The high infestation of Nagana, a common disease among livestock is said to be adversely affecting cattle production in the Upper West Region.
The prevalence rate of the disease in almost every cattle rearing community in the region is between three and 22 percent which is described as high.
The Project Coordinator of the Tsetsefly Control Programme of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Charles Mahama made this known at a workshop on animal to human transmitted diseases in Wa.