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AgResults launches second phase of Brucellosis competition

AgResults launches second phase of Brucellosis competition

Brucellosis remains endemic across much of the developing world.

Veterinary organisations urged to collaborate on vaccine innovation

Organisers of an international vaccine development competition are calling on veterinary organisations to join forces on vaccine innovation.

The global US $30m Brucellosis Vaccine Prize is designed, funded, and managed by AgResults, a collaborative initiative…

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Kenyan herding families that vaccinate their cattle against disease send more daughters to school—New study

Kenyan herding families that vaccinate their cattle against disease send more daughters to school—New study

A Maasai woman holds her calf that has just been immunized against East Coast fever (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).

‘Could vaccinating cattle get more girls into high school?

‘That’s the intriguing prospect suggested by a new study of Kenyan cattle herding families in the journal Science Advances. But even more significant than the actual results of the study is the fact the researchers would…

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UK Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Mark Walport to visit Nairobi and ILRI's livestock laboratories this Wednesday, 15 July

UK Chief Scientific Advisor Sir Mark Walport to visit Nairobi and ILRI’s livestock laboratories this Wednesday, 15 July

Sir Mark Walport, chief scientific adviser to the British government.

The visit this week to Nairobi, Kenya, by Sir Mark Walport, Britain’s chief scientific advisor, comes as the Kenyan government commits new investment for science, technology and innovation as a key to economic growth. Kenya occupies a strong position in Africa’s research landscape; it is second only to South Africa in research…

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UK animal health conference celebrates the lifeworks of immunologist Declan McKeever

UK animal health conference celebrates the lifeworks of immunologist Declan McKeever

Written by Brian Perry and Lee Innes. All drawings by Declan McKeever.

Professor Declan McKeever, who died in January this year, devoted much of his professional life as a veterinarian and immunologist to the complexities of developing vaccines against parasitic diseases affecting the livestock enterprises of Africa, in particular for the tick-borne disease East Coast fever. But he also touched…

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