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ILRI Addis power outrage
Latest ILRI announcements - Jan/2016
ILRI Addis E & FU team has planned to conduct the following activities on Saturday, January 16th from
9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m:
1. Semi-annual planned preventive maintenance on backup generator sets,
2. In the meantime we’ll be conducting emergency drill training for the maintenance crew to better equip
and coordinate the crew in case of emergency.
3. We’ll as well be connecting the main power supply line to Borena building which serve as backup
route in case of similar incident/fault occur on any of the supply lines.
Apologies for any inconvenience this might cause to you.
EFU team
New Tanzania project launched to curb disease transmission
from consumption of bushmeat
Clippings - Jan/2016
Meat for sale in Berega Village, Tanzania (photo via Flickr/Rebecca Hardgrave).
The Arusha-based, Nelson Mandela University and the US Centre[s] for Disease Control have now
entered into a project aimed at curbing the transmission of diseases from wild animals to human beings.
The Nelson Mandela University ‘will be granted 5 billion/- to undertake a comprehensive study under
which wild animal meat can transmit diseases to human beings.
‘The grant is from the Cooperative Biological Engagement Programme of the US Defence Threat
Reduction Agency (DTRA) and will define the role of wild animal meat as vehicles from transmitting
important zoonotic pathogens to humans.
‘The project will focus on surveillance of especially dangerous pathogens, including anthrax, ‘B rucella’,
“Coxiella’ and the Ebola, Marburg and Monkey-pox viruses whose viruses in bush meat in Tanzania,
local experts say remain unknown.
‘. . . Local partners in the project include the Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), Tanzania Wildlife
Research Institute (TAWIRI) and the ministries of Livestock Development and Fisheries and Health and
Social Services through their respective departments dealing with veterinary services and public health
respectively.
Other partners include the Bill & Melinda Gates [Foundation] which has provided the funds, the
Frankfurt Zoological Society, the Penn State University in the US and the Nairobi-based International
Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), among others.
‘Veterinary investigators in the project from all these institutions will map the distribution of pathogens
in bush meat from different geographical and ecological regions of Tanzania using powerful molecular
diagnostics assays and genomics-based tools, said the officials at the project launch event. . . .’
Read the whole article in Daily News (Tanzania): Bush meat can be dangerous, 11 Jan 2016.
Filed under: Agri-Health, Article, CRP4, Disease Control, East Africa, Emerging Diseases,
Epidemiology, FSZ, ILRI, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Zoonotic Diseases Tagged: BMGF,
Bushmeat, CDC, Daily News (Tanzania), DTRA, Frankfurt Zoological Society, Nelson Mandela
University, Penn State University, TANAPA, Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Services,
Tanzania Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries, TAWIRI
Africa RISING R4D approach towards agricultural
intensification and climate change adaptation in the Ethiopian
highlands
Animal science for sustainable productivity program:Outputs - Jan/2016
Africa RISING R4D approach towards agricultural intensification and climate change adaptation in the
Ethiopian highlands Mekonnen, K.
International trade of animal-source foods from low-income
countries: The good, the bad and the ugly
ILRI Market Opportunities Theme: Animal health and food safety for trade - Jan/2016
International trade of animal-source foods from low-income countries: The good, the bad and the ugly
African states endorse new roadmap to promote animal
welfare
Africa Bookmarks - Jan/2016
2015/11 - Global Times
African states endorse new roadmap to promote animal
welfare
Livestock news - Jan/2016
2015/11 - Global Times
Cattle methane emissions downsized by 24pc [Australia]
Livestock news - Jan/2016
2015/12 - Beef Central
Cattle methane emissions downsized by 24pc [Australia]
CRP 7 bookmarks - Jan/2016
2015/12 - Beef Central
Can we eat meat and still reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
ILRI in the media - Jan/2016
2015/12 - FoodTank
Can we eat meat and still reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
CRP 7 bookmarks - Jan/2016
2015/12 - FoodTank
The abundant Nguni herds
Livestock news - Jan/2016
2016 - SouthAfrica.info
The abundant Nguni herds
Animal breeding bookmarks - Jan/2016
2016 - SouthAfrica.info
‘The Abundant Herds’ and the poetry of Zulu cattle naming
Clippings - Jan/2016
The Zulu name for this kind of coloured Nguni cow is inala, or ‘abundance’. The illustration is from The Abundant
Herds: A Celebration of the Nguni Cattle of the Zulu People, written by Marguerite Poland and David
Hammond-Tooke and illustrated by Leigh Voigt, republished by Fernwood Press in 2015.
A new edition of a stunning coffee table book about one of Africa’s livestock treasures—the indigenous
Nguni cattle of South Africa—has been published.
‘Long the mainstay of traditional Zulu culture, [the Nguni] are possibly the most beautiful cat tle in the
world, with their variously patterned and multicoloured hides everywhere in demand.’
The Abundant Herds: A Celebration of the Nguni Cattle of the Zulu People, first published in 2003, ‘is an
appreciation of the creative imagination and linguistic versatility of the Zulu people. Written by
acclaimed author Marguerite Poland and social anthropologist David Hammond-Tooke, it is an overview
of the history of the Nguni cattle and their economic, social, political and spiritual importance to the
Zulu people, both past and present. . . .
‘With beautiful oil and watercolour paintings and sepia drawings by artist Leigh Voigt, The Abundant
Herds examines the role played by cattle and cattle-related imagery in the oral tradition of the Zulu
people—how cattle terminology can form part of the worldview associated with Zulu culture. . . .
‘Animals with specific colours and patterns on their hides are given unique Zulu names, which translate
as follows:
The eggs of the lark—a creamy coat spotted with fine rust speckles
The gaps between the branches of the trees silhouetted against the sky—a deeply dappled animal
The hornbill takes to flight—a dark beast which shows a flash of white beneath its flank when its walks
What stabs the rain—the upright points of a young steer’s horns
Cattle imagery also abounds in Zulu oral history and poetry; in tales, proverbs, riddles and the praises of
individual beasts, celebrated by their owners for their fertility, their vigour and their char acter and which
subtly reflect the changing fortunes and social concerns of the Zulu people.
Read the whole review in SouthAfrica.info of The Abundant Herds: A Celebration of the Nguni
Cattle of the Zulu People , written by Marguerite Poland (based on research for her 1997 doctoral
thesis at the University of KwaZulu-Natal) and David Hammond-Tooke and illustrated by Leigh Voigt,
with 144 pages, 43 oil paintings, 107 watercolours, 6 sepia drawings, 8 archival lithographs, 23
photographs and a map.
Filed under: Animal Breeding, Books and chapters, Cattle, Livestock, South Africa, Southern
Africa Tagged: Nguni cattle, Zulu
Don’t negate the importance of livestock
Animal Health Bookmarks - Jan/2016
2015/12 - Pork Network
Don’t negate the importance of livestock
Livestock news - Jan/2016
2015/12 - Pork Network
Lusaka to have $100m vet lab [Zambia]
Southern Africa: bookmarks - Jan/2016
2015/12 - - Zambia Daily Mail
Lusaka to have $100m vet lab [Zambia]
Animal Health Bookmarks - Jan/2016
2015/12 - - Zambia Daily Mail
Lusaka to have $100m vet lab [Zambia]
Livestock news - Jan/2016
2015/12 - - Zambia Daily Mail
Lusaka to have $100m vet lab [Zambia]
Animal Diseases Bookmarks - Jan/2016
2015/12 - - Zambia Daily Mail
US ‘Feed the Future’ launches livestock project in Bangladesh
South Asia: bookmarks - Jan/2016
2015/12 - bdnews24.com
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