In response to the need for improved animal health services in Malawi, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES) and Bunda College at the University of Malawi developed an animal health training and research program at Bunda. The partnership established a bacteriology laboratory within the animal science department that performs commercial testing for quality assurance. It developed a master of science program in animal health with emphases in bacteriology and epidemiology, and conducted a research project to determine mastitis prevalence, seasonal variations, and specific etiologies in dairy animals.

The partnership also developed and disseminated information about animal health, and promoted institutional linkages between Bunda and TAES, the Central Veterinary Laboratory, the Centre for Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, the Department of Animal Health and Livestock Development, Land O’Lakes, and farmer associations.