Ixodid ticks on cattle belonging to small-scale farmers at 4 communal grazing areas in South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 98-103

  Bryson, N R ^a   Tice, G A ^b   Horak, I G ^a   Stewart, C G ^a   du Plessis, B J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Lowveld Animal Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cattle; Communal grazing areas; Ixodid ticks; Mpumalanga province; North West Province; Seasonal occurrence; Small scale farmers; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AMBLYOMMA; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAZING; INFESTATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; TICK; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; ARTHROPODA; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM RUFIPES; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI; RHIPICEPHALUS SIMUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; NYMPH; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0036770154     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v73i3.568     Document Type: Article

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