Tick control methods used by resource-limited farmers and the effect of ticks on cattle in rural areas of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 517-523

  Moyo, B ^a   Masika, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acaricidal plants; Aloe ferox; Ethno veterinary practices; Jeyes fluid; Ptaeroxylon obliquum

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; INSECTICIDES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ALOE; ALOE FEROX; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; PTAEROXYLON OBLIQUUM;

EID: 62949173519     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9216-4     Document Type: Article

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