Newcastle Disease Control in Chickens, Ethiopia
SummaryTo 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).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.vsap.uq.edu.au/RuralPoultry/)
- Rural Poultry Centre, Kyeema Foundation (http://www.vsap.uq.edu.au/RuralPoultry/links.html)
- Centre for International Agricultural Research (http://www.aciar.gov.au)
- Rural Poultry in Developing Countries (http://www.vsap.uq.edu.au/RuralPoultry/)
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:
Project Sponsor
Organization
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/
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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 29, 2004
