About the RUFORUM 2010 Biennal Conference
"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholders in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Animal Science"
Understanding the persistence of foot-and-mouth disease in Uganda: The case of western Uganda
Abstract:
Livestock, one of the important agricultural sectors in the lives
of millions of people world over, is greatly affected by epidemics
of Trans-boundary animal diseases (TAD). Foot-and-mouth
disease (FMD) is one of the most important TAD that
undermines livestock production, marketing and consumption.
In Uganda, FMD outbreaks are on increase despite various
control attempts. Little is known about circulating strains,
effectiveness of control measures used and community attitudes
and knowledge in management of FMD, which greatly
contribute to FMD persistence. The community plays a very
central role in spreading and controlling FMD given their
engagement in livestock rearing and trade activities. This study
is designed to investigate community knowledge and practices
of FMD management and to characterise prevailing FMD
viruses circulating in western Uganda where the highest number
of cattle heads in the country is found. This research will
generate information that will be valuable in the control of FMD
in Uganda, with potential application in the East African Region
and perhaps elsewhere.
L’élevage, l’un des secteurs agricoles important dans la vie de
millions de personnes dans le monde entier, est grandement
affecté par des épidémies de maladies animales transfrontalières
(TAD). La fièvre aphteuse (FA) est l’une des plus importantes
TAD qui porte atteinte à la production du bétail, la
commercialisation et la consommation. En Ouganda, les
apparitions de la fièvre aphteuse sont en augmentation en dépit
des tentatives de contrôle différentes. On connaît mal les souches en circulation, l’efficacité des mesures de contrôle
utilisées et les attitudes ainsi que les connaissances de la
communauté en matière de gestion de la fièvre aphteuse, qui
contribuent grandement à la persistance de la fièvre aphteuse.
La communauté joue un rôle très central dans la diffusion et le
contrôle de la fièvre aphteuse étant donné leur engagement
dans l’élevage du bétail et les activités commerciales. Cette
étude vise à examiner les connaissances de la communauté et
ses pratiques de gestion de la fièvre aphteuse et à caractériser
les virus de la fièvre aphteuse en vigueur, circulant dans l’ouest
de l’Ouganda, où se trouve le plus grand nombre de têtes de
bétail dans le pays. Cette recherche permettra de générer des
informations qui seront utiles dans le contrôle de la fièvre
aphteuse en Ouganda, avec des applications potentielles dans
la région Afrique de l’Est et peut-être ailleurs.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1081-1086
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