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SUMMARY:A role for vaccines in helping meet the Sustainable Development Go
 als - Professor Vish Nene\, International Livestock Research Institute\, N
 airobi\, Kenya
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CONTACT:Dr Paula MacGregor
DESCRIPTION:The projected growth of the human population to 2030 and beyon
 d and an increased demand for animal sourced food because of income growth
  and urbanization provides several opportunities for science to help achie
 ve some of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by increasing 
 food production\, especially in low to middle income countries (LMICs). Un
 fortunately\, livestock productivity in LMICs is low\, a productivity gap 
 that could be reduced by institutional and policy changes\, and by improvi
 ng animal breeds\, their health and quality of feed.\n\nVaccines represent
  one of the most effective and sustainable inventions for disease control\
 , especially in under-resourced agricultural systems. ILRI with partners i
 s building a hub for research dedicated to developing vaccine-based soluti
 ons to reduce disease burdens that limit livestock productivity in smallho
 lder and pastoral farming systems in LIMCs. An example of vaccine developm
 ent research on an intra-cellular protozoan pathogen called Theileria parv
 a\, which usually causes a lethal cancer-like disease in cattle called Eas
 t Coast fever (ECF) will be presented. Technologies that identify and gene
 rate parasite-specific neutralizing antibodies and MHC class I-restricted 
 cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are of particular interest as both arms of 
 the bovine immune response play a role in mediating immunity to ECF.\n\n\n
LOCATION:Department of Biochemistry\, Sanger Building\, Thomas Lecture The
 atre
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