Tick control by small-scale cattle farmers in the central Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 45-48

  Masika, P J ^a   Sonandi, A ^a   Van Averbeke, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cattle; Central Eastern Cape Province; Communal farmers; Dipping; Tick control

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONSUMER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INFESTATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0031158078     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v68i2.868     Document Type: Article

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