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How to control foot and mouth disease

The best arsenal against the disease is vaccination. The vaccine confers immunity for up to year after vaccination.

The last time I visited my mother in Lunga’anyiro village she was worried. Her cause of concern was that her cattle may be hit by Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) commonly known as malenje in western.

Apparently, many livestock keepers in her neighbourhood had reported the disease in their farms and it was just a matter of time before her valued stock contracted the disease. When I visited, she asked me if the disease is treatable and what she can do to keep it at bay.

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