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Economic efficiency analysis of different strategies to control post-weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome and porcine circovirus type 2 subclinical infection in 3-weekly batch system farms
Journal Article
Alarcon, P., Rushton, J., Nathues, H., & Wieland, B. Economic efficiency analysis of different strategies to control post-weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome and porcine circovirus type 2 subclinical infection in 3-weekly batch system farms. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 110(2), 103-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2012.12.006

Value chain analysis and sanitary risks of the camel milk system supplying Nairobi city, Kenya
Journal Article
Muloi, D., Alarcon, P., Ombui, J., Ngeiywa, K. J., Abdullahi, B., Muinde, P., Karani, M. K., Rushton, J., & Fèvre, E. M. (in press). Value chain analysis and sanitary risks of the camel milk system supplying Nairobi city, Kenya. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 159, 203-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.09.010

The camel milk trade in Kenya has evolved significantly from a small-scale business undertaken in local villages to its current status involving a large number of different stakeholders supplying urban towns, particularly Nairobi City. Despite the ev... Read More about Value chain analysis and sanitary risks of the camel milk system supplying Nairobi city, Kenya.

Detection of circulating antigens for Taenia spp. in pigs slaughtered for consumption in Nairobi and surroundings, Kenya
Journal Article
Akoko, J. M., MacLeod, E., Thomas, L. F., Alarcon, P., Kang'Ethe, E., Kivali, V., Muloi, D., Muinde, P., Murungi, M. K., Gachoya, J. M., & Fèvre, E. M. (in press). Detection of circulating antigens for Taenia spp. in pigs slaughtered for consumption in Nairobi and surroundings, Kenya. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2019.e00093

Taenia solium a zoonotic tapeworm, responsible for neurocysticercosis in humans is a major public health threat, being a leading cause of acquired epilepsy in endemic regions. Eastern and southern African nations have experienced a recent rapid growt... Read More about Detection of circulating antigens for Taenia spp. in pigs slaughtered for consumption in Nairobi and surroundings, Kenya.