Farm and livelihood characteristics after ITM vaccination against East Coast fever in Tanzania
East Coast Fever is a critical cattle disease in East and Southern Africa which is currently mainly controlled through frequent chemical removal of ticks, the disease vector. However, a vaccine conveying life-long immunity has existed for some time, known as the infection and treatment method (ITM),...
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| author | Teufel, Nils Korir, Luke Hammond, James Wijk, Mark T. van Kiara, Henry K. |
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| description | East Coast Fever is a critical cattle disease in East and Southern Africa which is currently mainly controlled through frequent chemical removal of ticks, the disease vector. However, a vaccine conveying life-long immunity has existed for some time, known as the infection and treatment method (ITM), although it has so far not been widely adopted because of its cost, demanding distribution system and regulatory reservations. Also, despite having proved effective on the animal level, the promoters of the vaccine have not been able to show much evidence of its benefits on the herd, farm and household levels. This study, based on a cross-sectional survey of 994 cattle keepers throughout Tanzania, aims to provide such evidence by comparing indicators of herd productivity, of farm management and success as well as of household livelihoods between households that have adopted the ITM vaccine for some years with those that have only recently adopted it. Econometric models identify the contribution of ITM adoption to indicator values together with various other determining factors amongst 277 long-term adopters of ITM and the control group of 118 recent adopters as well as 118 matched farmers without access to ITM. The results confirm that ITM adoption is positively associated with all three indicators of herd-productivity considered in this study. However, it does not support any of the three indicators of farm management and only one out of four indicators representing farm success. Nevertheless, the adoption of ITM shows a positive association with all four indicators of household livelihood. Investigating the chain of intermediate outcomes, indicators of herd productivity, such as milk yield, are significantly linked to higher feed expenses, contributing to increased livestock productivity and ultimately income and food availability. Overall, these results therefore support the promotion of ITM as a beneficial technology for the sustainable development of rural livestock keepers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1159802025-08-15T13:22:34Z Farm and livelihood characteristics after ITM vaccination against East Coast fever in Tanzania Teufel, Nils Korir, Luke Hammond, James Wijk, Mark T. van Kiara, Henry K. vaccines east coast fever livelihoods disease control East Coast Fever is a critical cattle disease in East and Southern Africa which is currently mainly controlled through frequent chemical removal of ticks, the disease vector. However, a vaccine conveying life-long immunity has existed for some time, known as the infection and treatment method (ITM), although it has so far not been widely adopted because of its cost, demanding distribution system and regulatory reservations. Also, despite having proved effective on the animal level, the promoters of the vaccine have not been able to show much evidence of its benefits on the herd, farm and household levels. This study, based on a cross-sectional survey of 994 cattle keepers throughout Tanzania, aims to provide such evidence by comparing indicators of herd productivity, of farm management and success as well as of household livelihoods between households that have adopted the ITM vaccine for some years with those that have only recently adopted it. Econometric models identify the contribution of ITM adoption to indicator values together with various other determining factors amongst 277 long-term adopters of ITM and the control group of 118 recent adopters as well as 118 matched farmers without access to ITM. The results confirm that ITM adoption is positively associated with all three indicators of herd-productivity considered in this study. However, it does not support any of the three indicators of farm management and only one out of four indicators representing farm success. Nevertheless, the adoption of ITM shows a positive association with all four indicators of household livelihood. Investigating the chain of intermediate outcomes, indicators of herd productivity, such as milk yield, are significantly linked to higher feed expenses, contributing to increased livestock productivity and ultimately income and food availability. Overall, these results therefore support the promotion of ITM as a beneficial technology for the sustainable development of rural livestock keepers. 2021-11-11 2021-11-11T12:38:33Z 2021-11-11T12:38:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115980 en Open Access Frontiers Media Teufel, N., Korir, L., Hammond, J., Wijk, M. van and Kiara, H. 2021. Farm and livelihood characteristics after ITM vaccination against East Coast fever in Tanzania. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8: 639762. |
| spellingShingle | vaccines east coast fever livelihoods disease control Teufel, Nils Korir, Luke Hammond, James Wijk, Mark T. van Kiara, Henry K. Farm and livelihood characteristics after ITM vaccination against East Coast fever in Tanzania |
| title | Farm and livelihood characteristics after ITM vaccination against East Coast fever in Tanzania |
| title_full | Farm and livelihood characteristics after ITM vaccination against East Coast fever in Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Farm and livelihood characteristics after ITM vaccination against East Coast fever in Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farm and livelihood characteristics after ITM vaccination against East Coast fever in Tanzania |
| title_short | Farm and livelihood characteristics after ITM vaccination against East Coast fever in Tanzania |
| title_sort | farm and livelihood characteristics after itm vaccination against east coast fever in tanzania |
| topic | vaccines east coast fever livelihoods disease control |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115980 |
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