Tick control by small-scale cattle farmers in the central Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Tick control by small-scale cattle farmers in the central Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | |
| Creator | Masika, P.J. Sonandi, A. Van Averbeke, W. | |
| Description | A survey conducted in 5 magisterial districts involving rapid rural appraisal and a questionnaire showed participation in state-managed and funded dipping programmes by cattle owners in communal areas of the central Eastern Cape to be nearly complete, with 98 % of livestock owners interviewed participating in all dipping events. Disease control was the main reason for participation, but farmers perceive dipping to have a much broader disease-preventing activity than is really the case. Other reasons for participation in dipping programmes were to prevent ticks from sucking blood, provide animals with a clean appearance, and prevent damage to teats of cows. Many livestock owners complement dipping with other tick control measures, including old motor oil, household disinfectant, pour-on acaricide and manual removal of ticks. Recently local farming communities were given the responsibility of buying dipping acaricide. This has presented them with the challenge of developing farmer-managed, cost-effective tick control programmes. At present, this process is constrained by lack of information and farmer training. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1997-07-13 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v68i2.868 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 68, No 2 (1997); 45-48 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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