Assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in Uganda
Pig production has only recently become a popular income-generating activity among smallholder farmers in Uganda; over the past 30 years, pig numbers have increased by a tenfold and pork consumption in East Africa is highest in Uganda. Pigs are not a traditional livestock species to Uganda and littl...
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| author | Roesel, Kristina Dione, Michel M. Fries, R. Baumann, M.P.O. Nöckler, K. Schares, G. Grace, Delia Clausen, Peter-Henning |
| author_browse | Baumann, M.P.O. Clausen, Peter-Henning Dione, Michel M. Fries, R. Grace, Delia Nöckler, K. Roesel, Kristina Schares, G. |
| author_facet | Roesel, Kristina Dione, Michel M. Fries, R. Baumann, M.P.O. Nöckler, K. Schares, G. Grace, Delia Clausen, Peter-Henning |
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| description | Pig production has only recently become a popular income-generating activity among smallholder farmers in Uganda; over the past 30 years, pig numbers have increased by a tenfold and pork consumption in East Africa is highest in Uganda. Pigs are not a traditional livestock species to Uganda and little is known about the occurrence of parasitic diseases that reduce growth performance and may have implications for public health.
An initial systematic literature review conducted by Ocaido et al. (forthcoming), revealed huge data gaps as most zoonotic pig parasites have never been researched in East Africa. As part of comprehensive smallholder pig value chain assessments carried out by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in three administrative districts of Uganda, the presence and importance of pig parasites along the food chain was investigated. Thirty-five focus group discussions with more than 300 pig farmers showed that parasites are perceived to be a big production constraint with intestinal worms and sarcoptic mange ranking second and third after swine fever (Dione et al., 2014). Knowledge about zoonotic pig parasites is limited and practices such as free-ranging and tethering, erratic treatment and self-medication as well as lack of good hygiene on farm are common. This study presents preliminary findings on parasitic diseases that potentially compromise farm productivity (e.g. gastrointestinal helminths and sarcoptic mange) and public health (e.g. Trypanosoma spp., Trichinella spp. and Toxoplasma gondii).
The research was carried out with the financial support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, led by the International Food Policy Research Institute, through the Safe Food, Fair Food project at ILRI. |
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| spelling | CGSpace683012025-12-08T09:54:28Z Assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in Uganda Roesel, Kristina Dione, Michel M. Fries, R. Baumann, M.P.O. Nöckler, K. Schares, G. Grace, Delia Clausen, Peter-Henning health Pig production has only recently become a popular income-generating activity among smallholder farmers in Uganda; over the past 30 years, pig numbers have increased by a tenfold and pork consumption in East Africa is highest in Uganda. Pigs are not a traditional livestock species to Uganda and little is known about the occurrence of parasitic diseases that reduce growth performance and may have implications for public health. An initial systematic literature review conducted by Ocaido et al. (forthcoming), revealed huge data gaps as most zoonotic pig parasites have never been researched in East Africa. As part of comprehensive smallholder pig value chain assessments carried out by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in three administrative districts of Uganda, the presence and importance of pig parasites along the food chain was investigated. Thirty-five focus group discussions with more than 300 pig farmers showed that parasites are perceived to be a big production constraint with intestinal worms and sarcoptic mange ranking second and third after swine fever (Dione et al., 2014). Knowledge about zoonotic pig parasites is limited and practices such as free-ranging and tethering, erratic treatment and self-medication as well as lack of good hygiene on farm are common. This study presents preliminary findings on parasitic diseases that potentially compromise farm productivity (e.g. gastrointestinal helminths and sarcoptic mange) and public health (e.g. Trypanosoma spp., Trichinella spp. and Toxoplasma gondii). The research was carried out with the financial support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, and the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, led by the International Food Policy Research Institute, through the Safe Food, Fair Food project at ILRI. 2015-06 2015-09-24T13:32:10Z 2015-09-24T13:32:10Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68301 en Limited Access application/pdf Roesel, K., Dione, M., Fries, R., Baumann, M.P.O., Nöckler, K., Schares, G., Grace, D. and Clausen, P.-H. 2015. Assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in Uganda. Abstract of paper presented at the annual expert meeting on parasitology and parasitic diseases at the German Veterinary Association, Stralsund, Germany, 29 June – 1 July 2015. |
| spellingShingle | health Roesel, Kristina Dione, Michel M. Fries, R. Baumann, M.P.O. Nöckler, K. Schares, G. Grace, Delia Clausen, Peter-Henning Assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in Uganda |
| title | Assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in Uganda |
| title_full | Assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in Uganda |
| title_short | Assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in Uganda |
| title_sort | assessment of the parasitic burden in smallholder pig value chains and implications for public health in uganda |
| topic | health |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68301 |
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