1. Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) and Vaccine Development: • Investigating CBPP epidemiology and disease prevalence in livestock populations. • Assessing vaccine efficacy, addressing field challenges, and improving immunological responses. • Developing transmission models to understand CBPP spread and designing infection models for experimental vaccine trials. • Identifying correlates of protection to enhance vaccine effectiveness in livestock diseases. 2. Poultry Genetics and Viral Disease Resistance: • Preserving genetic resources of indigenous chicken ecotypes. • Enhancing resistance to viral diseases through genetic engineering, such as gene construct injection into primordial germ cells. • Exploring genetic diversity to inform breeding strategies for local poultry populations. 3. One Health and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): • Investigating AMR at the human-animal-environment interface in peri-urban and resource-limited settings. • Exploring the role of food systems in the transmission and emergence of AMR. • Developing context-specific, integrated One Health strategies to mitigate AMR and its public health impact.