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

dc.contributor.authorHlatshwayo, M.
dc.contributor.authorMbati, P.A.
dc.contributor.authorDipeolu, O.O.
dc.contributor.editorBoomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-15T10:57:58Z
dc.date.available2012-02-15T10:57:58Z
dc.date.created2012
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionThe 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.abstractA 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.librarianmn2012en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation. University of the North, Qwa-Qwa Campus.en
dc.identifier.citationHlatshwayo, 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. 1-67en
dc.identifier.issn0030-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/18124
dc.languageen
dc.publisherPublished 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.subjectVeterinary medicineen
dc.subjectBoophilus decoloratusen
dc.subjectCattleen
dc.subjectRhipicephalus evertsi evertsien
dc.subjectRhipicephalus follisen
dc.subjectRhipicephalus gertrudaeen
dc.subjectRhipicephalus warburtonien
dc.subjectSeasonalityen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcshTick-borne diseases in animalsen
dc.subject.lcshTicks -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshTicks as carriers of diseaseen
dc.titleSeasonal abundance of adult ixodid ticks infesting cattle belonging to resource-limited farmers in the north-eastern Free State Province of South Africaen
dc.typeArticleen

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