Study on Prevalence of Ixodid Ticks of Goats and Acaricide Utilization Practices of Herd Owners in Benatsemay District, South Omo Zone, South-Western Ethiopia.

IF 1.7 Q2 VETERINARY SCIENCES Veterinary medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) Pub Date : 2021-09-16 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI:10.2147/VMRR.S324484
Temesgen Kifle, Mesfin Mathewos, Haben Fesseha, Aschenaki Abate, Amanuel Wolde
{"title":"Study on Prevalence of Ixodid Ticks of Goats and Acaricide Utilization Practices of Herd Owners in Benatsemay District, South Omo Zone, South-Western Ethiopia.","authors":"Temesgen Kifle,&nbsp;Mesfin Mathewos,&nbsp;Haben Fesseha,&nbsp;Aschenaki Abate,&nbsp;Amanuel Wolde","doi":"10.2147/VMRR.S324484","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Ticks are major health problems of goats that contribute to a significant economic loss in Ethiopia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study using a systematic random sampling technique was conducted to determine the prevalence, potential risk factors of hard ticks (Acarina: Ixodidae) of goats, and the acaricide utilization practice of herd owners in the Benatsemay district.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 285 examined goats, 85.26% of goats were found infested by <i>Rhipicephalus</i> and <i>Amblyomma</i> tick genera. The body condition score of goats was the only factor that was significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.05) associated with tick infestations. The frequently identified tick species were <i>Rhipicephalus pulchellus</i> (14.38%), <i>Rh. decoloratus</i> (11.22%), <i>A. cohaerens</i> (5.26%) and <i>A. variegatum</i> (4.21%), and mixed infestation (38.59%). Herd owner's questionnaire survey revealed that 100% of interviewees responded that tick infestations were frequently encountered throughout the year and prevailed on aged goats (90%) and dry season (60%). Concurrent usage of ethnomedicinal plants and conventional acaricides were dominant practices to control tick infestation as responded by 60% of interviewees. Among the conventional acaricides, Diazinon and Ivermectin were the most practiced acaricides as replied by 90% of the respondents. Moreover, community animal health workers (CAHWs) (43.33%) and owners themselves (33.33%) were primarily responsible for acaricide application to tick-infested animals. About 66.67% of the livestock owner's responses also disclosed that diazinon was the most effective acaricide followed by ivermectin (16.67%) and amitraz (6.67%). Finally, 56.57% of the respondents replied that acaricidal drugs from private veterinary drug shops were overpriced than the same acaricides from government veterinary clinics.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this study, there was a high prevalence of hard ticks in goats, and irrational application of acaricides was noted in the Benatsemay district; thus, appropriate tick control measures should be taken to minimize tick burden through using acaricides.</p>","PeriodicalId":75300,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)","volume":"12 ","pages":"225-233"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2021-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/7b/fb/vmrr-12-225.PMC8453172.pdf","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Veterinary medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2147/VMRR.S324484","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2021/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"VETERINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2

Abstract

Introduction: Ticks are major health problems of goats that contribute to a significant economic loss in Ethiopia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study using a systematic random sampling technique was conducted to determine the prevalence, potential risk factors of hard ticks (Acarina: Ixodidae) of goats, and the acaricide utilization practice of herd owners in the Benatsemay district.

Results: Out of 285 examined goats, 85.26% of goats were found infested by Rhipicephalus and Amblyomma tick genera. The body condition score of goats was the only factor that was significantly (p < 0.05) associated with tick infestations. The frequently identified tick species were Rhipicephalus pulchellus (14.38%), Rh. decoloratus (11.22%), A. cohaerens (5.26%) and A. variegatum (4.21%), and mixed infestation (38.59%). Herd owner's questionnaire survey revealed that 100% of interviewees responded that tick infestations were frequently encountered throughout the year and prevailed on aged goats (90%) and dry season (60%). Concurrent usage of ethnomedicinal plants and conventional acaricides were dominant practices to control tick infestation as responded by 60% of interviewees. Among the conventional acaricides, Diazinon and Ivermectin were the most practiced acaricides as replied by 90% of the respondents. Moreover, community animal health workers (CAHWs) (43.33%) and owners themselves (33.33%) were primarily responsible for acaricide application to tick-infested animals. About 66.67% of the livestock owner's responses also disclosed that diazinon was the most effective acaricide followed by ivermectin (16.67%) and amitraz (6.67%). Finally, 56.57% of the respondents replied that acaricidal drugs from private veterinary drug shops were overpriced than the same acaricides from government veterinary clinics.

Conclusion: In this study, there was a high prevalence of hard ticks in goats, and irrational application of acaricides was noted in the Benatsemay district; thus, appropriate tick control measures should be taken to minimize tick burden through using acaricides.

Abstract Image

查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
埃塞俄比亚西南部南奥莫区Benatsemay地区山羊伊蚊流行及牧场主杀螨剂使用情况研究
蜱虫是山羊的主要健康问题,在埃塞俄比亚造成重大经济损失。方法:采用系统随机抽样的横断面调查方法,调查贝纳采梅地区山羊硬蜱(蜱螨属:伊蚊科)流行情况、潜在危险因素及牧群主杀螨剂使用情况。结果:在285只山羊中,85.26%的山羊感染了鼻头虫属和蜱虫属。山羊体况评分是唯一与蜱虫侵害显著相关的因子(p < 0.05)。常检蜱种为细刺头蜱(14.38%)、细刺头蜱(14.38%);脱色螨(11.22%)、粘灰螨(5.26%)和异色螨(4.21%),混合侵染(38.59%)。牧群主人的问卷调查显示,100%的受访者表示蜱虫侵扰全年都很频繁,主要发生在年龄较大的山羊(90%)和旱季(60%)。60%的受访者表示,同时使用民族药材和传统杀螨剂是控制蜱虫侵扰的主要做法。在常规杀螨剂中,90%的应答者回答,二嗪农和伊维菌素是最常用的杀螨剂。此外,社区动物卫生工作者(43.33%)和饲主自己(33.33%)对感染蜱虫的动物施用杀螨剂负有主要责任。约66.67%的畜主答复还表明,二嗪农是最有效的杀螨剂,其次是伊维菌素(16.67%)和阿米特拉斯(6.67%)。最后,56.57%的受访者认为私营兽药店的杀螨药比政府兽医诊所的同类杀螨药价格过高。结论:本研究区山羊硬蜱流行率较高,杀螨剂使用不合理;因此,应采取适当的蜱虫控制措施,通过使用杀螨剂来减少蜱虫负担。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
自引率
0.00%
发文量
0
审稿时长
16 weeks
期刊最新文献
Efficacy of Vaccination with the DIVENCE® Vaccine Against Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Types 1 and 2 in Terms of Fetal Protection. Incidence of Chlamydia spp., FIV, FeLV in Free-Roaming Cats in Slovakia. Validation of Noninvasive Methemoglobin and Carboxyhemoglobin Measurements Using Pulse Co-Oximeter in Healthy Dogs. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in a Domestic Ferret Suffering from Chronic Diarrhea and Maldigestion-Fecal Microbiota and Clinical Outcome: A Case Report. Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli in Raw Cow Milk At Selling Points and Determinants of Contamination in and Around Chencha, Southern Ethiopia.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1