Managing the health needs of livestock contributes to reducing poverty and improving the
livelihoods of smallholder and pastoralist livestock keepers globally. Animal health …

Despite extensive attempts over many decades to control African Animal Trypanosomiasis
(AAT) across the tsetse fly belt of Nigeria, AAT persists as major animal health problem …

Abstract The Jos Plateau is an important cattle-producing area in Nigeria, with a high
concentration of pastoral Fulani. In recent decades, pastoralist studies have focused on arid …

Increasing land use and associated competition for natural resources in the wake of high
human and livestock population pressures have been major challenges confronting …

Background African trypanosomosis is a disease of public health and economic importance
that poses a major threat to the livelihoods of people living in the Maasai Steppe, where …

Abstract Kachia Grazing Reserve (KGR) in northern Nigeria was home to some 10,000
Fulani pastoralists and their 40,000 cattle in June 2011. This study examines productivity …

Background Accurate information on the distribution of the tsetse fly is of paramount
importance to better control animal trypanosomosis. Entomological and parasitological …

While women in pastoralist communities are key stakeholders in the production of milk and
dairy products for income generation, they are largely ignored in other areas of development …

African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) is transmitted cyclically by tsetse flies and
mechanically by biting flies (tabanids and stomoxyines) in West Africa. AAT caused by …

Bovine trypanosomosis is a parasitic disease causing serious economic losses in livestock
productivity and agricultural development. The disease has been reported in different parts …