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Cross-disciplinary and participatory livestock and human health research for successful control of zoonoses in the developing world

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Title Cross-disciplinary and participatory livestock and human health research for successful control of zoonoses in the developing world
 
Creator Tibbo, Markos
Schelling, E.
Grace, Delia
Bishop, Richard P.
Taracha, E.A.
Kemp, Stephen J.
Ameni, G.
Dawo, F.
Randolph, Thomas F.
 
Subject PATHOLOGY
ZOONOSES
LIVESTOCK
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
 
Description Conventional disciplinary research approach is losing momentum in the face of dynamic health challenges of the 21st
century. There is a need for a new, suitable approach, to tackle these emerging and re-emerging human and animal
diseases through integrating livestock and human health research in a cross-disciplinary approach for greater impact.
This is particularly important for the developing world owing to the closer contact of humans with animals as well as
the consumption of raw animal products, worsened by low levels of literacy. Animals are the major source of today’s
emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases that threaten both human and animal populations of the world. Among
recent examples are SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), the Hendra and Nipah virus infections, BSE or mad
cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) and now highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or bird flu. In
addition, bovine tuberculosis and rift valley fever (RVF) are some examples of important re-emerging zoonoses. In
recent years, bovine tuberculosis has become increasingly important with the HIV and AIDS pandemic in the
developing world. This paper highlights the past and current research portfolio of ILRI and its partners, focusing on
diseases that are transmissible between human and animals in the context of developing countries.
 
Date 2010-03-19T08:16:39Z
2010-03-19T08:16:39Z
2008-04-15
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Tibbo, M.; Schelling, E.; Grace, D.; Bishop, R.; Taracha, E.; Kemp, S.; Ameni, G.; Dawo, F.; Randolph, T.F. 2008. Cross-disciplinary and participatory livestock and human health research for successful control of zoonoses in the developing world. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development. 22 (Special Issue): 109-116
1021-6790
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/845
 
Language en
 
Source Ethiopian Journal of Health Development