Tick-borne diseases are wreaking havoc in Mashonaland Central province\u2019s five districts, with farmers lamenting the continuous loss of livestock.<\/p>\n
Provincial veterinary officer Wiltmore Chikurunhe confirmed the outbreak.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can confirm that the province has had a fair share of tick-borne disease outbreaks, particularly theileriosis. Cattle deaths have been reported in Mt Darwin, Bindura, and Muzarabani (Centenary), Shamva and Mazowe districts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The veterinary department is busy conducting awareness campaigns in the affected districts.<\/p>\n
\u201cFarmers are encouraged to complement government efforts by ensuring that they dip their cattle every week as this is the only way to contain the outbreak.
\nSome farms have been placed under quarantine due to disease outbreak and therefore cattle movements are only permissible under valid veterinary permits,\u201d Chikurunhe said.<\/p>\n
He said the veterinary department was working tirelessly in providing dipping chemicals, which was not always available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tick-borne diseases are wreaking havoc in Mashonaland Central province\u2019s five districts, with farmers lamenting the continuous loss of livestock. Provincial veterinary officer Wiltmore Chikurunhe confirmed the outbreak. \u201cI can confirm that the province has had a fair share of tick-borne disease outbreaks, particularly theileriosis. Cattle deaths have been reported in Mt Darwin, Bindura, and Muzarabani […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":5511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[465,128,291,464],"class_list":{"0":"post-5506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-community","9":"tag-chemicals","10":"tag-community","11":"tag-diseases","12":"tag-oil"},"yoast_head":"\n