The use of Lespedeza cuneata for natural control of gastrointestinal nematodes in Merino sheep

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

 
 
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Title The use of Lespedeza cuneata for natural control of gastrointestinal nematodes in Merino sheep
 
Creator van Zyl, Erika A. Botha, Francien S. Eloff, Kobus J.N. Msuntsha, Phumzile P. Oosthuizen, Peter A. Stevens, Cathy
 
Subject Agriculture Lespedeza cuneata; sericea lespedeza; gastrointestinal parasites; sheep; faecal egg counts; rectal temperature; Famacha©
Description Lespedeza cuneata (poorman’s lucerne; sericea lespedeza), a tannin-rich perennial legume, was offered as hay to dry Merino ewes in a confined feeding experiment to evaluate the effect on the level of gastrointestinal parasite infection in sheep. Medicago sativa (a low tannin containing perennial legume) was used as the control treatment. Parameters faecal egg count (FEC), FAMACHA© scores and rectal temperatures were used. FECs were substantially lower (p = 0.05) in the Lespedeza group after 35 days, together with a trend of higher rectal temperatures, compared with the Medicago group. Although non-significant (p 0.05), the higher rectal temperatures suggested a lower level of anaemia in the sheep on the Lespedeza ration and, therefore, a lower parasite-worm burden. However, FAMACHA© scores showed no significant (p 0.05) differences between treatments despite the differences in FEC that were recorded, indicating that host homeostasis was possibly mediated by improved nutrition as a result of the high protein content of both experimental diets.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor University of Pretoria KZN Deptartment of Agriculture and Rural Development
Date 2017-04-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Experimental
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ojvr.v84i1.1259
 
Source Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research; Vol 84, No 1 (2017); 7 pages 2219-0635 0030-2465
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Agriculture Current Anthelmintic control in small stock
Rights Copyright (c) 2017 Erika A. van Zyl, Francien S. Botha, Kobus J.N. Eloff, Phumzile P. Msuntsha, Peter A. Oosthuizen, Cathy Stevens https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0
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