Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya.
Parasit Vectors. 2023 Jul 6;16(1):224. doi: 10.1186/s13071-023-05803-3.
A meeting, sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and organised by Clinglobal, was held at The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, from 19th - to 21st October 2022. The meeting assembled a unique group of experts on tick control in Africa. Academia, international agencies (FAO and ILRI), the private Animal Health sector and government veterinary services were represented. The significant outcomes included: (i) a shared commitment to standardisation and improvement of acaricide resistance bioassay protocols, particularly the widely used larval packet test (LPT); (ii) development of novel molecular assays for detecting acaricide resistance; (3) creation of platforms for disseminating acaricide resistance data to farmers, veterinary service providers and veterinary authorities to enable more rational evidence-based control of livestock ticks. Implementation of enhanced control will be facilitated by several recently established networks focused on control of parasites in Africa and globally, whose activities were presented at the meeting. These include a newly launched community of practice on management of livestock ticks, coordinated by FAO, an African module of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP-AN) and the MAHABA (Managing Animal Health and Acaricides for a Better Africa) initiative of Elanco Animal Health.
由比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会（BMGF）主办、Clinglobal 组织的会议于 2022 年 10 月 19 日至 21 日在内罗毕的国际家畜研究所（ILRI）举行。会议聚集了非洲 tick 控制方面的一批独特专家。学术界、国际机构（粮农组织和 ILRI）、私营动物保健部门和政府兽医服务部门都有代表参加。重要成果包括：（i）共同承诺标准化和改进杀蜱剂抗药性生物测定方案，特别是广泛使用的幼虫包测试（LPT）；（ii）开发用于检测杀蜱剂抗性的新型分子检测方法；（3）创建向农民、兽医服务提供者和兽医当局传播杀蜱剂抗性数据的平台，以实现更合理的基于证据的牲畜 tick 控制。最近成立的几个专注于非洲和全球寄生虫控制的网络将促进加强控制，这些网络在会议上介绍了其活动。其中包括由粮农组织协调的新成立的牲畜 tick 管理实践社区、世界兽医寄生虫学进步协会（WAAVP-AN）的非洲模块以及礼蓝动物保健公司的 MAHABA（改善非洲动物健康和杀蜱剂管理）倡议。
