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ReviewPreventive veterinary medicine2020

Reflections on IDEAL: What we have learnt from a unique calf cohort study.

R Callaby, A Jennings, S T Mwangi, M Mbole-Kariuki, I Van Wyk, H Kiara, J A W Coetzer, M E J Woolhouse, O Hanotte, P G Toye and 1 more

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Review in Preventive veterinary medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

R CallabyCentre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Easter Bush Campus, EH25 9RG, UK; The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address: rebecca.callaby@roslin.ed.ac.uk.
A JenningsThe Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
S T MwangiPaul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, USA; University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
M Mbole-KariukiAfrican Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), Nairobi, Kenya.
I Van WykHans Hoheisen Wildlife Research Station, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
H KiaraInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya.
J A W CoetzerDepartment of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
M E J WoolhouseUsher Institute, Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
O HanotteCentre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), ILRI Ethiopia, P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Cells, Organisms and Molecular Genetics, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
P G ToyeInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya; Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), ILRI Kenya, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya.
B M deC BronsvoortCentre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Easter Bush Campus, EH25 9RG, UK; The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The year 2020 marks a decade since the final visit was made in the 'Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock' (IDEAL) project. However, data generation from samples obtained during this ambitious longitudinal study still continues. As the project launches its extensive open-access database and biobank to the scientific community, we reflect on the challenges overcome, the knowledge gained, and the advantages of such a project. We discuss the legacy of the IDEAL project and how it continues to generate evidence since being adopted by the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH). We also examine the impact of the IDEAL project, from the authors perspective, for each of the stakeholders (the animal, the farmer, the consumer, the policy maker, the funding body, and the researcher and their institution) involved in the project and provide recommendations for future researchers who are interested in running longitudinal field studies.

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Cattle DiseasesAnimalsCattleDatabases, FactualLongitudinal StudiesCattleCohortEpidemiologyInfectious diseaseKenyaLongitudinal study

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PMID32615453
PMCPMC7456772

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