Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1991 |
Authors: | I. G. Horak, Knight, M. M., Williams, E. J. |
Journal: | Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research |
Volume: | 58 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pagination: | 253 - 260 |
Date Published: | 1991 |
Keywords: | Acari, amblyomma, cattle, ixodidae, populations, sheep, ticks |
Abstract: | Two adult Angora goats were slaughtered each month for 24 consecutive months on a farm in Valley Bushveld in the eastern Cape Province. On the same farm 2 Angora goat kids were slaughtered each month for 2 consecutive years from the time they were 1 week old until they reached 12 months of age. All these goats were processed for the recovery of helminth and arthropod parasites. Fourteen nematode species, 2 nematode genera and 1 cestode species were recovered. Worm burdens were generally low in the adult goats. Nematode burdens increased erratically in the kids reaching the greatest numbers when they were 1 year old. The tapeworm, Moniezia expansa, was present in kids at 3 or 4 months of age and had usually disappeared by the time they reached 7 months of age. The goats harboured 12 species of ixodid ticks, 1 louse species and the larvae of an oestrid fly. The seasonal abundances of 4 of the tick species were determined. |
URL: | https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/41389/37horak1991.pdf;sequence=1 |
Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XXVIII. Helminth and arthropod parasites of angora goats and kids in valley bushveld
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