Research that works for developing countries and AustraliaAnimal HealthResearch Program Manager: Dr Doug Gray ACIAR's investments in animal health and production will largely focus on issues that enable smallholder farmers to refine their livestock management toward production and income-generation, in contrast to 'keeping' livestock solely as an asset. These issues include aspects of the market such as prices; seasonal trends; product quality and market access (including biosecurity) to reduce the risks involved in moving from a household-based to a market economy. Development of health programs for country-species-disease combinations and other livestock husbandry technologies will be considered where clear institutional pathways for adoption of the results of research by smallholders exist and where Australia has experience and expertise. Animal Health has a focus on the following themes, with the emphasis on diseases of regional significance: Transboundary diseases The impacts derived will be reduced disease-control costs, improved animal productivity, improved product quality and improved market access. Increasingly the emphasis will shift from production-related diseases to those of national and regional importance (usually rapidly spreading viral disease) and those affecting trade and human health. Within each theme, ACIAR will address gaps in the successful management of a disease and may include defining the disease issue or problem, understanding the biology of the disease (epidemiology, modelling), improving the ability to detect diseases (pathology, refinement of old tests, development of new tests or platforms), application of diagnostic tests to disease surveillance systems and refinement of these systems and development and application of control measures. For more information see IAS38 Future directions for ACIAR's animal health research. Concluded ProjectsAH/1997/115 - Increasing efficiency and productivity of ruminants in India and Australia by the use of protected nutrient technology AH/2000/009 - Development of diagnostic and control methodologies for animal trypanosomiasis (Surra) in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia AH/2000/083 - Development of a vaccine for the control of Gumboro in village and small poultry holdings in Indonesia AH/2001/005 - Salinity reduction in tannery effluents in India and Australia AH/2001/054 - The identification of constraints and possible remedies to livestock production by zoonotic diseases in the South Pacific AH/2002/042 - Control of Newcastle disease and identification of major constraints in village chicken production systems in Myanmar AH/2002/099 - Development of a model for the control of fasciolosis in cattle and buffaloes in the Kingdom of Cambodia AH/2005/107 - Food safety research in Indonesia scoping study AH/2006/077 - Identifying research priorities for the development of the beef industry in Cambodia and Lao PDR with special reference to animal health interventions AH/2006/078 - Assessing and controlling the risks of disease spread in Mekong countries with an initial focus on Cambodia AH/2006/155 - Vaccine business development in Lao PDR AH/2006/163 - Assessment of zoonotic diseases in Indonesia AH/2006/164 - Future directions for animal health services in Indonesia AH/2007/060 - Scoping opportunities for improving bio-security in commercial poultry in Indonesia AS1/1982/003 - Increased efficiency of straw utilisation by cattle and buffalo AS1/1983/003 - Ticks and tick borne diseases AS1/1983/016 - A study of the life-cycle of the important buffalo parasite Toxocara Vitulorum to provide a basis for control procedures AS1/1983/021 - Control of tick-borne diseases or ruminants in Sri Lanka with particular reference to babesiosis and anaplasmosis AS1/1983/034 - Vaccination of Malaysian village poultry with an avirulent Australian Newcastle disease virus AS1/1983/064 - Genetic identification of strains and genotypes of buffaloes and goats in south east Asia AS1/1983/067 - Research and development of foot-and-mouth disease diagnostic methods in Thailand AS1/1983/082 - Establishment of improved methods for the diagnosis and control of livestock diseases in south-east Asia using enzyme linked immunoabsorbent Assay (Elisa) AS1/1984/018 - Epidemiology and control of gastro-intestinal nematodes in small ruminants in the Pacific Islands AS1/1984/054 - Mineral nutrition studies of small ruminants in north-western and north-eastern China AS1/1984/055 - Epidemiology of ephemeral fever in China AS1/1984/056 - Sheep breeding for improved wool quality in north west China AS1/1984/064 - Brucillosis of sheep in China AS1/1985/023 - Self-medication of ruminants in tethered husbandry systems AS1/1985/046 - Draught animal power AS1/1985/055 - Effects of helminths and nutrition on sheep production in northern China AS1/1987/017 - Control of Newcastle disease in village chickens with oral V4 vaccine AS1/1988/035 - Diagnosis and control of foot and mouth disease in Thailand AS1/1989/011 - Identification of mineral elements limiting sheep production in Northern China AS1/1990/001 - Improved management for production of honey and pollination of tropical forests by bees AS1/1990/049 - Evaluation of antigens for vaccination against liver fluke in cattle and buffalo in Indonesia AS1/1991/019 - Towards effective control of infectious bursal disease and infectious bronchitis in poultry AS1/1991/023 - Control of fasciolosis in cattle and buffalo in Indonesia AS1/1992/003 - Identification and production of recombinant antigens for a vaccination against the screw-worm fly (Chrysomya bezziana) AS1/1992/004 - Improved methods in diagnosis, epidemiology, economic and information management in Australia and Thailand AS1/1992/005 - Improved diagnosis and control of infectious coryza in China and Australia AS1/1993/011 - Genetic improvement of Thai beef cattle and buffalo AS1/1993/012 - Feeding and management strategies for improved reproductive efficiency in cattle AS1/1993/018 - Improved ruminant production through the efficient use of tannin containing shrub legumes AS1/1993/043 - Jembrana disease in Bali cattle AS1/1994/020 - Management of rodent pests in Southeast Asia AS1/1994/022 - Prolific worm-resistant meat sheep for Maharashtra, India AS1/1994/038 - Improved diagnostic and control methodologies for livestock diseases in Lao PDR and Yunnan Province, PRC AS1/1994/051 - Development and standardisation of rapid diagnostic tests and vaccines for the control of sheep and goat pox diseases in India and Australia AS1/1994/113 - Antigenic competition and vaccine failure in small ruminant vaccines in India: A preliminary investigation AS1/1995/040 - Production of a seed culture of heat resistant Newcastle disease virus suitable for producing in developing countries AS1/1995/111 - Isolation and characterisation of micro-organisms from non-domesticated browsing ruminants in Africa capable of improving the utilisation of tannin containing shrub legumes AS1/1996/079 - Management of rodent pests in Vietnam AS1/1996/083 - Development of field survey and information management techniques for animal health priority setting in Lao People's Democratic Republic AS1/1996/096 - Investigations into the control of Newcastle disease in village chickens in Mozambique AS1/1996/150 - Diagnosis and likely spread of Trypanosoma evansi in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia AS1/1996/160 - Control of fasciolosis in cattle and buffaloes in Indonesia, Philippines and Cambodia AS1/1997/027 - Genetic and immunological characterisation of high resistance to internal parasites in Indonesian Thin Tail Sheep AS1/1997/069 - The treatment of wool scouring effluents in Australia, China and India AS1/1997/070 - Development of specification and processing prediction techniques for the Chinese and Indian wool industries AS1/1997/133 - Sustainable endoparasite control for small ruminants in Southeast Asia AS1/1998/010 - Managing the rumen ecosystem to improve utilisation of thornless acacias AS1/1998/036 - Management of rodent pests in rice based farming systems AS1/1998/049 - Lameness in sheep and other ruminants in Bhutan AS1/1999/026 - Population models and immunocontraceptive vaccines for managing outbreaking rodent species AS1/2000/029 - Production of a vaccine for the control of Jembrana disease in Indonesia AS1/2001/025 - Global Animal Health and Production Compendium |
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