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Intersecting factors in designing youth interventions in the pig value chain in Mukono and Masaka, Uganda
(International Livestock Research Institute, 2024-08-13) Namatovu, Jane; Ahumuza, Ronnie; Wairagala, Pamela; Achandi, Esther Leah; Ouma, Emily; Galiè, Alessandra
The representative organizations from Masaka included the Masaka City Development Office, the Protect Environment Youth Club, the Mbuye Agricultural College, the Gudie Leisure Farm, the Lwaggulwe Primary School, youth agriculture entrepreneurship champions, the Pearl Highway Youth Association–a pork joint, the Masaka Pig Farmers Cooperative Society, the Masaka District Farmers Association, the Skills Oriented Development Initiative, the Masaka Farmer's Cooperative Union, the Caritas MADDO-Catholic Dioceses and the Kitovu Students Association. Mukono representative organizations included the Kyetume Feed Mill, women’s piggery group, an agro farming project, the Twekembe Youth Development Group, coordinators of the Youth Livelihood Program, the District Veterinary Department, Community Development Office, Vetline Services Limited (pig insemination services), the Uganda Small Scale Industries Association (USSIA) and the 3PEN Initiative (piggery project).
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Veterinary undergraduate training in Uganda: a model for decentralized service delivery.
(2007-11-04) Okech, Samuel George; Azuba-Musoke, Rose; Muwazi, Ruth T.; Kabasa, John David; Katunguka-Rwakishaya, Eli
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University piloted a student community attachment training programme from 2002/2003 to 2006/2007 academic years for students of Veterinary Medicine to support decentralization of services in Uganda. Decentralised governance and service delivery is a relatively new phenomenon in Uganda. Previous veterinary training was designed for centralized service delivery under one central government. A study by the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) had identified gaps in training that included among others, the need for Makerere University graduates to translate theory into practice within the community context. MISR recommended community-based internship and practical training to be integrated in selected university programmes. The objectives were to enhance practical training, develop interpersonal skills for veterinary undergraduate students and reach out to the farming communities. The Rockefeller Foundation supported the pilot student attachments through the Makerere University Capacity Building programme for decentralized districts. The student attachments (if found effective) were to be sustained by the university at the end of the pilot. The model developed and implemented by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine involved posting each of the final year veterinary students to reside on a farm for a period of up to 10 weeks. While on the farm the students were introduced to and guided on the daily routine farm activities by the farmer or farm manager. The latter also monitored the student's technical contribution and social abilities. A local veterinarian working under the decentralised system provided technical supervision and guidance to the students. Staff of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine personnel periodically visited farms to assess the level of exposure, technical contribution and any innovations by the students besides evaluating the students' welfare. Our findings indicate that the community attachments were greatly appreciated by farmers, farm managers, veterinarians and students (who have participated in it). It is an appropriate option for improving practical training of and assimilating veterinary students into community-based approaches to service delivery. The students have not only been able to enhance their professional skills but also benefited from interacting with people at different levels on the farms. They have learnt to work in teams with stakeholders in a decentralized system of governance and service delivery. The lessons learnt by students through this exposure prepared them for working with the communities they serve after completing their university training. On the other hand, the farmers benefited greatly from the professional input made by these final year students. It is because of its 'popularity' and acceptance among the farmers and students (as the major stakeholders) that the program has continued to run. It blends well into the revised Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine curriculum
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Domestic Animals as Reservoirs for Sleeping Sickness in three Endemic Foci in South–Eastern Uganda
(Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2003-07-18) Waiswa, C.; Olaho-Mukani, W.; Katunguka-Rwakishaya, E.
The persistence of sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis) in some areas of south-eastern Uganda has necessitated further investigations, focusing mainly on domestic animals as reservoirs of this disease in three agro-ecological zones. The inter-zone differences in the prevalences of trypanosome infection among cattle (P < 0.001) and pigs (P < 0.001) were significant. Overall, 5.0% of the cattle, 13.9% of the pigs and 0.4% of the small ruminants investigated were found to be infected with parasites of the Trypanosoma brucei subgroup. The results of blood incubation infectivity tests (BIIT) indicated that all of the T. brucei-subgroup isolates from cattle in Kamuli district (zone I) were human-serum-sensitive. Of the zone-I pigs found infected, however, almost all (82.5%) were considered to be infected with T. brucei and many (30.2%) carried human-serum-resistant T. brucei. Pig-tsetse-human appears to be a major transmission cycle in zone I. In Mukono district (zone II), 10.5% and 26.1% of the T. brucei isolates from cattle and pigs, respectively, were human-serum-resistant, indicating that cattle-tsetse-human and pig-tsetse-human are major transmission cycles in zone II. In Tororo district (zone III), 47.3% of the T. brucei isolates from cattle were human-serum-resistant but there were no T. brucei isolates from pigs, indicating that cattle-tsetse-human is the major transmission cycle. Interestingly, as the only T. brucei isolate from sheep in zone III was human-serum-resistant, there may also be a sheep-tsetse-human cycle. In south-eastern Uganda, control efforts must be designed to eliminate the parasites not only from cattle but also from pigs and small ruminants.
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Genetic Variability in Juvenile Growth Traits of Ugandan Indigenous Chicken Populations Raised under an Intensive Deep Litter System
(Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2025-05-02) Kiggundu, M.; Mulindwa, H.; Walusimbi, H.K.; Nangonzi, R.; Nampijja, Z.; Lumu, R.; LIsabirye, A.R.
Uganda’s indigenous chickens (IC) display significant phenotypic diversity in body weight (BW) and growth performance. However, there has been no study on the genetic diversity related to juvenile BW and growth performance in indigenous chicken populations (ICP), to support early selection of improved growth performance. The objective of this study was to assess the genetic variation in chicken juvenile BW and growth among selected ICP in Uganda. Three populations of IC were sourced from Apac, Lira and the National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI), as founder populations. Chicks were hatched from founder eggs, wing-banded and reared under identical conditions, in a deep litter system. Body weight was recorded weekly from hatch to four weeks of age. Hatch weight was higher (P<0.01) for Apac and Lira birds compared to NaSARRI. Mean Daily gain (ADG) was greatest for Lira and lowest for NaSARRI birds. The mean relative Growth Rate (RG) of chicks from Lira and Apac was comparable, but both were greater (P<0.05) than for NaSARRI. Broad-sense heritability estimates for BW0, BW1, BW2, BW3, and BW4 were 0.35, 0.50, 0.54, 0.47, and 0.56, respectively. Genotypic variances for BW measurements varied (P<0.05) among the ICP. The heritability estimates for ADG and RG were 0.41 and 0.49, respectively, with genotype variances differing significantly (P<0.01) across the ICP for both ADG and RG. These results demonstrate both phenotypic and genotypic variability in juvenile BW and growth performance. Moderate heritability and positive phenotypic correlations suggest that these traits can be effectively improved through selective breeding.
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Tsetse survey in Mukono District, south-east Uganda: population structure, distribution and blood meal status
(Tropical Animal Health and Production, 1996-02-27) Katunguka-Rwakishaya, E.; Kabagambe, E. K.
The population structure, feeding state and distribution of tsetse ofGlossina fuscipes fuscipes species in Ssugu parish of Mukono district, south-east Uganda were investigated. Tsetse caught with pyramidal traps were counted, sexed and dissected for age grading. It was observed that most tsetse were caught in valley habitats in the dry season, but the distribution was almost uniform within the parish in the wet season. The apparent density and prevalence of blood meals in tsetse fluctuated in different months. There were more males with a fresh blood meal than females (P<0·05). In the population there was a preponderance of young tsetse of less than 60 days. There were significantly more teneral males than teneral females (P<0·05). In all months the percentage of females was higher than that of males and ranged between 51·1% to 64·6 per cent. The epidemiological implications of these findings are that the risk of contracting trypanosomosis is high during the period of uniform distribution; since this is associated with an increase in apparent density and therefore high man-tsetse-animal contact. Furthermore, these results have shown that it is possible to prevent increase in the population of tsetse by applying insecticides on animals and targets in September and early October, since recruitment in tsetse population follows the rains.