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Kamba livestock diseases lexicon

Cattle, Goat and sheep diseases

Livestock Disease lexicon
Cattle Goats Sheep
English Kikamba English Kikamba English Kikamba
Ivui
Pneumonia CCPP Ivui Worms Minyoo
kyambo
Muthingithu
FMD Worms Minyoo Coccidiosis Itema
Mutata
Worms Minyoo Coccidiosis Itema Pneumonia Ivui
Ticks Mbili Mange Ung’uu Diarrhoea Kwitua
Ikundu
LSD Ticks Mbili Lice Ndaa
Makundu
Ngai Kuvuu
ECF Ivui Foot rot Uvuu Mange Ung’uu
Mukuna Kyongo Muthingithu
Iveve
Liver Flukes itema Orf Iyomo Ticks Mbili
Mutata
Nyongo
Ikundu
Anaplasmosis Kithiliko Goat Pox Anthrax ndulu
Makundu
Kithatia
BQ ikene Diarrhoea Kwitua Anaplasmosis nthiana
Mutumbo
Ephemeral fever Fleas Ngala Overgrown hooves isaa
Mumama
Mamia
Eye worm metho Lice Ndaa Rhinitis
homa
Kuvuu Metho
Foot root Eye Infection Oestrus ovis Kiunyu kya mutwe
Uvuu
Kimosa Kuvuu
Trypanasomiasis Respiratory disease Ikua Foot rot
Kisiko uvuu
Hepatitis itema Overgrown hooves Isaa lungworm Ikua
Diarrhoea Kwitua Abortion kuvuna Fleas Ngala
Mutata
Anthrax Ndulu Heartwater muthiololoko Blue Tongue
muthingithu
Fleas Ngala Abscess miimu orf Iveve
Makundu
Lice Ndaa Pneumonia Homa Sheep pox
Ikundu
Eye infection Metho Fever ndetema Abortion Kuvuna
Heartwater Muthiololoko
Bloat Kivunio
Cough Kukoa
Matangua
Tsetsefly
Masunzuma
Malnutrition Longonza
Mange Ung’uu
Overgrown Hoof Isaa
Red Water Kumaa Nthakame
Photosensitivity Kiki
Haemorrhagic
Nthiana
Septicaemia

By Simon Kihu and Miriam Mbatha

February 2010
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Poultry and donkey diseases

Livestock Disease lexicon

Poultry Donkey
English kikamba English kikamba
Coccidiosis Nyongo Worms Minyoo
Worms Minyoo Mange Ung’uu
Mungethya
NCD Ivui Rabies
Kisala
Fowl cholera Kwitua Wounds Itau
Soft ticks Itung’u Overgrown hooves isaa
Liver disease itema Dourine kisonono
Infectious
ikua Tetanus Munga’thuko
Bronchitis
Makundu ma
Kukoa
Fowl pox Metho Pneumonia
mamia
Nzuu
Ngungulano Kwitua
bed Bugs Diarrhoea
Mbangule wituuo
Histomoniasis Wenzi Tsetsefly Itang’ua
Mwiyovo
Fowl Typhoid Kithaliko Rectal Prolapse
kwikuza
Thina
Fleas Ngala Skin Disease
Ngozi
Mycoplasma Mauza Flea Mbili
Kwathamia Kivunio
Bloat
Infectious Tracheatis Homa Kuvunania
colic
Kukoa kwimbanywa
Rotten Eggs Kwosia Matumbi Lice Ndaa
Scaly Legs Makwau
Wounds itau
Lice Ndaa

By Simon Kihu and Miriam Mbatha

February 2010