Diseases carried by ticks
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and affect different types of animals.
The protozoans are carried by tsetse flies and other biting flies. These flies are found along
rivers, in bushes and forests.
Prevention
Avoid fly-infested areas,
Water animals when fly activity is low,
Repel flies with smoke from smouldering cow dung,
See Bitingflies and Tsetse flies for other prevention methods, Ethnoveterinary Medicine in
Kenya: A Field Manual of Traditional Animal Health Care Practices.
Treatment
Crush 1 kg of roots of chepotet (Clerodendrum sp.) and boil in 5 litres of water, Wait to
cool, sieve and drench with 2 litres, (Camels; Pokot, 3)
Crush 1 kg of roots and bark ofpilil (Acacia refisciens) and soak in 5 litres of water
overnight. Sieve and drench about 3 litres of the liquid. (Camels; Pokot, 3)
Bum branches of asiokonyon (Salvadora persica) to ash. Mix about 0.5 kg of the ash with 1
litre of water. Drench the whole mixture (this amount is enough for an adult animal).
(Camels; Pokot, 3)
Boil bark of oremit (Salvadora persica) in 1 litre of water. Drench the liquid. (Camels,
cattle, donkeys, goats, sheep; Maasai)
Crush 500 g of roots from loarakimak (Adenia volkensii) and dissolve in 2 litres of water for
12 hours. Drench 2 litres of the liquid for an adult (0.5 litre for a young animal). (Camels,
cattle; Turkana, 3)
Grind 200 g of fresh bark from lbukoi (Terminalia brownii) tree and boil in 2 litres of water.
Let the mixture cool and then drench the liquid. Add 2 more litres of water to the bark, boil
and drench again the following day. (All animals; Samburu).
References and further reading
Ethnoveterinary Medicine in Kenya: A Field Manual of Traditional Animal Health Care
Practices by Practical Action East Africa & IIRR, Practical Action East Africa 1996
ISBN 9966 9606 2 7
Confidently Used Ethnoveterinary Knowledge Among Pastoralists of Samburu, Kenya
Book 1 Methodology and Results by Jacob B. Wanyama, Practical Action East Africa
ISBN 9966 9606 7 8
Confidently Used Ethnoveterinary Knowledge Among Pastoralists of Samburu, Kenya
Book 2 Preparation and Administration by Jacob B. Wanyama, ISBN 9966 9606 8 6
Community – Based Animal Health Care in East Africa: Experiences and Case Studies
With Particular Reference to Kenya Practical Action East Africa, ISBN 9966 931 04X
The Role of Community-based Animal Health Care in Rural Development Practical
Action East Africa, ISBN 9966 931 15 5
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