Global food securities : is vaccination an answer?

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2013-11

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Canadian scientists have teamed up with collaborators in Africa to develop a series of vaccines to combat a number of livestock diseases. Infectious disease has a great impact on livestock production and livelihoods in Africa. Two thirds of producers are women who manage less than 10 animals; however, loss of even a single animal has major impacts on the welfare of the family unit. Diseases targeted by a new combination vaccine include lumpy skin disease of cattle; sheep and goat pox; African swine fever; peste des petits ruminants (PPR); and rift valley fever.

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AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA, CANADA, VACCINE DEVELOPMENT, LIVELIHOODS, LIVESTOCK, ANIMAL HEALTH, FOOD SECURITY, RIFT VALLEY FEVER, WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE

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Lorne A. Babiuk, L.A. (2013). Global food securities: is vaccination an answer?. Cattle Country: 11.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/53234
 http://www.mbbeef.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/00378.Cattle_Country_Nov_13.pdf

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
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