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Herd keeping: Here are diseases that give goats sleepless nights

Charles Wathobio; milking one of his Alpine dairy goats in Rongai farm  (PHOTO NANJINIA WAMUSWA)

In my field work, I interact with a number of aspiring and practising goat farmers. One fallacy they hold, is the fact dairy goats unlike cows are not prone to diseases. That is false because though goats are hardy animals, if not well taken care of they are prone to attacks from various diseases.

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