A5014077115- Trypanosoma species research and implications
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Livestock and Poultry Management
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Parasitic infections in humans and animals
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- African Studies and Ethnography
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
University of Edinburgh
2015-2025
University of Liverpool
2021-2025
Imperial College London
2020-2024
University of Zurich
2023
Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office
2023
University of Copenhagen
2023
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2023
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
2023
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
2019-2023
St Mary's Hospital
2020-2023
An economic simulation was carried out over 183 milk-producing countries to estimate the global impacts of 12 dairy cattle diseases and health conditions: mastitis (subclinical clinical), lameness, paratuberculosis (Johne's disease), displaced abomasum, dystocia, metritis, milk fever, ovarian cysts, retained placenta, ketosis clinical). Estimates disease on yield, fertility, culling were collected from literature, standardized, meta-analyzed using a variety methods ranging simple averaging...
Coccidiosis is one of the leading morbidity causes in chickens, causing a reduction body weight and egg production. Backyard chickens are at risk developing clinical subclinical coccidiosis due to outdoor housing scavenging behaviour, jeopardizing food security households. The objectives this study were estimate prevalence country regional levels Horn Africa extensive backyard chickens. A binomial random effects model was developed impute coccidiosis. Previously gathered data (n=40) used...
The burden of human diseases in populations, or for an individual, is frequently estimated terms one a number Health Adjusted Life Years (HALYs). Disability Year (DALY) widely accepted HALY metric and used by the World Organization Global Burden Disease studies. Many are animal origin often cause ill health production losses domestic animals. economic due to disease animals usually monetary terms. impact on not compatible with approaches measure health. To estimate societal zoonotic that...
Introduction To evaluate the relative effectiveness of tsetse control methods, their costs need to be analysed alongside impact on populations. Very little has been published methods specifically targeting human African trypanosomiasis Methodology/Principal Findings In northern Uganda, a 250 km2 field trial was undertaken using small (0.5 X 0.25 m) insecticide-treated targets ("tiny targets"). Detailed cost recording accompanied every phase work. Costs were calculated for this operation as...
The Jos Plateau is an important cattle-producing area in Nigeria, with a high concentration of pastoral Fulani. In recent decades, pastoralist studies have focused on arid and semi-arid areas, few based the sub-humid zones, such as Plateau. There been significant socio-economic agricultural changes this over time which makes it necessary to assess current livelihood strategies. A analysis 66 individual households/herds across 30 villages was conducted, using participatory methods structured...
Tsetse-transmitted African trypanosomes cause both nagana (African animal Trypanosomiasis-AAT) and sleeping sickness (human Trypanosomiasis - HAT) across Sub-Saharan Africa. Vector control chemotherapy are the contemporary methods of tsetse trypanosomiasis in this region. In most countries, including Uganda, veterinary services have been decentralised privatised. As a result, livestock keepers meet costs these services. To be sustainable, AAT programs need to tailor inelastic budgets...
The Global Burden of Animal Diseases (GBADs) is an international collaboration aiming, in part, to measure and improve societal outcomes from livestock. One GBADs objective estimate the economic impact endemic diseases However, if individual disease estimates are linearly aggregated without consideration for associations among diseases, there potential double count impacts, overestimating total burden. Accordingly, authors propose a method adjust array so that they may be overlap. Using...
Understanding the global economic importance of farmed animals to society is essential as a baseline for decision making about future food systems. We estimated annual (market) value live and primary production outputs, e.g., meat, eggs, milk, from terrestrial aquatic animal The results suggest that total market ranges between 1.61 3.3 trillion USD (2018) expected be similar in absolute terms crop outputs (2.57 USD). cattle sector dominates animals. study highlights need consider other...
This study is a component of large research project on five major neglected zoonotic diseases (NZDs) including cystic echinococcosis and was undertaken in the Province Sidi Kacem over period four years (April 2009-March 2013).
Kachia Grazing Reserve (KGR) in northern Nigeria was home to some 10,000 Fulani pastoralists and their 40,000 cattle June 2011. This study examines productivity management of belonging livestock keepers within the reserve before after a mass immigration event when 3,000 refugees moved into with escape inter-community violence during May Data, on strategies (transhumance) production parameters (herd size, composition, fertility, dynamics), were collected March, October Cattle KGR is geared...
Increasing land use and associated competition for natural resources in the wake of high human livestock population pressures have been major challenges confronting pastoralists West Africa. This is especially true Nigeria where Fulani make up 4% national prevailing insecurity issues are impacting on pastoral livelihoods, including violent conflicts over ethnic, religious political disparities. study examined dynamics immigration within Kachia Grazing Reserve (KGR), an exclusively...
Abstract The ketogenic diet (KD) is an effective treatment option for intractable epilepsy. Here, we reviewed the last 10 years of our experience with KD and characterized its use in patients under 3 age. Medical records all age who were treated from April 2004 to June 2014 retrospectively reviewed. One hundred nine drug-resistant epilepsy included. mean at initiation was 1.4 ± 0.8 old. youngest patient weeks After months, 39% (42/109) responded experienced more than 50% seizure reduction....
Abstract Background Since 2012, the World Health Organisation and countries affected by Gambian form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) have been committed to eliminating disease, primarily through active case-finding treatment. To interrupt transmission Trypanosoma brucei gambiense move more rapidly towards elimination, it was decided add vector control using ‘tiny targets’. Chad’s Mandoul HAT focus extends over 840 km 2 , with a population 39,000 as well 14,000 cattle 3000 pigs. Some...
Healthcare workers are at a disproportionate risk of contracting COVID-19. The physical and mental repercussions such have an impact on the wellbeing healthcare around world. foundation all well-functioning health systems capable responding to ongoing pandemic; initiatives address reduce critical. Since onset pandemic organizations embarked implementation range designed improve worker wellbeing.Through qualitative collective case study approach where participants responded longform survey,...
Ethiopia's cattle population is among the largest in Africa and burdened by frequent foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks. FMD caused several distinct highly contagious viral strains that can result acute cattle, causing losses productivity impeding international trade. This economic simulation study considered four main sources of due to cattle: reduced milk yield, draft power fertility, increased mortality. Economic were estimated per case across age-sex strata 89 Ethiopian...