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Posted 15 Sep 2018 Source
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
By Andrew Mambondiyani
MUTARE, Zimbabwe, Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A combination of late, heavy rains and a shortage of cattle dip have contributed to a rise in tick-borne diseases in Zimbabwe this year, a government official said.
As climate change brings more extreme and uncertain weather, as well as warmer conditions in many places, worries about such pest outbreaks are growning, experts say.
Figures released by Zimbabwe's Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services (DLVS) showed tick-borne diseases killed 3,430 cattle between last November and May - nearly twice as many as died during the same period in 2013/14.
DLVS Director Josphat Nyika said the incidence of the most lethal tick-borne killer - called theileriosis, also known as January disease - had shown a sharp increase. ...
https://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/wet-weather-brings-rise-tick-related-cattle-deaths-zimbabwe
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
By Andrew Mambondiyani
MUTARE, Zimbabwe, Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A combination of late, heavy rains and a shortage of cattle dip have contributed to a rise in tick-borne diseases in Zimbabwe this year, a government official said.
As climate change brings more extreme and uncertain weather, as well as warmer conditions in many places, worries about such pest outbreaks are growning, experts say.
Figures released by Zimbabwe's Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services (DLVS) showed tick-borne diseases killed 3,430 cattle between last November and May - nearly twice as many as died during the same period in 2013/14.
DLVS Director Josphat Nyika said the incidence of the most lethal tick-borne killer - called theileriosis, also known as January disease - had shown a sharp increase. ...
https://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/wet-weather-brings-rise-tick-related-cattle-deaths-zimbabwe