Attitudes and practices of resource-limited farmers on the control of gastrointestinal nematodes in goats foraging in gr
- PDF / 433,252 Bytes
- 9 Pages / 595.276 x 790.866 pts Page_size
- 81 Downloads / 145 Views
REGULAR ARTICLES
Attitudes and practices of resource-limited farmers on the control of gastrointestinal nematodes in goats foraging in grasslands and forestlands Luxolo Qokweni 1 & Munyaradzi Christopher Marufu 2 & Michael Chimonyo 1 Received: 26 May 2020 / Accepted: 13 July 2020 # Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract Gastrointestinal nematode infestations remain one of the main constraints to goat productivity. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to investigate the perceptions of goat farmers on the infestation and control of gastrointestinal nematode infestation. A total of 282 goat farmers from two villages of Mbizana local municipality in Alfred Nzo district were interviewed. Higher prevalence of diseases, parasites and feed availability were among the major constraints to goat productivity. Gastrointestinal parasites were ranked as the major constraint by farmers in the grassland than those in the forestland. Ordinal logistic regression analyses revealed that farmers in the grassland were 3.2 times more likely to experience gastrointestinal nematode infestation than those in the forestland (P < 0.05). On both vegetation types, tethered goats were perceived to have higher (P < 0.05) GIN infestation compared with free browsing goats. Poor farmers were 3.1 times more (P < 0.05) likely to experience high GIN infestation compared with less poor farmers. Farmers in the grassland were 2.1 times more likely to control GI nematode infestation than to those in the forestland (P < 0.05). Intervention strategies to control gastrointestinal nematodes should mainly target farmers from the grassland vegetation since they experience higher infestation rates of gastrointestinal nematodes. Keywords Forestlands . Grasslands . Disease . Gastrointestinal nematodes . Goats
Introduction Highlights • High prevalence of diseases and parasites are main constraints in communal goat productivity. • Farmers in the grassland were more likely to experience effect of GIN infestation than those in the forestland. • Grassland farmers were more likely to control GIN infestation than to those in forestland. • Educated farmers were more likely to be aware of the attitudes and practices to control GIN infestation compared with uneducated farmers. • Tethered goats had high gastrointestinal nematode infestation both in the forestland and vegetation type. • Majority of farmers use conversional medicine to control gastrointestinal nematodes. * Michael Chimonyo [email protected] 1
Animal and Poultry Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P Bag X01 Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa
2
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, Pretoria 0110, Republic of South Africa
Goat production in developing countries contributes significantly to the economic development and alleviation of hunger and poverty of resource-limited households. More than 60% of the total goat population are owned by resource-limited households (Devendra 2013). Goats are important in providing food security an
Data Loading...
