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Adriano Vatta (avatta@scsrpc.org)                                                                

 

Position

Senior Researcher
 

Institution

Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
Private Bag X05, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa
 

Professional Experience

Qualified as a veterinarian at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) in 1998
 

Employed by

Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute to work on a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization project and tested the FAMACHA© system, a method used to identify sheep and goats that are clinically anaemic as a result of Haemonchus (barber's pole worm) infection by examination of the ocular mucous membranes, for use in goats owned by resource-poor farmers. Currently project leader of a United Kingdom Department for International Development project aimed at improving the livelihoods of resource-poor farmers through strategic drug and nutritional interventions against gastro-intestinal parasites.
 

Current Interests

Goats, gastrointestinal parasites and their management, technology transfer.
 

Recent Publications

Vatta, A.F., Krecek, R.C., Letty, B.A., van der Linde, M.J., Grimbeek, R.J., de Villiers, J.F., Motswatswe, P.W., Molebiemang, G.S., Boshoff, H.M., Hansen, J.W., 2002, Incidence of Haemonchus spp. and effect on haematocrit and eye colour in goats farmed under resource-poor conditions in South Africa. Vet. Parasitol. 103, 119-131.

Vatta, A.F., Letty, B.A., van der Linde, M.J., van Wijk, E.F., Hansen, J.W., Krecek, R.C., 2001, Testing for clinical anaemia caused by Haemonchus spp. in goats farmed under resource-poor conditions in South Africa using an eye colour chart developed for sheep. Vet. Parasitol. 99, 1-14.

 

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