Creating a buzz for Tryps
By: Rose Peter, Programme Manager: Animal African Trypanosomosis In recent weeks I have attended a couple of conferences where tryps have been on the agenda. One was in Liverpool, England (World […]
Newcastle Disease – The business of poultry protection
In rural India and Nepal, opportunities for women to contribute to household income are scarce. However, one asset most women do have access to is backyard poultry. Families typically keep five to ten chickens…
New drugs to fight nagana
African animal trypanosomosis (AAT), widely known in Africa as nagana, is a deadly scourge of livestock flocks and herds, killing an estimated 3 million cattle each year, as well as many sheep and goats.
East Coast Fever Vaccine: Saving Karamoja pastoralists’ cows one shot at a time
Livestock keepers and vaccinators discuss how the Muguga Cocktail “one shot for life” East Coast Fever vaccine is being used in Karamoja, Uganda. Film by Pius Sawa, WRENmedia correspondent and produced […]
A couple’s fight against Newcastle Disease
In Kaptipada village of Mayurbhanj District in Orissa, India lives a hardworking couple. Dashrathi and Fulomani Murmu have dedicated their lives to serving their community by taking care of their livestock. Dashrathi is mainly known within the community as the small animals’ doctor, while Fulomani is the village poultry doctor. Both are trained vaccinators.
Young Entrepreneurs Trying Intensive Backyard Poultry Farming
Four young guys in a remote Dasokhao village of Ramgadh district near Ranchi were thinking of starting an enterprise with only a small initial investment. They came to know and interact with villagers in the area who have recently started vaccinating their backyard poultry (BYP).
Chicken vaccine brings hope to one man and his family
It’s raining heavily when we reach Vincent Taracha’s home in the industrial town of Webuye in western Kenya. For decades, life in Webuye was defined by a paper mill industry called the Pan African Paper Mills. Locals and migrants, young and old, depended on it, working in the various sections of the huge factory that now sits forlornly on the hills of Webuye.
Livelihood and livestock after the Nepal earthquake
(15 May 2015) Nepal has undergone massive changes in the last 19 days. The Himalayan country has experienced two big earthquakes and many aftershocks. Half of the country is directly affected. People are in panic as aftershocks still continue today.
Vets working together to support poor farmers
I wonder how many of us believed the warnings when we started at vet school that in ten years’ time half of us would not be in vet practice? Certainly not me for sure.