Poster by Salome A. Bukachi, Caroline M. Ng'ang'a and Bernard K. Bett presented at the 4th International One Health Congress and 6th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Ecology and Health (One Health EcoHealth 2016), Melbourne, Australia, 3–7 December 2016.
One Health ethics: The need for policy before research and actionILRI
Poster by Tarni L. Cooper, Yumi Kirino, Silvia Alonso, Johanna Lindahl, Nga TH Le and Delia Grace presented at the 4th International One Health Congress and 6th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Ecology and Health (One Health EcoHealth 2016), Melbourne, Australia, 3–7 December 2016.
A community participatory intervention model to reduce the health risks from ...ILRI
Poster by Luu Quoc Toan, Nguyen Mai Huong, Nguyen Tien Thanh, Pham Thi Huong Giang, Hanh Tran-Thi-Tuyet, Tran Minh Hang, Dinh Xuan Tung, Phuc Pham-Duc and Hung Nguyen-Viet presented at the 4th International One Health Congress and 6th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Ecology and Health (One Health EcoHealth 2016), Melbourne, Australia, 3–7 December 2016.
One Health studies of pig associated zoonoses in smallholder pig production i...ILRI
Poster by P. Inthavong, B. Khamlome, V. Solomon, K. Vongxay, J. Allen, A. Okello, J. Conlan, J. Gilbert and F. Unger presented at the 4th International One Health Congress and 6th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Ecology and Health (One Health EcoHealth 2016), Melbourne, Australia, 3–7 December 2016.
Burden of diarrheal diseases from biogas wastewater exposure among smallholde...ILRI
Poster by Phuc Pham-Duc, Toan Luu-Quoc, Huong Nguyen-Mai, Tuyet-Hanh Tran Thi, Tung Dinh-Xuan, Hang Tran-Minh and Hung Nguyen-Viet presented at at the 4th International One Health Congress and 6th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Ecology and Health (One Health EcoHealth 2016), Melbourne, Australia, 3–7 December 2016.
Serological prevalence and factors associated with human trichinellosis and c...ILRI
Poster by Luong Nguyen-Thanh, Meghan Cook, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Phuc Pham-Duc, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Anne Mayer-Scholl, Diana Meemken and Fred Unger presented at a regional symposium on research into smallholder pig production, health and pork safety, Hanoi, Vietnam, 27–29 March 2019.
Brucellosis in ruminants in two counties of Yunnan, China and the use of an i...ILRI
Poster prepared by Fred Unger, Yang Shibao, Li Wengui, Yang Xiangdong and Yang Guorong for the Tropentag 2016 Conference on Solidarity in a Competing World—Fair Use of Resources, Vienna, Austria, 19–21 September 2016
Aflatoxin M1-related health risk for milk consumers in dairy farms in rural a...ILRI
Poster by Filipe Maximiano Sousa, Apollinaire Nombre, Amos Miningou, SyAppolinaireTraore, Johanna Lindahl, Augustine Ayantunde, Javier Sanchez and Silvia Alonso presented at the virtual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week 2021, 29 June – 1 July 2021. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.
One Health ethics: The need for policy before research and actionILRI
Poster by Tarni L. Cooper, Yumi Kirino, Silvia Alonso, Johanna Lindahl, Nga TH Le and Delia Grace presented at the 4th International One Health Congress and 6th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Ecology and Health (One Health EcoHealth 2016), Melbourne, Australia, 3–7 December 2016.
A community participatory intervention model to reduce the health risks from ...ILRI
Poster by Luu Quoc Toan, Nguyen Mai Huong, Nguyen Tien Thanh, Pham Thi Huong Giang, Hanh Tran-Thi-Tuyet, Tran Minh Hang, Dinh Xuan Tung, Phuc Pham-Duc and Hung Nguyen-Viet presented at the 4th International One Health Congress and 6th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Ecology and Health (One Health EcoHealth 2016), Melbourne, Australia, 3–7 December 2016.
One Health studies of pig associated zoonoses in smallholder pig production i...ILRI
Poster by P. Inthavong, B. Khamlome, V. Solomon, K. Vongxay, J. Allen, A. Okello, J. Conlan, J. Gilbert and F. Unger presented at the 4th International One Health Congress and 6th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Ecology and Health (One Health EcoHealth 2016), Melbourne, Australia, 3–7 December 2016.
Burden of diarrheal diseases from biogas wastewater exposure among smallholde...ILRI
Poster by Phuc Pham-Duc, Toan Luu-Quoc, Huong Nguyen-Mai, Tuyet-Hanh Tran Thi, Tung Dinh-Xuan, Hang Tran-Minh and Hung Nguyen-Viet presented at at the 4th International One Health Congress and 6th Biennial Congress of the International Association for Ecology and Health (One Health EcoHealth 2016), Melbourne, Australia, 3–7 December 2016.
Serological prevalence and factors associated with human trichinellosis and c...ILRI
Poster by Luong Nguyen-Thanh, Meghan Cook, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Phuc Pham-Duc, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Anne Mayer-Scholl, Diana Meemken and Fred Unger presented at a regional symposium on research into smallholder pig production, health and pork safety, Hanoi, Vietnam, 27–29 March 2019.
Brucellosis in ruminants in two counties of Yunnan, China and the use of an i...ILRI
Poster prepared by Fred Unger, Yang Shibao, Li Wengui, Yang Xiangdong and Yang Guorong for the Tropentag 2016 Conference on Solidarity in a Competing World—Fair Use of Resources, Vienna, Austria, 19–21 September 2016
Aflatoxin M1-related health risk for milk consumers in dairy farms in rural a...ILRI
Poster by Filipe Maximiano Sousa, Apollinaire Nombre, Amos Miningou, SyAppolinaireTraore, Johanna Lindahl, Augustine Ayantunde, Javier Sanchez and Silvia Alonso presented at the virtual Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week 2021, 29 June – 1 July 2021. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.
Seroprevalence, molecular detection and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii inf...ILRI
Poster prepared by Timothy Wachira, Joshua Onono, Amos Mwasi, Awo Ibrahim, Gabriel Aboge, Cristina Ballesteros and Pablo Alarcon for the Kenya One Health Online Conference, 6-8 December 2021
Sustainable intensification?: Implications for the emergence of diseasesILRI
Currently new diseases are emerging at the rate of one every four months and three out of four of these diseases jump species from other animals. Many of these diseases are associated with agriculture. ILRI led two systematic reviews of disease emergence and burden to help in prioritisation.
Presentation by Candice Duong, Sydney Morgan Brown, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Delia Grace, Chhay Ty, Pok Samkol, Huy Sokchea, Son Pov and Melissa F. Young at the Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia project final workshop, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 21- 22 June 2021.
Presentation by Tarni Cooper at the Veterinary Student Special Interest Group (SIG) conference, the University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia, 6 August 2014.
Managing the health risks associated with agriculture: An overview of researc...Tezira Lore
Poster by Tezira A. Lore and Delia Grace presented at the Tropentag 2014 international conference held at Prague, Czech Republic on 17-19 September 2014.
What was the impact of dairy goats distributed by the Crop-Goat-Project in Ta...ILRI
Poster prepared by Luke Korir, Michael Kidoido and Nils Teufel for the Tropentag 2016 Conference on Solidarity in a Competing World—Fair Use of Resources, Vienna, Austria, 19–21 September 2016
The influence of livestock-derived foods on nutrition in the first 1,000 days...ILRI
Presentation by Silvia Alonso, Mats Lannerstad, Paula Dominguez-Salas and Delia Grace at the Agriculture Nutrition and Health Academy Week, Accra, Ghana, 26 June 2018.
Brief introduction to the One Health concept, and beyondILRI
Presentation by Alexandre Caron, Hélène de Nys, Alexandre Hobeika and Vladimir Grosbois at the Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (COHESA) partner orientation workshop, 16 December 2021.
Taenia solium cysticercosis: Risk factors, perceptions and practices in small...ILRI
Paper presented by Joseph. M. Kungu (National Livestock Research Resources Institute, Uganda), Michel M. Dione (ILRI), Francis Ejobi (Makerere University), Michael Ocaido(Makerere University), and Delia Grace (ILRI) at the Joint International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine and the Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Berlin, 4–8 September 2016
Ethno-veterinary knowledge and practices amongst Indigenous pastoralists in t...AI Publications
The present study entitled “Ethno-veterinary knowledge and practices amongst indigenous pastoralists in the Menoua division, West region of Cameroon” was conducted from January to June 2019. It was aimed at assessing and analyzing more specifically; pastoralists’ perceptions regarding ethno-veterinary practices, major ethno-veterinary practices in the study area, major challenges faced by pastoralists in the field of ethno-veterinary, and pastoralists’ conservation measures for proper management of these knowledge/practices. A descriptive method of statistics was employed where survey questionnaires, FGDs, and field observations were used for data collection. A sample size of 200 respondents was targeted through both purposive and stratified sampling methods. The major findings indicate that, there is disease prevalence in the study area with over 93.0% of responses. A large majority of respondents (62.0%) use both ethno-veterinary and modern means of treatments while over 26.5% depends only on ethno-veterinary medicines. Pastoralists in the study area proved to have positive attitude and concern for ethno-veterinary medicines and over 58.0% of them judged it to be ‘very effective and fruitful’. Documentation of major ethno-veterinary practices was realized for the following cattle diseases plaguing the study area; Brucellosis, FMD, Cowdriosis, Streptothricosis, Babesiosis, Diarrhoea, Ringworm, Infertility, Epheral fever, Bloat, Wound, Poisoning, Fracture, Lumpy skin, Lice, Ticks, and Flies. The major challenges encountered by pastoralists in ethno-veterinary practices were; difficulties in obtaining medicinal plants due to recent physico-demographic challenges, difficulties in preparation and/or usage of dosage, and challenges in storage/preservation, accounting for 93.0%, 89.5% and 82.5% of responses respectively. Despite these challenges, pastoralists in the study area pass down ethno-veterinary knowledge/practices to the younger generation and some of them still conserve medicinal plants in home gardens as effective means to preserve and promote this very important resource pool necessary for man and his society. Nevertheless, according to the respondents, the most important workable solution for the preservation and promotion of ethno-veterinary practices include; documentation of the knowledge/practices, full integration of this system of medicine into the educational milieu, protection of areas containing ethno-medicinal plants, and the promotion of home gardening of medicinal plants.
Source attribution of Campylobacter contamination in the poultry value chains...ILRI
Poster by V. Lopez Chavarrias, SJ O’Brien, J Güitian, EM Fèvre and J Rushton presented at the 17th international workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms (CHRO 2013), Aberdeen, Scotland, 15-19 September 2013.
Agricultural and tree biodiversity for healthy diets and healthy landscapesBioversity International
Presentation delivered by Dr. Stephan Weise, Deputy Director General, Bioversity International for 2nd International Congress on March 5th, Stuttgart, Germany organized by University of Hohenheim.
This presentation looks at how agricultural and tree biodiversity can contribute to both healthy diets and healthy landscapes.
Read more about Bioversity International's work on diet diversity for nutrition and health here: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/diet-diversity/
Read more about Bioversity International's work on agricultural ecosystems here: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/agricultural-ecosystems/
Read Dr. Stephan Weise's biography here: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/about-us/who-we-are/staff-bios/single-details-bios/weise-stephan/
How qualitative studies and gender analysis can add value to the assessment o...ILRI
Presentation by Teresa N. Kiama, Anima J. Sirma, Daniel M. Senerwa, Pamela Ochungo, Elizabeth Waithanji, Johanna Lindahl, Erastus K. Kang'ethe and Delia Grace at the First African Regional Conference of the International Association on Ecology and Health (Africa 2013 Ecohealth), Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, 1-5 October 2013.
Co-infection with Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burneti...ILRI
Presented by Bernard Bett at the inaugural workshop of a bio-surveillance project on Rift Valley fever, brucellosis and Q fever, Nairobi, Kenya, 3 September 2019.
A gendered analysis of constraints to cattle production in Ijara KenyaILRI
Poster prepared by Ndanyi M.R., Kairu-Wanyoike S.W., Waithanji E.M., Nyikal R.A., Kitala P., Wesonga H.O., Sanginga P. for the ASARECA General Assembly and Scientific Conference, Bujumbura, Burundi, 9-13 December 2013
Gender roles in ruminant disease management in Uganda and implications for co...ILRI
Poster by Jane Namatovu, Peter Lule, Marsy Asindu, Zoë A. Campbell, Henry Kiara, Bernard Bett, Kristina Roesel and Emily Ouma presented at the Boosting Uganda's Investment in Livestock Development (BUILD) project annual planning meeting, Kampala, Uganda, 20–22 September 2022.
Seroprevalence, molecular detection and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii inf...ILRI
Poster prepared by Timothy Wachira, Joshua Onono, Amos Mwasi, Awo Ibrahim, Gabriel Aboge, Cristina Ballesteros and Pablo Alarcon for the Kenya One Health Online Conference, 6-8 December 2021
Sustainable intensification?: Implications for the emergence of diseasesILRI
Currently new diseases are emerging at the rate of one every four months and three out of four of these diseases jump species from other animals. Many of these diseases are associated with agriculture. ILRI led two systematic reviews of disease emergence and burden to help in prioritisation.
Presentation by Candice Duong, Sydney Morgan Brown, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Delia Grace, Chhay Ty, Pok Samkol, Huy Sokchea, Son Pov and Melissa F. Young at the Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia project final workshop, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 21- 22 June 2021.
Presentation by Tarni Cooper at the Veterinary Student Special Interest Group (SIG) conference, the University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia, 6 August 2014.
Managing the health risks associated with agriculture: An overview of researc...Tezira Lore
Poster by Tezira A. Lore and Delia Grace presented at the Tropentag 2014 international conference held at Prague, Czech Republic on 17-19 September 2014.
What was the impact of dairy goats distributed by the Crop-Goat-Project in Ta...ILRI
Poster prepared by Luke Korir, Michael Kidoido and Nils Teufel for the Tropentag 2016 Conference on Solidarity in a Competing World—Fair Use of Resources, Vienna, Austria, 19–21 September 2016
The influence of livestock-derived foods on nutrition in the first 1,000 days...ILRI
Presentation by Silvia Alonso, Mats Lannerstad, Paula Dominguez-Salas and Delia Grace at the Agriculture Nutrition and Health Academy Week, Accra, Ghana, 26 June 2018.
Brief introduction to the One Health concept, and beyondILRI
Presentation by Alexandre Caron, Hélène de Nys, Alexandre Hobeika and Vladimir Grosbois at the Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (COHESA) partner orientation workshop, 16 December 2021.
Taenia solium cysticercosis: Risk factors, perceptions and practices in small...ILRI
Paper presented by Joseph. M. Kungu (National Livestock Research Resources Institute, Uganda), Michel M. Dione (ILRI), Francis Ejobi (Makerere University), Michael Ocaido(Makerere University), and Delia Grace (ILRI) at the Joint International Conference of the Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine and the Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Berlin, 4–8 September 2016
Ethno-veterinary knowledge and practices amongst Indigenous pastoralists in t...AI Publications
The present study entitled “Ethno-veterinary knowledge and practices amongst indigenous pastoralists in the Menoua division, West region of Cameroon” was conducted from January to June 2019. It was aimed at assessing and analyzing more specifically; pastoralists’ perceptions regarding ethno-veterinary practices, major ethno-veterinary practices in the study area, major challenges faced by pastoralists in the field of ethno-veterinary, and pastoralists’ conservation measures for proper management of these knowledge/practices. A descriptive method of statistics was employed where survey questionnaires, FGDs, and field observations were used for data collection. A sample size of 200 respondents was targeted through both purposive and stratified sampling methods. The major findings indicate that, there is disease prevalence in the study area with over 93.0% of responses. A large majority of respondents (62.0%) use both ethno-veterinary and modern means of treatments while over 26.5% depends only on ethno-veterinary medicines. Pastoralists in the study area proved to have positive attitude and concern for ethno-veterinary medicines and over 58.0% of them judged it to be ‘very effective and fruitful’. Documentation of major ethno-veterinary practices was realized for the following cattle diseases plaguing the study area; Brucellosis, FMD, Cowdriosis, Streptothricosis, Babesiosis, Diarrhoea, Ringworm, Infertility, Epheral fever, Bloat, Wound, Poisoning, Fracture, Lumpy skin, Lice, Ticks, and Flies. The major challenges encountered by pastoralists in ethno-veterinary practices were; difficulties in obtaining medicinal plants due to recent physico-demographic challenges, difficulties in preparation and/or usage of dosage, and challenges in storage/preservation, accounting for 93.0%, 89.5% and 82.5% of responses respectively. Despite these challenges, pastoralists in the study area pass down ethno-veterinary knowledge/practices to the younger generation and some of them still conserve medicinal plants in home gardens as effective means to preserve and promote this very important resource pool necessary for man and his society. Nevertheless, according to the respondents, the most important workable solution for the preservation and promotion of ethno-veterinary practices include; documentation of the knowledge/practices, full integration of this system of medicine into the educational milieu, protection of areas containing ethno-medicinal plants, and the promotion of home gardening of medicinal plants.
Source attribution of Campylobacter contamination in the poultry value chains...ILRI
Poster by V. Lopez Chavarrias, SJ O’Brien, J Güitian, EM Fèvre and J Rushton presented at the 17th international workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms (CHRO 2013), Aberdeen, Scotland, 15-19 September 2013.
Agricultural and tree biodiversity for healthy diets and healthy landscapesBioversity International
Presentation delivered by Dr. Stephan Weise, Deputy Director General, Bioversity International for 2nd International Congress on March 5th, Stuttgart, Germany organized by University of Hohenheim.
This presentation looks at how agricultural and tree biodiversity can contribute to both healthy diets and healthy landscapes.
Read more about Bioversity International's work on diet diversity for nutrition and health here: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/diet-diversity/
Read more about Bioversity International's work on agricultural ecosystems here: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/agricultural-ecosystems/
Read Dr. Stephan Weise's biography here: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/about-us/who-we-are/staff-bios/single-details-bios/weise-stephan/
How qualitative studies and gender analysis can add value to the assessment o...ILRI
Presentation by Teresa N. Kiama, Anima J. Sirma, Daniel M. Senerwa, Pamela Ochungo, Elizabeth Waithanji, Johanna Lindahl, Erastus K. Kang'ethe and Delia Grace at the First African Regional Conference of the International Association on Ecology and Health (Africa 2013 Ecohealth), Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, 1-5 October 2013.
Co-infection with Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burneti...ILRI
Presented by Bernard Bett at the inaugural workshop of a bio-surveillance project on Rift Valley fever, brucellosis and Q fever, Nairobi, Kenya, 3 September 2019.
A gendered analysis of constraints to cattle production in Ijara KenyaILRI
Poster prepared by Ndanyi M.R., Kairu-Wanyoike S.W., Waithanji E.M., Nyikal R.A., Kitala P., Wesonga H.O., Sanginga P. for the ASARECA General Assembly and Scientific Conference, Bujumbura, Burundi, 9-13 December 2013
Gender roles in ruminant disease management in Uganda and implications for co...ILRI
Poster by Jane Namatovu, Peter Lule, Marsy Asindu, Zoë A. Campbell, Henry Kiara, Bernard Bett, Kristina Roesel and Emily Ouma presented at the Boosting Uganda's Investment in Livestock Development (BUILD) project annual planning meeting, Kampala, Uganda, 20–22 September 2022.
The roles of livestock and farmed wildlife in preventing the next pandemic: C...ILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Delia Grace, Bernard Bett, Johanna Lindahl and Dieter Schillinger at a virtual workshop on countering zoonotic spillover of high consequence pathogens, 12 July 2022.
Is there a link between socio-cultural practices and vulnerability to Rift Va...ILRI
Poster by Edna Mutua, Salome Bukachi, Bernard Bett, Benson Estambale and Isaac Nyamongo presented at an inter-regional conference on 'Rift Valley fever: New options for trade, prevention and control', Djibouti City, Djibouti, 21-23 April 2015.
The poster was also presented at a scientific and capacity building forum for the TDR/IDRC research initiative on 'Population health vulnerabilities to vector-borne diseases: Increasing resilience under climate change conditions', Geneva, Switzerland, 14-16 July 2015.
One Health research at ILRI to address neglected tropical diseases, zoonoses ...ILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Fred Unger, Hu Suk Lee, Johanna Lindahl, Thang Nguyen, Bernard Bett, Eric Fèvre, Sothyra Tum, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Arshnee Moodley and Delia Grace at a webinar by the One Health Collaborating Center Universitas Gadjah Mada, ‘World Zoonoses Day 2020: Lessons learned and future directions’, 7 July 2020.
The Parity Rate of Indoor-Resting Adult Female Anopheles and Culex Mosquitoes...IJEAB
A study on the parity rate of indoor-resting Anopheles and Culex mosquitoes and their implication in disease transmission was carried out in Nnamdi Azikiwe University female hostel between June and July 2016. The mosquitoes were sampled weekly from 24 randomly selected rooms using pyrethrum knock-down collection (P.K.C). A total of 516 mosquitoes comprising of 4 species: Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles funestus, Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex annulioris, were collected during the study period. The mosquitoes were examined for their abdominal gradings/gonotrophic stages and dissected for parity determination. Culex quinquefasciatus (61.43%) constituted the most abundant species followed by Anopheles gambiae (30.04%) and Anopheles funestus (7.56%) and the least being Culex annulioris (0.97%). Results showed that majority of the vector species were fed and parous and variations among the parity rates of the 4 species was significant (P <0.05). The high rate of the fed and parous mosquito species is of utmost concern in the hostel environment and therefore control measures aimed at eliminating the breeding sites and reducing its contact with the students should be embraced and practiced so as to minimize disease transmission among the students.
One Health Approach to Solve Complex Problems and Improve Livelihoods at the...Global Livestock CRSP
The One Health Approach: Identifying Solutions to Complex Problems at the Livestock-Wildlife Interface. Presented by Health for Animals and Livelihood Improvement Principal Investigators Jon Erickson (University of Vermont) and Rudovick Kazwala (Sokoine University of Agriculture) at the GL-CRSP End of Program Conference, June 17, 2009, Naivasha, Kenya.
Foodborne disease hazards and burden in Ethiopia: A systematic literature rev...ILRI
Poster by Lina Mego, Silvia Alonso, Florence Mutua, Kristina Roesel, Johanna F. Lindahl, Kebede Amenu, Filipe Maximiano Sousa, Pattama Ulrich, Tadesse Guadu, Michel Dione, Guy Ilboudo, Theo Knight-Jones and Delia Grace presented at the 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Halifax, Canada, 8 August 2022.
Small ruminant keepers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards peste des ...ILRI
Presentation by Guy Ilboudo, Abel Sènabgè Biguezoton, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Modou Moustapha Lo, Zoë Campbell and Michel Dione at the 6th Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Networks (PPR-GREN) annual meeting, Bengaluru, India, 28–30 November 2023.
Small ruminant keepers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards peste des ...ILRI
Poster by Guy Ilboudo, Abel Sènabgè Biguezoton, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Modou Moustapha Lo, Zoë Campbell and Michel Dione presented at the 6th Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Research and Expertise Networks (PPR-GREN) annual meeting, Bengaluru, India, 29 November 2023.
A training, certification and marketing scheme for informal dairy vendors in ...ILRI
Presentation by Silvia Alonso, Jef L. Leroy, Emmanuel Muunda, Moira Donahue Angel, Emily Kilonzi, Giordano Palloni, Gideon Kiarie, Paula Dominguez-Salas and Delia Grace at the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 16 October 2023.
Milk safety and child nutrition impacts of the MoreMilk training, certificati...ILRI
Poster by Silvia Alonso, Emmanuel Muunda, Moira Donahue Angel, Emily Kilonzi, Giordano Palloni, Gideon Kiarie, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Delia Grace and Jef L. Leroy presented at the Micronutrient Forum 6th Global Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 16 October 2023.
Food safety research in low- and middle-income countriesILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet at the first technical meeting to launch the Food Safety Working Group under the One Health Partnership framework, Hanoi, Vietnam, 28 September 2023
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet at the first technical meeting to launch the Food Safety Working Group under the One Health Partnership framework, Hanoi, Vietnam, 28 September 2023
Reservoirs of pathogenic Leptospira species in UgandaILRI
Presentation by Lordrick Alinaitwe, Martin Wainaina, Salome Dürr, Clovice Kankya, Velma Kivali, James Bugeza, Martin Richter, Kristina Roesel, Annie Cook and Anne Mayer-Scholl at the University of Bern Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 29 June 2023.
Assessing meat microbiological safety and associated handling practices in bu...ILRI
Presentation by Patricia Koech, Winnie Ogutu, Linnet Ochieng, Delia Grace, George Gitao, Lily Bebora, Max Korir, Florence Mutua and Arshnee Moodley at the 8th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana, 26–29 September 2023.
Ecological factors associated with abundance and distribution of mosquito vec...ILRI
Poster by Max Korir, Joel Lutomiah and Bernard Bett presented the 8th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana, 26–29 September 2023.
Practices and drivers of antibiotic use in Kenyan smallholder dairy farmsILRI
Poster by Lydiah Kisoo, Dishon M. Muloi, Walter Oguta, Daisy Ronoh, Lynn Kirwa, James Akoko, Eric Fèvre, Arshnee Moodley and Lillian Wambua presented at Tropentag 2023, Berlin, Germany, 20–22 September 2023.
Introduction:
RNA interference (RNAi) or Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing (PTGS) is an important biological process for modulating eukaryotic gene expression.
It is highly conserved process of posttranscriptional gene silencing by which double stranded RNA (dsRNA) causes sequence-specific degradation of mRNA sequences.
dsRNA-induced gene silencing (RNAi) is reported in a wide range of eukaryotes ranging from worms, insects, mammals and plants.
This process mediates resistance to both endogenous parasitic and exogenous pathogenic nucleic acids, and regulates the expression of protein-coding genes.
What are small ncRNAs?
micro RNA (miRNA)
short interfering RNA (siRNA)
Properties of small non-coding RNA:
Involved in silencing mRNA transcripts.
Called “small” because they are usually only about 21-24 nucleotides long.
Synthesized by first cutting up longer precursor sequences (like the 61nt one that Lee discovered).
Silence an mRNA by base pairing with some sequence on the mRNA.
Discovery of siRNA?
The first small RNA:
In 1993 Rosalind Lee (Victor Ambros lab) was studying a non- coding gene in C. elegans, lin-4, that was involved in silencing of another gene, lin-14, at the appropriate time in the
development of the worm C. elegans.
Two small transcripts of lin-4 (22nt and 61nt) were found to be complementary to a sequence in the 3' UTR of lin-14.
Because lin-4 encoded no protein, she deduced that it must be these transcripts that are causing the silencing by RNA-RNA interactions.
Types of RNAi ( non coding RNA)
MiRNA
Length (23-25 nt)
Trans acting
Binds with target MRNA in mismatch
Translation inhibition
Si RNA
Length 21 nt.
Cis acting
Bind with target Mrna in perfect complementary sequence
Piwi-RNA
Length ; 25 to 36 nt.
Expressed in Germ Cells
Regulates trnasposomes activity
MECHANISM OF RNAI:
First the double-stranded RNA teams up with a protein complex named Dicer, which cuts the long RNA into short pieces.
Then another protein complex called RISC (RNA-induced silencing complex) discards one of the two RNA strands.
The RISC-docked, single-stranded RNA then pairs with the homologous mRNA and destroys it.
THE RISC COMPLEX:
RISC is large(>500kD) RNA multi- protein Binding complex which triggers MRNA degradation in response to MRNA
Unwinding of double stranded Si RNA by ATP independent Helicase
Active component of RISC is Ago proteins( ENDONUCLEASE) which cleave target MRNA.
DICER: endonuclease (RNase Family III)
Argonaute: Central Component of the RNA-Induced Silencing Complex (RISC)
One strand of the dsRNA produced by Dicer is retained in the RISC complex in association with Argonaute
ARGONAUTE PROTEIN :
1.PAZ(PIWI/Argonaute/ Zwille)- Recognition of target MRNA
2.PIWI (p-element induced wimpy Testis)- breaks Phosphodiester bond of mRNA.)RNAse H activity.
MiRNA:
The Double-stranded RNAs are naturally produced in eukaryotic cells during development, and they have a key role in regulating gene expression .
Comparing Evolved Extractive Text Summary Scores of Bidirectional Encoder Rep...University of Maribor
Slides from:
11th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (IcETRAN), Niš, 3-6 June 2024
Track: Artificial Intelligence
https://www.etran.rs/2024/en/home-english/
Seminar of U.V. Spectroscopy by SAMIR PANDASAMIR PANDA
Spectroscopy is a branch of science dealing the study of interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy refers to absorption spectroscopy or reflect spectroscopy in the UV-VIS spectral region.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy is an analytical method that can measure the amount of light received by the analyte.
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heli...Sérgio Sacani
The ambient solar wind that flls the heliosphere originates from multiple
sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described
as high-speed, relatively homogeneous, plasma streams from coronal
holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are
under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify
solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the
heliosphere. By combining magnetic feld modelling and spectroscopic
techniques with high-resolution observations and measurements, we show
that the solar wind variability detected in situ by Solar Orbiter in March
2022 is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to
multiple sources in the solar atmosphere. The magnetic feld footpoints
connected to the spacecraft moved from the boundaries of a coronal hole
to one active region (12961) and then across to another region (12957). This
is refected in the in situ measurements, which show the transition from fast
to highly Alfvénic then to slow solar wind that is disrupted by the arrival of
a coronal mass ejection. Our results describe solar wind variability at 0.5 au
but are applicable to near-Earth observatories.
Deep Behavioral Phenotyping in Systems Neuroscience for Functional Atlasing a...Ana Luísa Pinho
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) provides means to characterize brain activations in response to behavior. However, cognitive neuroscience has been limited to group-level effects referring to the performance of specific tasks. To obtain the functional profile of elementary cognitive mechanisms, the combination of brain responses to many tasks is required. Yet, to date, both structural atlases and parcellation-based activations do not fully account for cognitive function and still present several limitations. Further, they do not adapt overall to individual characteristics. In this talk, I will give an account of deep-behavioral phenotyping strategies, namely data-driven methods in large task-fMRI datasets, to optimize functional brain-data collection and improve inference of effects-of-interest related to mental processes. Key to this approach is the employment of fast multi-functional paradigms rich on features that can be well parametrized and, consequently, facilitate the creation of psycho-physiological constructs to be modelled with imaging data. Particular emphasis will be given to music stimuli when studying high-order cognitive mechanisms, due to their ecological nature and quality to enable complex behavior compounded by discrete entities. I will also discuss how deep-behavioral phenotyping and individualized models applied to neuroimaging data can better account for the subject-specific organization of domain-general cognitive systems in the human brain. Finally, the accumulation of functional brain signatures brings the possibility to clarify relationships among tasks and create a univocal link between brain systems and mental functions through: (1) the development of ontologies proposing an organization of cognitive processes; and (2) brain-network taxonomies describing functional specialization. To this end, tools to improve commensurability in cognitive science are necessary, such as public repositories, ontology-based platforms and automated meta-analysis tools. I will thus discuss some brain-atlasing resources currently under development, and their applicability in cognitive as well as clinical neuroscience.
Earliest Galaxies in the JADES Origins Field: Luminosity Function and Cosmic ...Sérgio Sacani
We characterize the earliest galaxy population in the JADES Origins Field (JOF), the deepest
imaging field observed with JWST. We make use of the ancillary Hubble optical images (5 filters
spanning 0.4−0.9µm) and novel JWST images with 14 filters spanning 0.8−5µm, including 7 mediumband filters, and reaching total exposure times of up to 46 hours per filter. We combine all our data
at > 2.3µm to construct an ultradeep image, reaching as deep as ≈ 31.4 AB mag in the stack and
30.3-31.0 AB mag (5σ, r = 0.1” circular aperture) in individual filters. We measure photometric
redshifts and use robust selection criteria to identify a sample of eight galaxy candidates at redshifts
z = 11.5 − 15. These objects show compact half-light radii of R1/2 ∼ 50 − 200pc, stellar masses of
M⋆ ∼ 107−108M⊙, and star-formation rates of SFR ∼ 0.1−1 M⊙ yr−1
. Our search finds no candidates
at 15 < z < 20, placing upper limits at these redshifts. We develop a forward modeling approach to
infer the properties of the evolving luminosity function without binning in redshift or luminosity that
marginalizes over the photometric redshift uncertainty of our candidate galaxies and incorporates the
impact of non-detections. We find a z = 12 luminosity function in good agreement with prior results,
and that the luminosity function normalization and UV luminosity density decline by a factor of ∼ 2.5
from z = 12 to z = 14. We discuss the possible implications of our results in the context of theoretical
models for evolution of the dark matter halo mass function.
Earliest Galaxies in the JADES Origins Field: Luminosity Function and Cosmic ...
Lay perceptions of risk factors for Rift Valley fever in a pastoral community in northeastern Kenya
1. Introduction Results
Objective
Conclusions
Methods
Human behavioral factors have been found to be central in the
transmission of Rift Valley fever. Consumption of contaminated
meat and milk in particular have been identified as one of the key
risk factors for the transmission of Rift Valley fever in humans.
In pastoral communities, livestock is the main source of livelihood
from which many benefits such as food as well as economic and
cultural services are derived. Zoonotic diseases therefore have a
great impact on pastoral communities livelihoods.
However, lay perceptions regarding the transmission of these
diseases including Rift Valley fever hampers their effective
control.
This study investigated the lay perceptions of risks of Rift Valley
fever transmission in a pastoral community in northern Kenya..
Though the communities in this region were aware of Rift Valley
fever, they did not have elaborate information regarding the disease
transmission dynamics to humans.
To avoid misconception about transmission of the disease,
intervention strategies, require to be accompanied by
comprehensive explanations of the dynamics of its transmission.
It is necessary to develop appropriate interventions that take into
consideration, lay perceptions of risk factors for the disease and
communities’ livelihood strategies.
Acknowledgments
We thank the community of Ijara for participating in the study and Millicent
Liani for assisting with data collection and providing access to relevant
literature. We acknowledge the Food Safety and Zoonoses Research
Program at the International Livestock and Research Institute in Nairobi
(funded by the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and
Health (A4NH) led by the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Part of this work was supported by the project “Dynamic Drivers of
Disease in Africa; Ecosystems, livestock/wildlife, health and wellbeing,
RE:NE/J001422/1” funded by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty
Alleviation Programme (ESPA), The ESPA program is funded by the
Department for International Development (DFID), the Economic and
Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Natural Environment Research
Council (NERC).
Salome A. Bukachi1 , Caroline M. Ng’ang’a1, and Bernard K.. Bett2
1. Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi, P. O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi
2. International Livestock Research Institute, P. O. Box 30709-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Lay perceptions of risk factors for Rift Valley
Fever in a pastoral community in
northeastern Kenya
Participatory exercise in an FGD
Study site and population
This study was carried out in Ijara Division of Ijara District in North
Eastern Province, Kenya. (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1 Map of Ijara District (Source KNBS, 2000)
These areas were chosen
because they were one of
the regions where the Rift
Valley fever outbreaks have
constantly occurred and at
a great magnitude. The
population depends on
pastoralism for livelihood.
Data collection
Data was collected using focus group discussions (FGDs) and
narratives guided by checklists. Participatory mapping and ranking
exercises were used to understand the communities perception of
Rift Valley fever causality.
Pastoralists have a great value for livestock
The participants reported that they had experienced Rift Valley
fever in their livestock especially sheep and in humans both in
1997/1998 and 2006/2007. However, they believed that infections
in humans occurred as a result of mosquito bites and had little to
do with their consumption of meat, milk and blood from infected
livestock.
The participants in this study indicated that they had heard of the
risks of acquiring the disease through consumption of livestock
products but their experiences did not tally with the information
they had received hence to them, Rift Valley fever was not
transmissible through their dietary practices
Data analysis
Data was transcribed, coded and analysed according to emergent
themes
The eight FGDs consisted of 44 women and 41 men in total while
four of the informants for the narrative were men and two were
women (Table 1)
Table 1: Number of participants in the study per category
Method Category Number
Focus Group Discussions Women (Group 1) 11
Women (Group 2) 10
Women (Group 3) 10
Women (Group 4) 11
Men (Group 1) 9
Men (Group 2) 10
Men (Group 3) 11
Men (Group 4) 11
TOTAL 83
Narratives Male 4
Female 2
TOTAL 6
Total of participants in the study 89