Diseases of free-ranging chickens in the Qwa-Qwa district of the northeastern Free State province of South Africa
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
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| Title | Diseases of free-ranging chickens in the Qwa-Qwa district of the northeastern Free State province of South Africa | |
| Creator | Thekisoe, M.M.O. Mbati, P.A. Bisschop, S.P.R. | |
| Description | A total of 177 free-ranging chickens from 19 Qwa-Qwa villages were bled from wing veins over a period of 6 months (June-November 2000). Serological tests indicated that 5 % of chickens tested had been exposed to Newcastle disease, 43 % to infectious bronchitis and 63 % to Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection. McMaster and Visser sieve techniques were used to determine helminth and coccidia from pooled fresh faecal samples. Helminths isolated in 37 % of the villages investigated were Heterakis, Ascaridia and Capillaria species. Eimeria species were also isolated in 32 % of the villages investigated. The red fowl mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) was isolated from some of the birds and their nests. Data from a questionnaire survey indicated that all farmers interviewed had never received any technical support and that their chickens had never been vaccinated against any avian diseases. Only 10.5 % of the owners interviewed had scientific knowledge on poultry diseases. There is an urgent need for the government to support free-ranging poultry farmers by providing subsidised vaccinations and technical support in order to develop and stimulate economic development in impoverished rural areas of South Africa. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2003-06-25 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v74i1.490 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 74, No 1 (2003); 14-16 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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