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African swine fever ten years on: the lessons learned and the way forward

A pig in northwest Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Hanh Le). African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs that has caused serious economic and production losses in Asia, where China has seen direct economic losses of an estimated USD141 billion. This transboundary...

ILRI Asia blog

Behaviour change interventions key to preventing and reducing pork-borne illnesses in northern Vietnam

New research shows that incidences of pork-borne parasitic diseases in northern Vietnam may be lower than previously thought but behaviour change is needed to strengthen pork safety and reduce incidences of pork-borne illnesses in communities. A survey in late 2018 by an International Livestock...

AgHealth blog

ILRI researchers propose traceability system for Kenya’s smallholder pig value chain

A traceability system in the smallholder pig value chain in Kenya could help address challenges related to production, diseases, markets, pork safety and public health, according to a new study published by scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ). Currently, Kenya...

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Kenyan livestock sector to grow ‘exponentially’—Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

Cattle grazing at ILRI’s Kapiti Ranch Research Station, outside Nairobi, in Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). Kenya’s livestock sector is primed to grow exponentially over the next three decades and anchor the country’s food sufficiency amid a rapid rise in the human population, a new survey...

ILRI Asia blog

The Battle to Curb Swine Fever in Southeast Asia

(This post was written by Preeti Jha and originally posted on the Diplomat Magazine in which she interviewed Fred Unger and Hu Suk Lee, scientists at ILRI Hanoi office) ‘Some 3 million pigs have been slaughtered in Vietnam since African swine fever was detected in February, making Vietnam the first...

ILRI Asia blog

The scourge of antibiotics in animal feed

(This post was written by Aisling Irwin and originally posted on http://www.scidev.net . Some research findings by the International Livestock Research Institute were picked up.) ‘Antibiotics are routinely added to animal feed in poor nations, fuelling superbugs. But new solutions are emerging,...

ILRI Asia blog

Millions of small pig farmers in Asia threatened by swine fever outbreak

(This post was written by Thin Lei Win and originally posted on Thomson Reuters in which Thin interviewed Hung Nguyen, ILRI regional representative for East and Southeast Asia) ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Millions of small-scale pig farmers across Asia risk falling into poverty due to the...

ILRI Asia blog

OiE posters on African swine fever now available in Vietnamese

A new set of posters on African swine fever developed by the World Organisation for Animal Health ( OiE ) is now available in Vietnamese. The four posters, which can be downloaded and printed, describe African swine fever and the biosecurity measures that can be used to prevent this incurable...

ILRI Asia blog

More research on African swine fever is urgently needed: No cure, no vaccine and no treatment yet exists for this lethal pig disease

Pigs at the Drestry Farm Industry commercial farm in Asia (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease affecting domestic and wild pigs. It kills nearly 100% of the pigs it infects. The good news is that the African swine fever virus does not infect or...

ILRI Asia blog

Regional experts join forces to improve smallholder pig sector in Asia and the Pacific

Around 100 leaders, researchers, investors, government, and private sector representatives from 16 countries spanning Asia, the Pacific, Australia and Africa gathered in Hanoi this week to identify solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing the smallholder pig sector in Asia and the...

ILRI Asia blog

Media release: Regional experts join forces to improve smallholder pig sector in Asia and the Pacific

Hanoi, 27 March 2019 – Around 100 leaders, researchers, investors, government, and private sector representatives from 16 countries spanning Asia, the Pacific, Australia and Africa will gather in Hanoi this week to identify solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing the smallholder pig...

ILRI Asia blog

ILRI and German partners conduct hands-on meat inspection training to improve pork safety in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

Fifty researchers from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia benefited from meat inspection training (44) and laboratory diagnosis (6) to tackle parasitic pork borne diseases by the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ) and German partners from the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and...