Introducing Julie Koehler: Our New Head of Gender (Data in Livestock Development)

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Introducing Julie Koehler: Our New Head of Gender (Data in Livestock Development)

We're thrilled to welcome Julie Koehler to our team as the Head of Gender (Data in Livestock Development). With 20 years of experience spanning humanitarian response, development, and academia, Julie brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to our organization.

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Dr. Karen Smyth speaking with members of the LD4D community in 2020

Dr Karen Smyth appointed new SEBI-Livestock Program Director

Dr Karen Smyth has been appointed the new Program Director for SEBI-Livestock, the Centre for Supporting Evidence Based Decisions in Livestock. 
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Veterinary service drugs and vaccines in Ghana. Photo: S Apeadu, Unsplash

Antimicrobials, One Health and Livestock Data: Q&A with Carys Redman-White

Overuse of antimicrobials is making these vital medicines less effective, posing a risk to human and animal health. But our understanding of how and where antimicrobials are being used is limited. This means we cannot easily predict how antimicrobial resistance will evolve. PhD student Carys Redman-White is looking at new ways to use existing data to anticipate how antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance are advancing, which can inform future efforts to tackle this challenge.
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Tito Kibona from the research team, trains local veterinary health workers on surveillance methods.

Surveillance for causes of livestock abortion in Northern Tanzania closes important data gaps

A team of researchers, with support from SEBI-Livestock, undertook a study that combined field investigations and lab diagnoses to determine the causes of livestock abortion in Tanzania.
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Illustration of a farmer leading a bull

Free training resources aimed to improve dairy cattle fertility

Open-source videos can guide smallholder farmers in low-and middle-income countries to make better decisions
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Locally available detergents to test for Mastitis in Africa

A simple test to detect disease in African dairy cattle

Detergent is a key ingredient in the California Milk Test, a long-established method to test for Mastitis. This study determined which locally available detergents could help farmers in Nigeria and Ethiopia quickly and cheaply detect the disease.
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Two long-horned goats in Abergelle, Ethiopia

Addressing the fragmented landscape of animal health data

The systematic evidence map for Ethiopia pulls together insights on cattle and small ruminant health and mortality, drawn from over 700 research articles published over the last decade.
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