Roundworms are parasites found in the large and small intestines of sheep and goats. They suppress body weight by up to three kilos. The worms lay eggs that are passed out in droppings to develop into effective larvae on pasture. Farmers can identify animals infected with roundworms through symptoms such as being dull, loss of […]
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Heart water is a disease of domestic animals such as cattle, sheep and goats with up to 90 per cent mortality rate if not treated. The disease is transmitted by a parasite that’s transmitted by bont ticks as they move from one animal to another. These ticks usually found in the armpits, on the scrotum,
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A farm in Ndeiya in Kikuyu, Kiambu County is using goat manure to grow red onions a practice which has enabled it double its production from seven tonnes an acre in 2016 to fifteen tonnes per acre beginning 2017. Veteran Farm which is 30 acres large was used to grow maize, chilli, kales and cabbages
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