Projects

Africa Swine Fever Virus Genome Sequencing to underpin Control

Africa Swine Fever Virus Genome Sequencing to underpin Control

Climate-smart Brachiaria grasses for improving livestock production in East Africa

Sustainable collaborative research between SLU, Uppsala and ILRI in the field of genomics, bioinformatics and immunoinformatics

New diagnostic tools to understand the epidemiology of sheep theileriosis in northern Sudan

Bovine Tuberculosis in the Developing world

Genetic characterization of field strains and laboratory stocks of the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, the main vector of the cattle disease East Coast Fever

Applied genomics of tick vectors in relation to development of anti-tick vaccines and building research capacity in the eastern and central Africa

A comparison between local cattle breeds in Kenya in the rate and extent of adhesion of rumen bacteria to maize stover

Functional gene discovery for disease resistance in Chicken

Creation of a public resource for housing and analyzing genomic data from Theileria parva and other Apicomplexan species to facilitate vaccine and diagnostic development

ACTIVE

A system to cost effectively create a continuous supply of F1 heifer via sexed embryos

Aflatoxin survey of Kenyan farmer maize and development of novel diagnostics