Theme pack
A healthy animal is a productive animal. Here is our latest monthly theme pack of FRI resources, this month all about livestock health. The theme pack includes 14 Resource Pack items and 7 Barza Wire stories. Two items are available in Hausa. Many items are available in Swahili, so it has been published as a separate theme pack.
Interview scripts
- Care of a newborn calf and its mother
- External parasites of chickens: Impact and management
- Farmer uses vet’s advice to save chickens from Newcastle disease
- Nomadic people fight fowl pox in Mali
- Animal welfare: A well-treated animal is a productive animal
Dramas
- Adventures of Neddy: A community animal health worker helps a village manage Newcastle disease
- How to prevent and treat parasitic roundworms in cattle: advice from a veterinarian and a herder
- The Adventures of Neddy the Paravet: The Value of Indigenous Veterinary Practices
- Biosecurity – A New Way to Look at Avian Flu Prevention
Spots
Backgrounders / issue packs
- Managing livestock diseases: Mycoplasmosis and coccidiosis
- Chicken diseases
- Storysheet—Livestock Health
- A Guide for Broadcasters to Some Important Livestock Diseases
Barza Wire stories
- Tanzania: Disease and lack of grazing land hamper access to export markets for livestock farmers
- Tanzania: Climate change impacts livestock—and livestock farmers
- Senegal: Keeping urban chickens healthy, even in small spaces
- Ethiopia: Farmers hire village vaccinators to protect chickens from Newcastle disease
- Kenya: Poultry farmers benefit from vaccinations and community bank
- Malawi: Farmers overcome Newcastle disease by vaccinating chickens
- South Sudan: Cattle keepers improve livestock health with basic veterinary techniques
Resources available in Hausa
- Jindadin dabbobi: Dabba da aka kula dashi sosai dabba mai albarka ke nan
- Kasadar mabukata: Wani ma’aikacin lafiyar dabba unguwa na taimaka wa tafiyar da cutar Newcastle
This theme pack is supported by Elanco Animal Health