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In short Theileria parva is a parasite which kills over 1 million heads of livestock annually in sub-Saharan Africa. Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, the brown ear tick, is the vector of this

Vaccine to be distributed in 11 African countries A new centre for ticks and tick-borne diseases opened in Malawi last week to help fight East Coast fever (ECF) disease, which

Malawi, through the African Union Centre for Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (CTTBD), has launched a vaccine against East Coast Fever (ECF) disease, which is the single biggest killer of cattle

(4th December 2014) – The revamped African Union Centre for Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (CTTBD) will be launched to help fight the East Coast fever disease which is the single