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dc.contributor.author | Nyangiwe, Nkululeko![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Goni, Sindisile![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Herve-Claude, Louis P.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Ruddat, Inga![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Horak, Ivan Gerard![]() |
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dc.coverage.spatial | South Africa | en |
dc.coverage.spatial | Eastern Cape Province | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-10-24T06:34:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-10-24T06:34:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-10-07 | |
dc.description.abstract | Many studies on the population dynamics of questing ticks on pastures and of parasitic ticks on cattle have been conducted. Few, however, have attempted to link the two in a single study. This study aimed to assess the population dynamics of questing ixodid ticks on pastures and of adult ticks on two breeds of cattle with different levels of susceptibility to tick infestation on the same pastures. Between January 2005 and December 2009 questing ixodid ticks were collected monthly from natural pastures at the Döhne Agricultural Development Institute and at the adjacent Campagna Production System in the Amahlathi District, Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Between February 2007 and January 2010 adult ticks were collected monthly from Bonsmara and Nguni cattle grazing these pastures. Ten tick species were collected from the pastures and 12 from the cattle. Significantly more questing larvae of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Rhipicephalus decoloratus, Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi and Rhipicephalus microplus were recovered from the pastures grazed by Bonsmara cattle than from those grazed by Nguni cattle (p ≤ 0.05). Significantly more adult Hyalomma rufipes, Rhipicephalus follis, R. appendiculatus, R. decoloratus, R. evertsi evertsi and R. microplus were collected from the Bonsmara cattle than from the Nguni cattle (p ≤ 0.05). The study showed that Nguni cattle are less susceptible to tick infestation than are Bonsmara cattle and fewer questing ticks are collected from pastures grazed by Nguni cattle than by Bonsmara cattle. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | The study was funded by the University of Pretoria, Bayer Animal Health, the National Research Foundation and the Institute for Tropical Medicine, Belgium. | en |
dc.description.uri | http://www.ojvr.org | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Nyangiwe, N., Goni, S., Herve-Claude, L.P., Ruddat, I. & Horak, I.G., 2011, ‘Ticks on pastures and on two breeds of cattle in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 78(1), Art. #320, 9 pages. DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v78i1.320 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0030-2465 | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.4102/ojvr.v78i1.320 | |
dc.identifier.other | 7102989086 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17455 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria | en |
dc.relation.requires | Adobe Acrobat Reader | en |
dc.rights | © 2011. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en |
dc.subject | Ticks on pastures | en |
dc.subject | Parasitic ticks on cattle | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Ticks -- South Africa | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Pastures -- South Africa | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cattle -- Parasites | en |
dc.title | Ticks on pastures and on two breeds of cattle in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | en |
dc.type | Article | en |