Update on fieldwork in the chicken health for development project

Back row: Yordanos Mekonnen, Eshetu Zerihun, Said Mohammed, Michael Temesgen, Gelane Kumssa , Judy Bettridge, Camilla Brena, Alemayehu Guteta, Jibril Yusuf
Front row: Zelalem Gutu, Marisol Collins

All fieldwork has now been completed. The eight villages selected to take part in the study have now been visited a total of 4 times each over the last two years. Eighty households in each village have been interviewed, and had two of their chickens examined. This gives us a grand total of 640 households, and 1280 chickens sampled!

In addition, 520 of those households selected to take part were revisited 6 months after they were initially recruited to the study. This enabled us to find out what happened to the chickens we sampled, and will allow us to look for factors which may predict which chickens are more likely to survive.

Chicken health team member at work in Ethiopia

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About Dr. Bukar USMAN, mni

I started as a field Veterinary officer with Borno State Ministry of Agriculture and later joined College of Agric, Maiduguri as a lecture & a Researcher in the Department of Animal Health & Production. I was appointed the Provost of the College In 2003. In 2007 I was appointed Hon. Commissioner & Member Borno State Executive Council and later appointed Permanent Secretary with the Borno State Civil Service in 2009. I was the National Facilitator Animal Health, National Programme For Food Security of the Federal Ministry of Agric & Rural Development, Abuja. I was Director, Veterinary Medicine & Allied Products (VMAP) and now Director North East Zone NAFDAC. I’m a member of the National Institute’ (mni), Kuru SEC 40, 2018. I engaged myself in various aspects of the veterinary profession. I founded Sril Group Ltd, Nigeria. I’m now the Director General of Borno State Livestock Management Agency (BOLMA)

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