Chickens to aid in fight against malaria
The smell from a live chicken could help protect against malaria, according to recent research which found that malarial mosquitoes tend to avoid chickens and other birds. Researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia conducted experiments in western Ethiopia, including suspending a live chicken in a cage near a volunteer sleeping under a bed net.
Although infection and death rates of Malaria are declining, health officials are continuing to
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