Tags: wildlife

ILRI News on wildlife

06 Jul 2023

A One Health approach to tackling zoonotic disease risks in wildlife farming in Vietnam

A civet is kept on farm in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam for consumption (ILRI/Vu Ngoc Dung) From 2020, the world has been devastated by COVID-19 which has claimed 6.9 million lives and is one of many diseases that probably originated from wildlife. Wildlife from natural or captive conditions might...

Chi NguyenRegional Communications Officer for East and Southeast Asia

ILRI News

01 Mar 2023

Zoo hippo dies: Found with COVID-19 in Vietnam

Scientists now say that a 20-year-old female hippopotamus in Hanoi, Vietnam, who passed away after a mysterious 17-day illness in 2021, may have died of COVID-19. She had shown signs of lethargy, depression and reduced appetite at her death, baffling veterinary staff. On her death, tissue samples...

Ekta PatelScientist & One Health Communications Coordinator
David AronsonTeam leader, media and communications
Elizabeth Jones

ILRI News

19 Sep 2022

New study on co-infection in Kenyan wildlife enhances understanding of neglected zoonotic diseases

Researchers typically study animal diseases one at a time, but diseases often come in combinations. To better understand how diseases work in their natural environments, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) researchers led by Bernard Bett and James Akoko, together with researchers from...

Madeline WongPrinceton in Africa Fellow

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Publications on wildlife

Journal Article

Published2022

Editorial: New approaches to understanding vector borne diseases in domestic and wild animals

Journal Article

Published2022

Evidence of co-exposure with Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, and Rift Valley fever virus among various species of wildlife in Kenya

Journal Article

Published2008

Elephants or onions? Paying for nature in Amboseli, Kenya

Book Chapter

Published2008

Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania: fragmentation of a unique region of the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem

Book Chapter

Published2008

Humans and wildlife as ecosystem components in integrated assessments

Book Chapter

Published2009

The future for wildlife on Kenya’s rangelands: an economic perspective

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ILRI Projects on wildlife

Jan 2022Dec 2024

Protecting human health through a One Health approach

COVID-19 is the sixth zoonotic pandemic since 1980. The frequency and severity of these events is increasing as people encroach on wildlife habitats, and livestock and fish production systems intensify. Animal production systems are reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens, which are responsible for 60% of...