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Tick loads in cattle raised on sweet and sour rangelands in the low-input farming areas of South Africa.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Feb 2011
Marufu Munyaradzi C, Chimonyo Michael, Mapiye Cletos, Dzama Kennedy
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to compare tick loads and prevalence in Nguni and non-descript cattle in the sweet (palatable throughout the year) and sour (palatable only in the rainy season) communal rangelands of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Engorged adult female ixodid ticks were collected and identified seasonally from 144 cattle raised on sweet and sour rangelands from August 2007 to April 2008....
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