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The killer disease ravaging goats and sheep in Turkana, West Pokot

The disease is highly contagious, with between 80 percent and 100 percent mortality rates in acute cases.

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By  Sammy Lutta  &  Oscar Kakai

West Pokot and Turkana counties are changing their strategies on tackling an endemic disease affecting goats and sheep.

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) disease, also known as ovine rinderpest, is characterised by cough, pneumonia, and diarrhoea.

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