Video

Jim Ellis Video Field Diary, Part 2 (October, 2008)

About: An update on the NRRD study, as well as other activities in Iringa with the GL-CRSP Health for Animal and Livelihood Improvement (HALI) Project.

Jim Ellis Video Diary Part 1 (September, 2008)

About: I describe my connection to the late Jim Ellis, and provide an update on the research study and field work experience.

TB Testing in Idodi (September, 2008)

About: Health for Animal and Livelihood Improvement (HALI) Field Technician Howard Kombe and his sidekick James demonstrate tuberculosis testing on cattle in Idodi Division, Iringa District, Tanzania.  Music from the Melvins “A Senile Animal.”

My hypotheses are not stupid (August, 2008)

About: Do humans and animals share water sources, thereby creating a potential transmission pathway for water-borne pathogens like Cryptosporidium and Giardia?  The proof is at hand…

African Cowboys (August, 2008)

About: HALI (Health For Animals and Livelihood Improvement) Project Coordinator Dr. Harrison Sadiki samples livestock at a Masai household in the Ruaha Ecosystem, Tanzania. Dr. Sadiki is collecting the blood samples to test for neospora and toxoplasma, protozoan pathogens that cause abortion in livestock populations. The HALI Project is investigating zoonotic disease transmission among wildlife, livestock, and humans in Ruaha, a critical habitat conservation area in Central Tanzania.