Sidai Africa Kenya Ltd’s Dr Ochieng Odede (pictured) is a trained vet and the technical director at Sidai. He talked to Smart Harvest on pest control and the important pests for cattle farmers.

Malaria is an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes.It is characterised by fever, chills,followed by excessive sweating . Sometimes the most severe forms of this disease can lead to death even ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller on Thursday urged state and federal agencies to work with him to address the possible misuse of the pesticide, Co-Ral, in spray box operations -- a request ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Sleeping sickness is endemic in 36 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, threatening more than 60 ...

Robert McKnight Jr., president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, issued the following statement in response to an announcement that the Texas Department of Agriculture is ...

From Texas Standard: Raising cattle anywhere is hard, but it’s especially hard in the Rio Grande Valley. And that’s thanks to fever ticks. They can spread a fatal disease that decimated cattle herds ...

Nairobi — Spraying cattle with insecticides may be a cheaper, more effective option for controlling sleeping sickness certain parts of Uganda than trypanocides, which target the parasite, according to ...