Shabani Kiyabo Motto
NM-AIST, Tanzania
Biography
Shabani Kiyabo Motto is a master candidate at Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) and Livestock Research Officer (LRO) at Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency (Central Veterinary Laboratory) Department of Microbiology (Molecular Section) in Dar es Salaam since 2016. His role is to promote animal health and welfare through animal disease diagnosis, surveillance of infectious and neglected tropical diseases, vector and food borne disease control to improve livestock production and enhance food safety and security for better human wellbeing. At the moment, Shabani is researching the epidemiology of leptospirosis infections in small holder dairy cattle in highly raising farming system in the northern and southern highland of Tanzania.