Pigtrop - the information center about pig production and pork meat commodity chains in developing countries

During the international workshop on ‘Enhancing the Contribution of Smallstock to the Livelihoods of Resource-poor Communities’, a selection of posters and oral presentations have been presented to the members. The conference board have allowed us to put on-line these documents specifically focused on veterinary and production issues in swine.

	T.Krecek Let's break the tapeworm life cycle with these six easy steps Toxoplamosis in piglets NEWS_050520_001_Cysticercosis_Poster_English [427.30 kB]
	T.Krecek An inventory of plants used to treat zoonotic helminths in South Africa Plants_in_South_Africa [224.89 kB]
	Vincent Porphyre, France PigTrop Website http://pigtrop.cirad.fr: an internet portal dedicated to pig production Research and Development in the Tropics Porphyre_Pigtrop_poster [1.70 MB]

Oral presentations

1. Participatory production of a new text book 'Livestock and wealth creation: improving the husbandry of animals kept by resource-poor in developing countries

   E.Owen, A.J. Kitalyi, M.C.N. Jayasuriya, T.Smith and J.I.Richards

2. Smallstock in Development, a toolbox

   K.L. Campbell

3. Pig management practices and risks for the transmisison of Taenia solium

   L.J.S. Harrison

4. An analysis of community health risk to zoonoses in a slum setting in Nairobi

   M.J. Njenga, J.K. Wabacha, D. Lamba, P.K. Gathuru