Raising livestock in resource-poor communities of the North West Province of South Africa - A participatory rural appraisal study

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 177-184

  Getchell, J K ^a   Vatta, A F ^b   Motswatswe, P W ^c   Krecek, R C ^d   Moerane, R ^c   Pell, A N ^a   Tucker, T W ^a   Leshomo, S ^c  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c Northwest Department of Agriculture Conservation and Environment   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ethnoveterinary treatments; Livestock problems; Participatory rural appraisal; PRA

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PHENOL; PLASTIC; WATER;

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CESTODE; CHICKEN; COMMUNITY; EMPLOYMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; INGESTION; INTERVIEW; LIVESTOCK; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PASTURE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY; WORKSHOP; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CATTLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GOAT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; GALLUS GALLUS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; RURAL POPULATION; SHEEP; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037636576     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v73i4.583     Document Type: Article

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