RVC Undergraduate Research Team (URT)
URT Zanzibar 2009 - Report of Findings |
The RVC Undergraduate Research Team has been known by several names in the last 46 years, (East Africa Research Team, West Africa Research Team, RVC Research Team), but the goals and ideals of the team has not changed over the years.
This year, the team is researching the most economically significant animal disease in Tanzania, as well as all of Eastern Africa, East Coast Fever. This deadly parasitic disease leads to a long painful and fatal disease in all the main large livestock species, which costs Tanzanian farmers an estimated 205.00 USD per head of cattle in losses, medications, and tick prevention.
Keep up-to-date with the team's work via the URT 2009 Zanzibar blog
See Team History for an abridged list of some of the studies that the team has undertaken with the goal of understanding the prevalence and effect of animal disease in developing countries in order to improve the ability of farmers to support their families and communities through healthier stock.
