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dc.contributor.author | Jordaan, Leonora C.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Van Ark, H.![]() |
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dc.contributor.editor | Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-01T10:18:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-01T10:18:48Z | |
dc.date.created | 2013 | |
dc.date.issued | 1990 | |
dc.description | The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. | en |
dc.description.abstract | A survey by means of questionnaires was conducted along the Orange River to determine the extent of blackfly annoyance to livestock during 1984-1988. Severe annoyance reached peaks during September-November and increased over the years. Annoyance levels decreased with distance from the river with occasional severe annoyance as far away as 76 km. Annoyance levels increased with distance downstream from the P. K. le Roux dam to Augrabies (750 km). Greater water releases for increased irrigation and electricity generation may be an important reason for the higher annoyance levels. Present day high and increasing irrigation water requirements and the great length of the river probably render control by water level fluctuations impractical. Loss of condition of especially small livestock is the main consequence of annoyance by female blackflies. Decreased percentage lambing and occasional deaths were also reported. | en |
dc.description.librarian | mn2014 | |
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dc.identifier.citation | Jordaan, LC & Van Ark, H 1990, 'A survey of annoyance of livestock by Simulium chutteri Lewis along the Orange River, South Africa (Diptera: Simuliidae)’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 189-195. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0330-2465 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41859 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria. | en |
dc.rights | ©South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services. ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital). | en |
dc.subject | Veterinary medicine | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary medicine -- South Africa | |
dc.title | A survey of annoyance of livestock by Simulium chutteri Lewis along the Orange River, South Africa (Diptera: Simuliidae) | en |
dc.type | Article | en |