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Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Control of livestock ticks in côte d’ivoire using traditional ways [Lutte contre les tiques du bétail en Côte d’Ivoire par des méthodes traditionnelles]

Volume 28, Issue 4, April 2016
Open Access

Control of livestock ticks in côte d’ivoire using traditional ways  (Article)

[Lutte contre les tiques du bétail en Côte d’Ivoire par des méthodes traditionnelles]

a  UFR Sciences de la Nature, Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan 02, Cote d'Ivoire
b  Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan 01, Cote d'Ivoire
c  Ecole de Spécialisation en Elevage de Bingerville, Bingerville, Cote d'Ivoire 

Abstract

Ticks infections are a major constraint in ruminant breeding in Côte d’Ivoire. This situation is increased by the development of resistance recently described within the populations of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. A survey on knowledge of traditional methods of struggle against ticks was conducted in three departments, namely Bringakro in Central, Dikodougou and Ferkessédougou in Northern Cote d’Ivoire. A questionnaire was administered to 123 breeders owning small livestock herds (≤ 10 heads) and large livestock herds (≥ 60 heads). The objective was to record the strategies used by livestock owners to fight against ticks. The most frequent symptoms were diarrhea (28%) and fever (26%). Besides the food (49%) which is a major constraint, breeders have incriminated ticks as responsible for most symptoms affecting animals. Control strategies are primarily based on the use of synthetic acaricides (68.1%), but reduced sensitivity was reported. The other practices in the fight against ticks were manual lifting or manual diptank (42.2%), the use of waste oil or engine (33.3%), and plants (11.1%). These results show that an alternative for the control of ticks could be developed from these traditional practices, especially the utilization of medicinal plants. © 2016, Fundacion CIPAV. All Rights Reserved.

Author keywords

Cattle; Ethnoveterinary medicine; Medicinal plant; Traditional practices
ISSN: 01213784Source Type: Journal Original language: French
Document Type: Article
Publisher: Fundacion CIPAV

  Koné, M.W.; Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire, Cote d'Ivoire; email:mamidou.kone@csrs.ci
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