SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE PROGRESS OF SAFE FOOD FAIR FOOD AND COW KILLER

George Msalya

Maziwa Zaidi & Steering Committee workshop 8-10 October 2014 at Giraffe Ocean View Hotel, Tanzania

FOOD SAFETY AND ZOONOSES

Research concepts:

• Infectious diseases shared between animals and humans (zoonoses) – incl. factors for (re)emergence

• Infectious diseases related to food safety (Foodborne zoonoses)

• Relation between access to safe and quality food and nutritional outcomes

• Interventions along the food chain that help to address the above

…in animal sourced foods

Two main projects in Tanzania

SAFE FOOD, FAIR FOOD (SFFF)

Sheep & goats – Ethiopia and SenegalPork – UgandaFish – EgyptDairy - Tanzania

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Conférence internationale Africa 2013 sur l’Ecosanté

• Assessment of Food Safety (FS) risks along the dairy value chain

• Identifying risk mitigating interventions (“best-bets”)

• Pilot “best-bets” (Randomized Control Trials) – TO START

Rapid Integrated Assessment (RIA) for food safety and nutrition (REPORT IN PLACE)

Microbiological Assessments of milk along the VC (farm to consumer)

Brucella & E. coli 0157 (2013) – (2 MSc Theses / 1 Draft publication)

Salmonella, Listeria, enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcus (2014)

Antimicrobial resistant microorganisms in the milk (2014)

Systematic literature review of zoonotic hazards in dairy VC in TZ (DRAFT REPORT)

Identification (based on assessments above)

Prioritization (objective and/or convenient…)

Objectives (TZ) and Methods

Rapid assessment of nutrition &food safety risks in dairy valuechains in Report prepared byBarbara Häsler, Kimberly Fornace, Mahmoud El Tolth and Jonathan Rushton – Royal Veterinary College

In partnership with D. Grace and K. Röesel – International Livestock Research Institute

L. Kurwijila, G. Msalya, A. Sikira, P. Ruvuga, C. Henjewele, M. Waziri, M. Zungo, N. Hozza, E. Hamis, F. Shija, and E. Joseph, Sokoine University of Agriculture

For the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Prepared: August 2013, Final revision: March 2014

Summary (SFFF)

Rapid Integrated

Assessment of FS and nutrition

Microbiological assessments

Systematic literature Review of zoonotic hazards

Prioritization of most promising interventions

BEST-BETS

Pilot best-bets

Public health implications?What factors (e.g. farm management) are related?

What is killing my cow – COW KILLER

Most frequent diseases Unknown diseases (rarely looked for)

What is killing my cow – COW KILLER

Project objectives (What we want to achieve):

• Identify most common pathogens affecting dairy cattle herd

• Identify pathogens rarely looked for

• Identify farm management practices associated with these diseases

• Identify interventions to address animal health issues

• Field test a Disease Diagnosis Support Tool for farmer and extension officers

What is killing my cow – COW KILLER

Project methods (What we have done):

• Sampled SICK dairy cattle – whole blood and serum (n>400 animals)

Laboratory test: Rift Valley Fever, Brucella, Tick borne diseases, CBPP Q fever, Para influenza virus, Respiratory diseases

Geo-spatial distribution of animal health pathogens

• Questionnaire to farmers (n=150) - management practices Risk factor analysis (when possible) Identification of farm activities that may link to disease

presence at the farm

What is killing my cow – COW KILLER

Blood

Farmer’s questionnaire

Laboratory testing

Data analysis

Pathogen distribution

Mitigation strategies

ACHIEVEMENTS - END 2014

What should we achieved by end 2014?

• Overview of Food safety in DAIRY VALUE CHAIN in target areas

(what are the problems, where, why, and what to do)

• Overview of animal health situation in DAIRY VALUE CHAIN in target areas (what are the problems, where, why, and what to do)

In addition:

• IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION of dairy VC actors IN KENYA (To be conducted throughout 2014)

LESSONS LEARNT from training and certification in dairy value chain IN INDIA (Ram Pratim Deka)

INTEGRATING ACTIVITIES

How can our outcomes contribute to other projects in the DAIRY VC in Tanzania?

•Share of info on food safety and animal health in the VC

•Integrate food safety/milk quality into HUBs systems

•Use HUBs as platform for best-bets testing?

•…..

THANK YOU!

Looking forward to fruitful collaborations…

Researchers in TZ

- L. R. Kurwijila – Coordinator ILRI/SUA- G. M. Msalya – Administrator/Scientist- H. Nonga – Researcher- E. Karimuribo – Researcher

This work is financed by CGIAR and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and 　Development, Germany (BMZ), RIA was funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

It is implemented in a partnership with International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA)Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) GermanyLandeslaborBerlin-Brandenburg (LLBB) Germany

It contributes to the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish, Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

Acknowledgements

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