Seasonal abundance of adult ixodid ticks infesting cattle belonging to resource-limited farmers in the north-eastern Free State Province of South Africa

Hlatshwayo, M.; Mbati, P.A.; Dipeolu, O.O.

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dc.contributor.author	Hlatshwayo, M.
dc.contributor.author	Mbati, P.A.
dc.contributor.author	Dipeolu, O.O.
dc.contributor.editor	Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
dc.date.accessioned	2012-02-15T10:57:58Z
dc.date.available	2012-02-15T10:57:58Z
dc.date.created	2012
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.description	The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat v.9 was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.	en
dc.description.abstract	A study was undertaken to determine the seasonal abundance of the ticks infesting cattle owned by resource-limited farmers in the northeastern Free State Province of South Africa. Infestations of Boophilus decoloratus, Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi, R. follis, R. gertrudae and Rhipicephalus warburtoni were monitored on cattle of mixed breeds at monthly intervals from May 1998 to April 1999. High tick intensity on the cattle was observed between March and June, with a peak in May to June 1998 for B. decoloratus and R. evertsi evertsi. Few ticks from the other three species were recovered from the cattle. Small peaks in November to December 1998 for R. warburtoni and in December 1998 for R. follis and R. gertrudae were observed. Following the winter (June to August), numbers of B. decoloratus declined markedly, while those of R. evertsi evertsi and other rhipicephalids increased. These results represent the first published information on ticks of veterinary importance infesting cattle in the northeastern part of the Free State Province.	en
dc.description.librarian	mn2012	en
dc.description.sponsorship	National Research Foundation. University of the North, Qwa-Qwa Campus.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Hlatshwayo, M, Mbati, PA & Dipeolu, OO 2002, 'Seasonal abundance of adult ixodid ticks infesting cattle belonging to resource-limited farmers in the north-eastern Free State Province of South Africa’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vo7l. 69, no. 1, pp. 1-67	en
dc.identifier.issn	0030-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18124
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.	en
dc.rights	© ARC-Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).	en
dc.subject	Veterinary medicine	en
dc.subject	Boophilus decoloratus	en
dc.subject	Cattle	en
dc.subject	Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi	en
dc.subject	Rhipicephalus follis	en
dc.subject	Rhipicephalus gertrudae	en
dc.subject	Rhipicephalus warburtoni	en
dc.subject	Seasonality	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Veterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Tick-borne diseases in animals	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Ticks -- South Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Ticks as carriers of disease	en
dc.title	Seasonal abundance of adult ixodid ticks infesting cattle belonging to resource-limited farmers in the north-eastern Free State Province of South Africa	en
dc.type	Article	en