| Because of the presence of the tsetse fly, large animals such as cattle and goats are not kept. |
| The main health threats are sleeping sickness, transmitted by the tsetse fly, and malaria. |
| Livingstones mules were bitten by the tsetse fly on Nyassa and died a miserable death from ulcers. |
| Due to the altitude, much of the region is free of malarial mosquitoes and the tsetse and other flies that spread human and animal diseases. |
| The grass has an oily, lemon taste, which the tsetse fly does not fancy, and he leaves the cleared section. |
| The tsetse fly transmits sleeping sickness, midges transmit lumpy skin disease and three-day stiff sickness. |
