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Tariff shocks and logistics volatility are raising prices and stretching lead times for veterinary inputs. For Africa, where import reliance is high, the risk is systemic as vaccination, diagnostics, and surveillance could slow just when climate change and disease pressures intensify. Even when finished pharmaceuticals are exempted, key inputs adjuvants, sterile plastics, filters, enzymes, glass […]
India’s first Animal Stem Cell Biobank is a strategic bet on faster, cheaper, and more reliable pre-clinical research. For Africa where healthy herds anchor food security. An Africa-led, standards-based biobank network could unlock regional vaccine/diagnostic pipelines, reduce import dependency, and localize value creation. Biobanks do more than store cells: they standardize quality, de-risk early R&D, […]
When screwworm flies infest livestock, they cripple entire economies. The recent U.S emergency authorizations against screwworms show how quickly countries must act when biosecurity is at risk. West Africa (Senegal, Guinea, Gambia) records past screwworm outbreaks but these regions remain vulnerable due to porous borders, growing regional trade, high livestock density and limited veterinary access […]
