CBPP Abattoir surveillance training (Kenya) 2026
Contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia (CBPP) or lung sickness in cattle, caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides (Mmm) is truly an African disease, long eradicated from the rest of the world, with few exceptions. The disease represents a considerable burden for cattle owners in many parts of Africa (EMPRES-AH, FAO, 2013), from Senegal and the Gambia in the west through Somalia in the east, and as far south as Namibia and Tanzania.
In October 2021, the 10th Regional Steering Committee (RSC) for Africa of the Global Framework for the progressive control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs for Africa) endorsed the 2021 – 2025 Strategic Plan, which targets five TADs, i.e. African swine fever (ASF), Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), Rift valley fever (RVF) and indeed Contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia (CBPP), in addition to the overall strengthening of veterinary services.
The GF-TADs’ Standing Group of Experts (SGE) format allows countries with similar socio-economic and epidemiological situations to share information, challenges and best practices, and to discuss regional solutions and approaches to enhancing control. The third SGE Meeting for CBPP discussed Surveillance. The meeting emphasized the importance of ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections for the detection of suspected CBPP cases, followed by laboratory confirmation of the lesions where possible. The ability for a traceback system to the farm-of-origin is essential to improve surveillance for CBPP. The meeting also emphasized the need to promote feasible and sustainable epidemiological surveillance to be implemented at regional level using networking and standardising the epidemiological approach (sero-surveillance, slaughterhouse surveillance, etc).
The overall objective of this training is to encourage the adoption of effective slaughterhouse surveillance procedures as the preferred tool for monitoring CBPP in both endemic and disease-free countries, and to enhance Members’ slaughterhouse surveillance capacities through harmonized CBPP inspection and notification procedures. The training will combine lectures and exercises with slaughterhouse inspections (at Kiserian and Dagoretti).
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Dr. Massimo Scacchia, graduated in Veterinary Medicine in March 1985. Since January 1990, he has been employed at the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e Molise “G. Caporale” in Teramo (IZSAM), technical body of the Italian Ministry of Health. In 1992, he received a Master’s degree in Anatomy-pathology from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna. He has worked over the years in the field of Veterinary diagnostic, in particular Pathology, Bacteriology and Parasitology.
He is WOAH International Expert for CBPP and was WOAH expert for Brucellosis from 2006 to 2017. In this context, it has carried out seven WOAH/OIE Twinning projects, four for CBPP and three for Brucellosis.
He carried out research activities on exotic disease, such as CBPP, Lumpy Skin Disease, African Horse Sickness, African Swine Fever, Rift Valley Fever, Heart Water Disease, Dourine and others diseases. He has conducted animal studies in the pathogenesis and development of new vaccines for CBPP in collaboration with some African National Veterinary Laboratories.
Over the years, for professional reasons, Scacchia has visited 22 African countries, as well as four Asian and three American countries. Starting in 2019, until July 2024 he worked at the Secretariat of Enhancing Research for Africa Network (ERFAN), involving thirty-seven veterinary institutions, of which thirty-one are African from nineteen different countries on the continent and six Italian Veterinary Institutions.
Daniel has conducted over three decades of teaching and research in Veterinary public health at the University of Nairobi. He facilitated training for meat inspectors, meat industry players, dairy laboratory technologists in Kenya, Somalia, Puntland, and Somaliland, sponsored by FAO and Land O Lakes Inc. Dr Senerwa was appointed Director at the Kenya Veterinary Vaccines Production Institute in 2023.
A highly experienced CBPP specialist with both field and laboratory practical experience of over 20 years. A Zambian veterinarian with a rich scientific background trained to PhD level with numerous scholarly articles. Experienced in development and implementation of infectious disease control and eradication strategies, with a strong bias towards CBPP.
Dr Otieno is a Senior Lecturer and an educator in the Department of Educational Management Policy and Curriculum Studies at Kenyatta University, Kenya. He holds a PhD in Educational Administration and lectures on Educational Management/Leadership, Educational Research, Monitoring and Evaluation and use of ICT in Education. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters on values-based leadership, digital literacy, blended learning and strategic management. His current research focus is on internationalization, virtual academic exchange, pluralism, social inclusion and sustainable development. He is a certified Life Coach, trainer and an Erasmus + Virtual Exchange facilitator in the Connect program, COIL, and Sharing Perspectives.
He is lead consultant at the Center for Values Education, an organization that advocates for values and equality in organisations. He is a member of British Education Research Association (BERA), British Educational Leadership and Management Association (BELMAS), Brunel University Research Fellow and Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Climate Research Fellow.
