The anthelmintic effect of copper oxide wire particle (COWP) boluses against Haemonchus contortus in indigenous goats in South Africa

dc.contributor.advisorVatta, Adriano Francisen
dc.contributor.advisorBoomker, Jacob Diederik Frederiken
dc.contributor.emailspickettA@arc.agric.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateSpickett, Andreaen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-06T14:02:24Z
dc.date.available2010-03-12en
dc.date.available2013-09-06T14:02:24Z
dc.date.created2009-11-27en
dc.date.issued2010-03-12en
dc.date.submitted2010-03-02en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MSc (Veterinary Tropical Diseases))--University of Pretoria, 2009.en
dc.description.abstractA field trial was conducted to test the anthelmintic effect of a single dose of 4g of copper oxide wire particles (COWP) in bolus form in indigenous goats belonging to small scale communal farmers in three areas in the Bergville district of Kwa-Zulu Natal Province, South Africa namely Dukuza, Ogade and Hoffenthal. Faecal egg counts (FECs) determined by both the McMaster and Pitchford–Visser methods, FAMACHAen
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dc.description.departmentVeterinary Tropical Diseasesen
dc.identifier.citationPCV), body condition scores (BCS) and live weights (Wt) of 172 indigenous goats belonging to 15 farmers were monitored on a four-weekly basis for a period of 53 weeks. Faecal cultures were done to determine the generic composition of the gastro-intestinal nematodes in the experimental animals. Monitoring commenced in October 2007 and extended to October 2008. During November 2007, a pilot faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT), done on 75 goats not included in the trial, confirmed the efficacy of 12 mg/kg levamisole (Tramisol, Coopers, Afrivet, South Africa) in the area relative to three other anthelmintic groups. All trial goats were treated with 12 mg/kg levamisole when aen
dc.identifier.otherFAMACHAen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03022010-133826/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/22936
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© scores,haematocrits (PCV), body condition scores (BCS) and live weights (Wt) of 172 indigenous goats belonging to 15 farmers were monitored on a four-weekly basis for a period of 53 weeks. Faecal cultures were done to determine the generic composition of the gastro-intestinal nematodes in the experimental animals. Monitoring commenced in October 2007 and extended to October 2008. During November 2007, a pilot faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT), done on 75 goats not included in the trial, confirmed the efficacy of 12 mg/kg levamisole (Tramisol, Coopers, Afrivet, South Africa) in the area relative to three other anthelmintic groups. All trial goats were treated with 12 mg/kg levamisole when a FAMACen
dc.subjectCOWPen
dc.subjectCopper oxide wire particlesen
dc.subjectSouth Africaen
dc.subjectSmall-scale farmersen
dc.subjectGoatsen
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.titleThe anthelmintic effect of copper oxide wire particle (COWP) boluses against Haemonchus contortus in indigenous goats in South Africaen
dc.typeDissertationen

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