Reducing the impact of infectious disease on
village poultry production in Ethiopia
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Objectives
(i) Investigation of the wider social and
economic impact of infectious poultry
diseases in rural Ethiopia
(ii) Identification of the infectious
diseases with the greatest burden; and
(iii) Unraveling of the genetic factors
controlling resistance - tolerance of
local chicken ecotypes to infectious
disease.
Funded by: &
The good news is … And the not so good news is …
April 2010
…infectious diseases are a major limiting factor to the productivity of
village poultry Or… we have not yet identified all the obstacles that will
…the project is funded and will begin in September this year
occur! So far, all news is good news
Christley R., Kaiser P., Dana N., Wigley P., Hanotte H., and Tadelle D.