indigenous goats were matched and randomised into two groups to measure the effects of naturally acquired trypanosome infections on oestrus and conception. All goats were treated twice with diminazene aceturate (Berenil) at 7 mg/kg body weight at two-week intervals...
Perry, Brian D.
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Chamboko, Tafireyi
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Mahan, S.
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Medley, G.F.
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Mukhebi, A.W.
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O'Callaghan, C.J.
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Peter, T.F.
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[A study of the effects of trypanosome infection on the fertility of female goats in Lulangwa Valley, eastern Zambia]
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A study of the effects of trypanosome infection on the fertility of female goats in Lulangwa Valley, eastern Zambia
Heartwater, a disease of ruminants caused by the rickettsia Cowdria ruminantium and transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma, is a significant cause of productivity losses in cattle, sheep and goats in most of sub-Saharan Africa. In southern Africa, the vector of C. ruminantium is A. hebraeum....
Perry, Brian D.
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Chamboko, Tafireyi
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Mahan, S.
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Medley, G.F.
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Mukhebi, A.W.
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O'Callaghan, C.J.
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Peter, T.F.
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[A study of the effects of heartwater and its control on livestock productivity and economics in Zimbabwe]
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A study of the effects of heartwater and its control on livestock productivity and economics in Zimbabwe