The role of wildlife disease research in livestock development
1981
Karstad, L. (Veterinary Research Laboratories, Kabete (Kenya)) | Nestel, B. (International Development Research Centre, Ottawa (Canada))
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has allocated funding to the Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit, which was designed to provide information on the degree of competition for grazing and water between domesticated and wild animals. In addition, the Canadian government has provided Kenya with support for strengthening wildlife disease research. The Wildlife Diseases Section of the Veterinary Research Laboratories at Kabete, Kenya, has concentrated on two specific objectives: to survey naturally occurring wildlife populations for the causitive agents of certain specific diseases and to test the pathogenicity and transmissibility of these diseases in experimental animals. The results of research in this area have shown that, in general, the risks of disease transmission between wild and domestic animals have been overestimated.
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