Tick communities of cattle in smallholder rural livestock production systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The majority of the African population lives in rural areas and depends on agriculture for their livelihoods. To increase the productivity and sustainability of their farms, they need access to affordable yield-enhancing inputs of which parasite control is of paramount importance. We therefore determined the status of current tick species with the highest economic impact on cattle by sampling representative numbers of animals in each of seven sub-Saharan countries.

Methods

Data included tick species' half-body counts from approximately 120 cattle at each of two districts per country, collected four times in approximately 1 year (to include seasonality). Study sites were chosen in each country to include high cattle density and tick burden.

Results

East Afri

SUBMITTER: Heylen DJA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10280850 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature