Essays about: "svinpest"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the word svinpest.

  1. 11. African swine fever in Uganda : attitudes and possible interventions to limit the spread of the disease

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Frida Crafoord; [2014]
    Keywords : African swine fever; smallholder pig production; pork value chain; participatory epidemiology; Uganda; Gulu; Afrikansk svinpest; småskalig grisproduktion; deltagande epidemiologi;

    Abstract : The objective of this study was to investigate the attitude towards African swine fever (ASF) primarily among smallholder pig farmers but also among other actors along the pork value chain in Gulu district, Uganda. More specifically, the study aimed to investigate the specific challenges facing both farmers and other members of the pork value chain using participatory epidemiology (PE). READ MORE

  3. 12. Emerging infectious diseases : a model of disease transmission dynamics at the wildlife-livestock interface in Uganda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Fredrik Backlund; [2013]
    Keywords : emerging infectious disease; African swine fever; wildlife; disease transmission; genotype;

    Abstract : Emerging infectious diseases are a recurring threat to both human and animal health. Understanding the multiple causes behind the emergence of new diseases is key to the prevention of new and potentially devastating outbreaks. READ MORE

  4. 13. Afrikansk svinpest : förebyggande åtgärder och kontroll ur ett EU-perspektiv

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Sandra Nohrborg; [2012]
    Keywords : Afrikansk svinpest; ASF; kontroll; förebygga; risk; biosäkerhet; EU; smittskydd;

    Abstract : Afrikansk svinpest (ASF) är en hemorrhagisk sjukdom orsakad av ett virus tillhörandefamiljen Asfarviridae genus Asfivirus. Sjukdomen kan drabba både tamgrisar och vildsvin ochsmittar via indirekt eller direkt kontakt mellan smittade djur men även via vektorer. READ MORE

  5. 14. Patho-anatomical studies on african swine fever in Uganda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Justine Ganowiak; [2012]
    Keywords : African Swine Fever; pathology; Uganda;

    Abstract : African Swine Fever (ASF) is one of the most serious transboundary swine diseases because of its high lethality for pigs, socioeconomic consequences, rapid and international spread and the absence of either treatment or vaccine. This Sida Minor Field Study (MFS) was carried out during fall 2010, as part of a larger collaborative research project called ASFUganda, focusing on the epidemiology of the disease in Uganda. READ MORE

  6. 15. Detection of African swine fever virus and phylogenetic characterization of Ornithodoros ticks collected from Lake Mburo - and Murchison Falls National Parks in Uganda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Lisa Lindström; [2012]
    Keywords : Uganda; ticks; African swine fever; Ornithodoros;

    Abstract : This master thesis was performed as a Minor Field Study (MFS), funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Gulli Strålfeldts fond and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). The study was performed in collaboration between SLU, the National Veterinary Institute (SVA) in Uppsala and the Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. READ MORE