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Prevention and control

 Burning areas affected with ticks.

 Fencing farms to prevent stray animals.

 Spraying and dipping animals regularly.

 Controlled grazing

 Smearing animals with acaricides

 Deticking by hands

 Antibiotics and sulphur drugs are used to control secondary
infections.

2. Nagana (Trypanosomaisis)

It is an infectious protozoan disease of animals such as cattle,

goats, dogs and horses. In man, the disease is called sleeping

sickness.

It is transmitted by a tsetse fly and caused by a germ called

Trypanosoma (e.g. t. Virax, t.congolese, t. bruscei)

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