![]() Announcement and Call for Papers A. Background The International Symposium on Sustainable Animal Production and Health – Current Status and Way Forward, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will draw on lessons learned and current best practices to provide a roadmap for the sustainable improvement of animal production whilst protecting the environment. The focus of the symposium will be on the contributions and impact of nuclear technologies and applications. B. Objectives The purpose of the symposium is:
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![]() Abstract: Goats have a key role in ensuring food security and economic livelihood to smallholder farmers in rural areas. Women play a vital role in goat rearing, promoting economic autonomy within households. Indigenous goats dominate and are of high significance due to their adaptive traits that are relevant for climate change and low maintenance. However, lack of emphasis on farmer-centered technology development and proper breed characterization remains a hitch to sustainable utilization and breed development of indigenous goats. This can be over come through proper linkage between market and production, workable regional and national agricultural policies, community breeding programs, collaborative research work within the region, and consistent government support. Keywords: food security; goats; climate change; Southern Africa ![]() 1. Introduction The livestock sector and its environmental impacts have been a subject of growing global concern, reflected in intensive public and scientific discussions. Since the publication of ‘Livestock’s Long Shadow’ by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) in 2006, livestock has been universally criticized for its large contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, land use change, soil degradation, water use and loss of biodiversity (Steinfeld et al 2006, Herrero et al 2015, Hilborn et al 2018). Widely publicized recent reports, such as the EAT-Lancet report (Willett et al 2019), prompted a wave of media outreach arguing that one of the main solutions to the climate change and human health crises, globally, is to eat no or little animal source foods (ASFs). Global media continues to be dominated by concerns about adverse environmental and health impacts of livestock, while the coverage of livestock’s contribution to livelihoods has been declining (Marchmont Communications 2019). These negative narratives, mostly rooted in industrial livestock production systems and overconsumption of ASF in Western countries, overshadow the various complex and often positive roles livestock plays in low- and middle income countries (LMICs) in Africa, South America and South(-East) Asia. A singular focus on livestock associated environmental impacts ignores livestock’s crucial livelihood functions in smallholder systems such as nutrition, income, asset provision, insurance, and nutrient cycling (Herrero et al 2013a). Institutions such as the FAO have been working towards higher awareness of the contributions of the livestock sector to the sustainable development goals, including economic growth, poverty reduction, ending malnutrition, gender equality and ecosystem service provision (FAO 2018). For example, the cereal-based diets of poor people in LMICs regularly lack bioavailable (micro)nutrients, which are highly concentrated in livestock products. Vulnerable groups in LMICs, such as pregnant and lactating women, and children, would benefit from more, and not less, ASF consumption to improve physical and cognitive health, and reduce stunting (Gupta 2016, Adesogan et al 2020, Shapiro et al 2019). In this perspective paper, we present results from novel analysis that demonstrate the urgent need for LMIC-specific evidence on livestock and the environment to inform a more nuanced global discussion and decision-making supporting sustainable livestock development. ![]() Escrito por Manuel Pesántez and Davinia Sánchez-Macías El caprino en el mundo Colaboración de la International Goat Association (IGA) El sector caprino ha ido ganando espacio e incrementando su población, de poco más de 902 millones en 2008 a 1.045 millones de cabras registradas en el mundo en el año 2018 (Faostat, 2020). Sin embargo, en Ecuador la población caprina adulta ha decrecido mucho en los últimos años, pasando de más de 170.000 cabezas en el año 2006 a 28.000 animales censados en el 2019 (INEC, 2020). Este marcado descenso está relacionado al cambio de uso del suelo de las zonas de crianza de cabras, ahora destinado a la construcción y la agricultura, esto último debido al inicio del funcionamiento de canal de riego en la zona sur de Ecuador. Razas caprinas presentes en Ecuador Los principales genotipos de cabras que existen en el país, y de acuerdo a la zona geográfica son: Criolla y Boer (que poseen aptitud cárnica), Saanen y Alpina (para la producción de leche) y Anglo Nubia (doble propósito para carne y leche). En la región de La Sierra (región andina del país) se encuentran los cinco genotipos de cabras, en cambio, en la región Costa únicamente existe Anglo Nubia, Boer y la Criolla; y, en la región Oriente (región amazónica) e Insular (Islas Galápagos) se localiza la raza Criolla (Pesántez y Hernández, 2015). No obstante, la raza Anglo Nubia es la raza más difundida en el país, especialmente en las zonas cálidas y deforestadas con serios problemas de erosión eólica e hídrica, esto es, en las provincias ecuatorianas de Loja, Santa Elena y Manabí. Mohammad Hossein Hadi Tavatori (1), Nader Papi (2) and Farhad Mirzaei (2) 1) Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Animal Science Research Department, Qazvin Agricultural and Natural Recourses Research and Education Center. AREEO. Qazvin, Iran. 2) Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Animal Science Research Institute of Iran, Karaj. History of goat rearing in the province
Goat farming has a long tradition in Qazvin province. This helpful animal produces valuable products such as meat, milk, skin, and hair fed by forage and roughages. Goat breeding in Qazvin province is specialized to highlands where there are challenging conditions to rearing other farm animals. Geographic distribution areas Areas of Qazvin Province have the largest goat population, including Eastern Alamut, Western Alamut, Lower Tarom (Tarom-e-Sofla), and rural of Qazvin. Also, in this province, about 5% of some sheep flocks are goats. Population Based on the current data, the goat population is over 158 thousand heads. The types of rearing systems The traditional goat keepers in Qazvin province are overwhelmingly rural and dependent upon mountainous pastures during warm seasons. In the spring, herds of goats feed on the village meadows, and they use fields upstream from mid-June to the end of the summer. In the cold seasons, they stay at the fold in their villages, and fodder is brought to them. Dr María Rosa Caro, an internationally renowned expert on chlamydia from the University of Murcia, offers an in-depth analysis of the past and present of these vaccines and the keys for obtaining the ideal vaccine against Chlamydia abortus. In the video, Dr Caro outlines some of the main drawbacks of live attenuated vaccines:
Written by Souleymane Traoré, Richard B. Yapi, Kadiatou Coulibaly, Coletha Mathew, Gilbert Fokou, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Bassirou Bonfoh, and Rianatou Bada Alambedj
Abstract Mali has a high pastoral potential with diverse coexisting production systems ranging from traditional (nomadic, transhumant, sedentary) to commercial (fattening and dairy production) production systems. Each of those systems is characterised by close interactions between animals and humans, increasing the potential risk of transmission of zoonotic diseases. The nature of contact network suggests that the risks may vary according to species, production systems and behaviors. However, the study of the link between small ruminants and zoonotic diseases has received limited attention in Mali. The objective of this study was to assess brucellosis seroprevalence and determine how the husbandry systems and human behaviour expose animal and human to infection risk. A cross-sectional study using cluster sampling was conducted in three regions in Mali. Blood was collected from 860 small ruminants. The sera obtained were analysed using both Rose Bengal and cELISA tests. In addition, 119 farmers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire in order to identify the characteristics of farms as well as the risk behaviors of respondents. Husbandry systems were dominated by agro-pastoral systems followed by pastoral systems. The commercial farms (peri-urban and urban) represent a small proportion. Small ruminant individual seroprevalence was 4.1% [2.8–5.6% (95% CI)]. Herd seroprevalence was estimated at 25.2% [17.7–33.9% (95% CI)]. Peri-urban farming system was more affected with seroprevalence of 38.1% [18.1–61.5 (95% CI)], followed by pastoral farming system (24.3% [11.7–41.2 (95% CI)]). Identified risk behaviors of brucellosis transmission to animals were: exchange of reproductive males (30.2%); improper disposal of placentas in the farms (31.1%); and keeping aborted females in the herd (69.7%). For humans, risk factors were: close and prolonged contact with animals (51.2%); consumption of unpasteurized dairy products (26.9%); and assisting female animals during delivery without any protection (40.3%). This study observed a high seroprevalence of brucellosis in small ruminants and also identified risky practices that allow cross transmission between the two populations. This calls for control strategy using a multi-sectoral and multidimensional approach. Una gran serie de videos informativos de IGA Sudamerica
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxTexYkG1z5Pk9x9AvZTaA/videos. ![]() Announcement & Call for Abstracts The two-day e-workshop “Pastoralism and Sustainable Development” will take place online (via the Zoom platform) on July 14-15, 2021. The international e-workshop is organized in the framework of PACTORES project (Pastoral ACTORs, Ecosystem services and Society as key elements of agro-pastoral systems in the Mediterranean) (http://www.pactores.eu), funded within ERANET-MED program (project code: ERANETMED2-72-303). The e-workshop will serve as a forum for the exchange of insights, ideas and good practices regarding the multifaceted nexus between pastoralism (including agro-pastoralism, silvo-pastoralism, and agro-silvo-pastoralism) and sustainable development (including the Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs) in the Mediterranean and beyond. Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce that the abstract submission to the ISVA Virtual Meeting - International Sheep Veterinary Association (23rd-25th November 2021), is now open. Please visit the Meeting website and submit your abstract. You are kindly asked to be aware of the important dates. Join us virtually for a successful ISVA Meeting! Main Topics
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