January disease has devastated cattle populations in Zimbabwe. How are farmers responding?

Since 2016, January disease (theileriosis) has decimated more than half a million cattle in many rural parts of Zimbabwe.

Nearly all our study sites have been affected by the disease, with the exception of Matobo, where the climate is much drier and, therefore, ticks are less prolific than in the relatively wetter areas.

For many, the impacts have been really severe, with whole herds wiped out reducing the ability to plough, supply manure and get milk for the family.

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