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dc.contributor.author | Rapiya, Monde![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Hawkins, Heidi-Jayne![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Muchenje, Voster![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Mupangwa, John F.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Marufu, Munyaradzi Christopher![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Dzama, Kennedy![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Mapiye, Cletos![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-22T07:49:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.description.abstract | We tested whether holistic planned grazing (HPG) and four-camp grazing (FCG) rotational grazing approaches influence beef cattle parasites counts compared with continuous, season-long (SLG) grazing. We expected that parasite counts would increase linearly with increasing camp occupancy by cattle from 1 d (70-camp, HPG) to 21–28 d (four-camp, FCG) to 180 d (one-camp per season, SLG). Tick and faecal egg counts were observed across seasons on 30 steers raised on a private farm in Cedarville, South Africa. Tick species identified were Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus, Hyalomma spp. and Amblyomma hebreaum with respective prevalences of 32%, 29%, 20% and 19%. Unidentified roundworms had the highest faecal worm egg counts (81.2%) followed by Coccidia (16.4%), Nematodirus (1.2%) and strongyles (1.2%). Overall, prevalence and mean counts for ticks and faecal worm eggs were highest in the hot wet season, with the SLG having greater (P ≤ 0.05) values than either of the rotational approaches. However, increasing camp number and animal densities above four camps did not reduce (P > 0.05) parasite loads compared with HPG. Current results suggest that rotational grazing is a potential strategy to reduce livestock losses caused by high tick and worm loads in cattle, especially in the hot wet season. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Production Animal Studies | en_ZA |
dc.description.embargo | 2020-09-22 | |
dc.description.librarian | hj2019 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | The South African Red Meat Research and Development Trust (IRMA REF 21544) and Cape Wools South Africa (IRMA REF 22491) through H-JH of Conservation South Africa. RM acknowledges the National Research Foundation for providing a bursary. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tarf20 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Monde Rapiya, Heidi-Jayne Hawkins, Voster Muchenje, John F Mupangwa, Munyaradzi C Marufu, Kennedy Dzama & Cletos Mapiye (2019) Rotational grazing approaches reduces external and internal parasite loads in cattle, African Journal of Range & Forage Science, 36:3, 151-159. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1022-0119 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1727-9380 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.2989/10220119.2019.1628104 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/72380 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group) | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © NISC (Pty) Ltd. This is an electronic version of an article published in African Journal of Range and Forage Science, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 151-159, 2019. doi : 10.2989/10220119.2019.1628104. African Journal of Range and Forage Science is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tarf20. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Season-long grazing (SLG) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Holistic planned grazing (HPG) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Four-camp grazing (FCG) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Rotational grazing | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Beef cattle parasites | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Animal health | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Cattle | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Tick count | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Faecal worm eggs | en_ZA |
dc.title | Rotational grazing approaches reduces external and internal parasite loads in cattle | en_ZA |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_ZA |