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. 2019 Oct 31;7(4):165.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040165.

Towards a Multidisciplinary Approach to Improve Cattle Health and Production in Uganda

José de la Fuente  1   2 , Marinela Contreras  3 , Paul D Kasaija  4   5 , Christian Gortazar  6 , Jose F Ruiz-Fons  7 , Rafael Mateo  8 , Fredrick Kabi  9
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Towards a Multidisciplinary Approach to Improve Cattle Health and Production in Uganda

José de la Fuente et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

A meeting and course supported by the Vice-Presidency for International Affairs of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the National Agricultural Research Organization of Uganda (NARO) were held at the National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI) in Nakyesasa, Wakiso, Uganda on September 2-9, 2019. The activities were conducted within the collaboration program between the Institute of Game and Wildlife Research (IREC, CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Spain) and NARO for the development of vaccines and other interventions for the control of cattle ticks in Uganda.

Keywords: Uganda; cattle; economy; tick; vaccine.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Upper panel: visit of the National Agricultural Research Organization of Uganda (NARO) executives to the Institute of Game and Wildlife Research (IREC) in Ciudad Real, Spain in September 2018. From left to right, C. Gortazar, F. Kabi, J. Rutaisire, R. Mateo, M.T. Kiggundu, A. Agona, and J. de la Fuente. Lower panel: The participants at the meeting between IREC representatives and NARO authorities regarding the development of vaccines for the control of cattle ticks in Uganda. The meeting was held at the National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI) in Wakiso District, Uganda on September 5, 2019. From left to right, I. Kasaija, S. Mugerwa, M. Contreras, M. Dhikusooka, P.D. Kasaija, H. Kirunda, J. de la Fuente, A. Agona, R. Mateo, F. Kabi, Y. Baguma, J. Rutaisire, R. Bangonza, J.J. Ruiz-Fons, J. Mbihayeimaana, and C. Gortazar.
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Figure 2
The participants in the course held at NaLIRRI in Wakiso District, Uganda on September 2–9, 2019. J. de la Fuente, M. Contreras, C. Gortazar, F. Ruiz-Fons, and R. Mateo offered the course. The attendees included Senior Research Officers F. Kabi and J. Nakayima; Research Officers R. Alingu, J. Bugeza, M. Dhikusooka, A.L. Mulondo, P. Abila, and G. Nsereko; Principal Lab Technician P. Kasaija (also a Ph.D. student at the University of Castilla, La Mancha in Spain); and Senior Lab Technician S. Kerfwa.
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