Newcastle Disease Control in Chickens, Ethiopia

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Summary

To protect chicken flocks of the rural poor, the project will train laboratory staff to produce and trial I-2 Newcastle disease vaccine, to assist Ethiopia in the sustainable production of vaccine.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

This project will benefit poor women and children in Ethiopian villages. Villagers depend on small flocks of scavenging chickens for income and food. Newcastle disease (ND), caused by a virus, is often fatal in unvaccinated chickens and can destroy entire village flocks. The Ethiopian government wants to produce the vaccine. Locally produced thermotolerant I-2 vaccine will protect chickens against ND and helps poor rural women and children by providing a chicken “bank” for use in lean times.

Activities

Teach Gov’t Vet Lab to produce I-2 ND vaccine; Teach Gov’t Agricultural Extension staff and interested NGOs how to select and educate community vaccinators to vaccinate chickens; Work on building sustainable distribution mechanisms for the vaccine.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Project Message

Scavenging chickens are the only disposable resource of most impoverished villagers. Our vaccine protects chickens and so has a positive impact on the lives of poor women and children.
- Professor Emeritus Peter Spradbrow, Vaccine developer, project technical adviser

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Celia Grenning,
RPC Coordinator
Rural Poultry Centre, Kyeema Foundation
GPO Box 3023
Brisbane, Queensland 4000
Australia
+61 438 723 829
Email:

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Organization

Rural Poultry Centre Logo Rural Poultry Centre
Rural Poultry Centre, Kyeema Foundation
GPO Box 3023
Brisbane, Queensland 4000
Australia
+61 438 723 829
http://www.vsap.uq.edu.au/RuralPoultry/

Learn more about Rural Poultry Centre and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Ethiopia and can also be found under Women and Girls.

For more information about Ethiopia, read the Human Development Report on Ethiopia or the Wikipedia entry for Ethiopia.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 01, 2005.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 29, 2004.

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