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January Disease/ Theileriosis is a protozoal disease caused by a parasite called __Theilera parva_
The protozoa is spread by ticks particularly anonzi ma *Brown ear ticks* tudiki twuye
tunowanika munzeve twebrown tunonetsa kuuraya nenzira yekutswanya twuya. Signs &
symptoms include:

1. Inflamed lymph nodes. ( kuita mutochera/ mambabvu) ndiyo sign hombe yatinoona nayo
mombe tisati taivhura.

2. Kusadya zvakanaka.

3. Kufemera pamusoro.

4. Kubuda furo kana rute kumuromo, yobva yafa.

Tikavhura chitunha chemombe iyi tinoona

5. Kudunduvira ropa kwematumbu. (Haemorrhages)

6. Yellow yakazara muviri wese (Jaundice)

7. Kushata kwechiropa chitaka.

8. Kuzvimba kwenduru.

Kana taona izvi ngatitsvakei mushonga nekuchimbidza yekurapa mombe idzi.

*Treatment*

Tengai umwe wemishonga inotevera nyangwe zvazvo ichidhura.

1. Butalex

2. Butachem

3. Butajex

4. Clexon or any une bupavarquone as active ingreedient.

 *N.B* Hama wee kana matenga mushonga uyu musaite mistake irikuita vanhu vazhinji
yekubayira mushonga uyu pese pese. Mushonga uyu unoitwa deep intramuscular injection muma
neck muscles. Ndinoreva kubayira just below the hump yemombe asi muri muhuro, musabayira
pagumbo kana kumwe.

Apart from that zvirwere zvinoparadzirwa neBrown ear tick zvakati wandei even Gall sickness
iripoo ipapo saka tinokurudzira mubayire zvakare any Long Acting antibiotic i.e. Hitet/
Alamycin/ Penicillin/ Coopermycin/ Procaben/ Tetnil etc. _oxytetracycline_ is the active
ingreedient. Antibiotic idzi dzobayirwa mamwewo masites asiri emuhuro.

Mombe yedu ngatiitemere mashanga echibage totematema nedemo kana kuisa muchigayo then
toisawo molases nesalt kuti mombe ifarire kudya since appetite inenge yaenda. Mvura ngaipiwe
kumombe iyoyo yorega kuenda kumafuro nedzimwe since inenge isina simba. Mishonga iyi
inoshanda kana mombe ichidya veduwee, kana yave ne2-3 days isisadye zvirinane muise demo
otherwise muno waste mushonga. The same mukabayira ipai supplementary feed kuchipfuyo
chacho chinorarama. *Prevention & Control*

Effective/ Aggressive tick control through dipping. Kana dhibhi risingavimbike pamusha garai
nemishonga inosanganisira Tick buster, Sentinel, Decatik, ndiyo inosanganiswa nemvura moita
yekusprayer neKnapsack. Pane inodirwa pamusana inenge Deadline, Sentinel, Deltatick pour-on.
Kana musingade iyi tengai wekubayira unonzi Bremamectine, Intermectine, Ivervet etc.
Wekubayira unodhura asi ka1 manje bcoz unouraya nhunzi, zvikwekwe, makunura/mbuwo
kwozoita maIntestinal parasites anenge maTapeworm, round worm, nodular worm, conical fluke
etc saka hauzonwise dose. Zvipfuyo zvinokosha hamawee tizvichengete nemoyo inoda.