Impact of routine Newcastle disease vaccination on chicken flock size in smallholder farms in western Kenya.

Autor: Elkanah Otiang, Samuel M Thumbi, Zoë A Campbell, Lucy W Njagi, Philip N Nyaga, Guy H Palmer

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 3, p e0248596 (2021)

BackgroundPoultry represent a widely held economic, nutritional, and sociocultural asset in rural communities worldwide. In a recent longitudinal study in western Kenya, the reported mean number of chickens per household was 10, with increases in flo

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Microbiome sharing between children, livestock and household surfaces in western Kenya.

Autor: Emily Mosites, Matt Sammons, Elkanah Otiang, Alexander Eng, Cecilia Noecker, Ohad Manor, Sarah Hilton, Samuel M Thumbi, Clayton Onyango, Gemina Garland-Lewis, Douglas R Call, M Kariuki Njenga, Judith N Wasserheit, Jennifer A Zambriski, Judd L Walson, Guy H Palmer, Joel Montgomery, Elhanan Borenstein, Richard Omore, Peter M Rabinowitz

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 2, p e0171017 (2017)

The gut microbiome community structure and development are associated with several health outcomes in young children. To determine the household influences of gut microbiome structure, we assessed microbial sharing within households in western Kenya

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/6667bb1d4f0841b59bdb441797627f69

Linking human health and livestock health: a 'one-health' platform for integrated analysis of human health, livestock health, and economic welfare in livestock dependent communities.

Autor: S M Thumbi, M Kariuki Njenga, Thomas L Marsh, Susan Noh, Elkanah Otiang, Peninah Munyua, Linus Ochieng, Eric Ogola, Jonathan Yoder, Allan Audi, Joel M Montgomery, Godfrey Bigogo, Robert F Breiman, Guy H Palmer, Terry F McElwain

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 3, p e0120761 (2015)

BackgroundFor most rural households in sub-Saharan Africa, healthy livestock play a key role in averting the burden associated with zoonotic diseases, and in meeting household nutritional and socio-economic needs. However, there is limited understand

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Vaccination of household chickens results in a shift in young children's diet and improves child growth in rural Kenya

Autor: Elkanah Otiang, Jonathan Yoder, Shanthi Manian, Zoë A. Campbell, Samuel M. Thumbi, Lucy W. Njagi, Philip N. Nyaga, Guy H. Palmer

Publikováno v: Otiang, E, Yoder, J, Manian, S, Campbell, Z A, Thumbi, S M, Njagi, L W, Nyaga, P N & Palmer, G H 2022, ' Vaccination of household chickens results in a shift in young children's diet and improves child growth in rural Kenya ', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 119, no. 24, e2122389119 . https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122389119

Significance This randomized, controlled trial demonstrates that by relieving a constraint on household nutritional assets, here through reducing chicken mortality through vaccination, households make dietary choices for young children that increase

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11820/b0ece38c-602b-4fde-b8df-166e58c58256

Linking calving intervals to milk production and household nutrition in Kenya

Autor: Linus Ochieng, Samuel M. Thumbi, M. Kariuki Njenga, Julia Vanderford, Nathan D. DeLay, Elkanah Otiang, Guy H. Palmer, Thomas L. Marsh

Publikováno v: Food Security. 12:309-325

Maternal and child under-nutrition resulting in childhood stunting remains prevalent in east Africa, leading to increased disease risk, limiting cognitive development, and impeding human capital accumulation that constrains individuals, communities,

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-01006-w