The pictures below capture longitudinal study field activities carried out between 2022 and 2024 among pastoral communities in East Africa. The objective of the study was/is to establish the role of different livestock species in the spillover of Brucellosis spp. to humans among communities using extensive livestock production systems. The study had an animal movement arm seeking to collect telemetry data to quantify the role of animal interactions, either through direct or indirect contact (environment/grazing fields), in the transmission of infectious diseases such as Brucellosis, Q-fever, and Rift Valley fever (RVF) among the pastoralists. Ninety herds of camels, cattle, sheep, and goats were randomly selected from among the Maasai in Southern Kenya and the Samburu in Northern Kenya. These herds were bio-tagged, and their movements were monitored for over a year. This was done to understand livestock ecological movement profiles in terms of daily navigation, seasonal migration, and how climate change influences their space utilization."
The pictures below capture longitudinal study field activities carried out between 2022 and 2024 among pastoral communities in East Africa. The objective of the study was/is to establish the role of different livestock species in the spillover of Brucellosis spp. to humans among communities using extensive livestock production systems. The study had an animal movement arm seeking to collect telemetry data to quantify the role of animal interactions, either through direct or indirect contact (environment/grazing fields), in the transmission of infectious diseases such as Brucellosis, Q-fever, and Rift Valley fever (RVF) among the pastoralists. Ninety herds of camels, cattle, sheep, and goats were randomly selected from among the Maasai in Southern Kenya and the Samburu in Northern Kenya. These herds were bio-tagged, and their movements were monitored for over a year. This was done to understand livestock ecological movement profiles in terms of daily navigation, seasonal migration, and how climate change influences their space utilization."