“January disease, officially known as Theileriosis, is a severe sickness transmitted in livestock by ticks. Theileriosis tends to be encountered in January when the rainfall activity is high, hence the name, January disease.

Controlling theileriosis, like all other tickborne diseases, depends on how you contain the tick vector, and dipping is one of the most effective ways to do so. Cattle dipping means application of acaricide to cattle to destroy parasites, especially ticks, which infest their skin. “ TSM

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