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Tick control in Zambia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

S. M. K. J. Luguru
Affiliation:
Central Veterinary Research Institute, Balmoral, P.O. Box 33980, Lusaka, Zambia
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Abstract

Ticks and tick-borne diseases of cattle have been and still are a threat to the development of the cattle industry in Zambia. Other control methods of ticks and tick-borne diseases appear to have been used elsewhere in the world in addition to chemical control. In Zambia, chemical control of ticks appears to have been and still remains the most practical method of controlling ticks and tickborne diseases. This paper looks at chemical control from the time it was first used to present and future.

Résumé

Les tiques et les maladies qu'elles transmettenf au bétail ont été et sont toujonrs une menace au developpement d'une industries pastorale en Zambie. En plus de la lutte chemique, d'autres moyens de lutte contre ces maladies et les tiques vectrites semblent avoir été mise en oeuvre á travers le motide. En Zamibie, les moyens chimiques out été et restent encore la méthode la plus pratique pour lutter contre la tique et les maladies transmissibles. Cet article jette un coup d'oeil sur la lutte chimique depuis ses origines á ce jour et sur son avenir.

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Research Articles
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1994

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