Livestock Mobility in West Africa and Sahel and Transboundary Animal Diseases
Livestock Mobility in West Africa and Sahel and Transboundary Animal Diseases
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10.1007/978-3-030-25385-1_3
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2019-01-01
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Toure, Ibra
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Apolloni, Andrea;Corniaux, Christian;Toure, Ibra
人和动物的流动性，特别是反刍动物的流动性，是萨赫勒地区的一个关键因素。牲畜被保持移动的，以寻找更好的放牧区和水资源，在国际市场上出售，并逃离不安全的地区。西非沿海国家（以及萨赫勒东部的北方非洲）的人口增长正在改变该地区的流动模式。牧民和商人面临着新老问题。事实上，流动是一个复杂的现象。在这里，我们描述了该地区的牲畜流动，展示了它目前面临的一些好处和挑战。在西非，流动是一个复杂的现象。它涉及不同的空间（从几公里到国际旅行）和时间（移动可能需要几天到几个月）规模，并以不同的方式促进地方和区域经济：通过牲畜贸易和在商业线路周围创造就业机会。在没有中央系统的情况下，动物交易量大多是猜测的：定量信息很少。对牲畜流动网络有更清楚和更定量的了解，将大大有助于兽医官员改善对动物疾病的控制和监测。在本章中，我们重点讨论牛和小型反刍动物的运动。
Human and animal mobility-especially ruminants for the latter-is a key factor in the Sahelian region. Animals are kept mobile to look for better grazing areas and water resources, to be sold at international markets and to escape insecure areas. The demographic growth of the western African coastal countries (and northern Africa for eastern Sahel) is changing the mobility pattern in the area. Old and new problems are faced by pastoralists and traders. As it is, mobility is a complex phenomenon.Here we describe livestock mobility in the region, showing some of the benefits and challenges that it faces nowadays. In West Africa, mobility is a complex phenomenon. It involves different spatial (from few kilometres to international journeys) and temporal (movements can take few days till several months) scales and it is contributing to local and regional economy in different ways: through livestock trades and the creation of jobs around the commercial circuits.A major issue is the scarcity of available data. In the absence of a centralised system, volumes of traded animal are mostly guessed: quantitative information is rarely available. A clearer and more quantitative knowledge of the livestock mobility network could greatly help veterinary officers to improve control and surveillance of animal diseases. In this chapter, we focus on the movements of cattle and small ruminants.