Domestic livestock not a source of the COVID-19 disease—ILRI veterinary epidemiologist Eric Fevre
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Domestic livestock not a source of the COVID-19 disease—ILRI veterinary epidemiologist Eric Fevre

Eric Fèvre, professor of veterinary infectious diseases at the University of Liverpool and jointly appointed at the International Livestock Research Institute in Kenya, . . . says people should not be concerned about their domestic livestock becoming a COVID-19 source. Continue reading

(Enteric methane) greenhouse gas emissions in cows are cut 25% with feed supplement (3-NOP)
Animal Feeding / Cattle / Climate Change / Dairying / GHG emissions / Livestock / News clipping / North America / Science paper / USA

(Enteric methane) greenhouse gas emissions in cows are cut 25% with feed supplement (3-NOP)

The addition of 3-Nitrooxypropanol to the feed of dairy cows reduced their enteric methane emissions by about 25% in a recently published study—one in a series of Penn State studies of the investigational substance in the United States—which might be an early step toward it being approved for use in this country. Continue reading

Thursday Links (September 2019)
Advocacy / Camels / Cattle / Chickens / Climate Change / Communications / Livestock / News clipping / Research / Women

Thursday Links (September 2019)

A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) staff and partners, compiled by David Aronson. News out of Africa An article in  The Nation says that supermarkets in nine Kenyan counties tested still stock and sell … Continue reading

Thursday links (June 2019)
Advocacy / Africa / Animal Health / Animal Production / Article / Camels / Cattle / Central Africa / Chickens / Emerging Diseases / Goats / Livelihoods / Livestock / Livestock matters / News clipping / Pastoralism / Pigs / Poultry / Research / Sheep / West Africa

Thursday links (June 2019)

A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other topics that may be of interest to ILRI staff and partners, compiled by David Aronson. Continue reading

Paving the way for collaboration: ILRI board members visit goat breeding program and Arba Minch University in Ethiopia
Agriculture / Article / East Africa / Ethiopia / Livestock / Presentation / Research

Paving the way for collaboration: ILRI board members visit goat breeding program and Arba Minch University in Ethiopia

On 11 May 2019, two members of the ILRI Board of Trustees, Jing Zhu and Chanda Nimbkar; and scientists Olivier Hanotte and Aynalem Haile; from ILRI and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), respectively, visited a community-based goat breeding program in Baide village of Konso in southern Ethiopia. Continue reading