A survey of tick control methods used by resource-poor farmers in the Qwa-Qwa area of the eastern Free State Province, South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-249

  Hlatshwayo, M ^a   Mbati, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acaricides; Ectoparasites; Tick control

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA;

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INSECTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 33644823141     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v72i3.202     Document Type: Article

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