Farai Mabeza, Senior Staff Writer 
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ZIMBABWE, through the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS), and with support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the European Union (EU), has launched a 10-year integrated national ticks and tick-borne disease control strategy. 
Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are responsible for huge economic losses in cattle assets and farm savings in Zimbabwe. They account for more than 60 percent of cattle deaths in the country.
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“The strategy we are launching today is specifically to address the scourge of tick-borne diseases, the most problematic of which is theileriosis, commonly known as January Disease.
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