Description: Das Projekt "D 4.1: Livestock parasites and parasitic zoonoses in smallholder farming systems of Northern Vietnam" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität Hohenheim, Institut für Zoologie, Fachgebiet Parasitologie durchgeführt. 80Prozent of the Vietnamese population inhabits rural areas, which are dominated by agriculture. After rice production, animal husbandry is the 2nd most important agricultural activity. In the mountainous area of northwestern Vietnam, livestock production is mainly done in smallholder farms, with each farmer keeping small numbers of a variety of species including pigs, cattle, buffaloes, goats and poultry. Within this area dominated by economic constraints, smallholder farming differs according to the distance to towns where market outlets exist. While farmers in valleys (near roads or towns) use e.g. pig production for income generation, the more remote mountain slopes are dominated by subsistence farming. In adaptation to this, different husbandry practices exist, and different animal species / breeds are raised. Generally, pigs are the most important animal species both as a meat source and for sale. While local pig genotypes are gradually being replaced by high yielding exotic breeds in large areas of Vietnam, this development is only slowly reaching the more remote areas of the northwest. Presently, aspects of resource utilization with regard to different animal breeds are under investigation (cf. sub-project D2.2 (Livestock effiency)). However, the impact of this development on aspects of veterinary and public health importance have not been addressed so far, although the transmission of economically important livestock pathogens and zoonotic diseases are intricately linked to husbandry practices and animal genotypes. Several species of livestock parasites not only have economic importance due to their impact on the quality and quantity of animal products, but are causative agents for human disease. Due to the complex life cycles of most parasites - which involve different host species and obligatory host changes - the locally prevailing conditions of animal husbandry, slaughtering facilities and marketing practises have a drastic influence on the transmission intensity. Many parasitic diseases can be effectively controlled by improved slaughtering practises (meat inspection) and information on preventive behaviour to farmers and distributors. However, small scale farming usually favours disease transmission due to uncontrolled home slaughter with unsafe offal disposal and generally unhygienic conditions. Therefore, any changes in animal production systems and the introduction of new animal genotypes is likely to have an impact on parasite transmission and public health, which has to be taken into account when evaluating the local acceptance and sustainability of such systems. In a first phase of this project, prevalence surveys of various parasite species in livestock (pigs, cattle, buffaloes, goats) will be carried out in an area of Son La Province, which includes different types of animal husbandry. (abridged text)
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Origin: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Schwein ? Reis ? Straße ? Genotyp ? Geflügel ? Skigebiet ? Tierhaltung ? Wild ? Ziege ? Zoologie ? Wohngebäude ? Vieh ? Viehbestand ? Parasitologie ? Tierressourcen ? Vietnam ? Parasitose ? Betriebliches Rechnungswesen ? Geflügelfarm ? Innenstadt ? Landwirtschaftlicher Betrieb ? Lebensmittelüberwachung ? Marketing ? Schlachthof ? Tierart ? Tierproduktion ? Zoonose ? Gesundheitseinrichtung ? Subsistenzwirtschaft ? Fleisch ? Geodäsie ? Viehwirtschaft ? Allgemeine Gesundheit ? Wirtschaftsraum ? Infektionskrankheit ? Agrarproduktion ? Tier ? Stadt ? Verbreitungsgebiet ? Beseitigung ? Tierisches Produkt ? Menschliche Krankheit ? Artenvielfalt ? Berg ? Landbevölkerung ? Tiergesundheit ? Parasit ? Tal ? Ressourcennutzung ? Bewirtschaftungssystem ? Anlage ? Gebirge ? Standortbedingung ? Hang ? Ländlicher Raum ? Landwirtschaft ? Landwirtschaftliche Fläche ? Anthropogener Einfluss ? Vorsorgeprinzip ? Gesundheit ? Krankheit ? Nachhaltigkeit ? Krankheitserreger ? Siedlungsentwicklung ? Transmission ? Privathaushalt ? Produkt ? Inverkehrbringer ? Mittel ? Pathogenese ? Akzeptanz ? Art [Spezies] ?
Region: Baden-Württemberg
Bounding box: 9° .. 9° x 48.5° .. 48.5°
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Deutsch
Time ranges: 2003-01-01 - 2006-12-31
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