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Assessing implementation of veterinary extension on control of cattle parasites, in Moretele district, Northwest Province
Dissertation (MSc (Veterinary Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2004.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25910 Assessing implementation of veterinary extension on control of cattle parasites, in Moretele district, Northwest Province McCrindle, Cheryl Myra Ethelwyn svmoretele@mweb.co.za Sekokotla, Malesela James South Africa State veterinary services Ticks Parasites Cattle worms Veterinary extension UCTD Dissertation (MSc (Veterinary Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2004. There is currently no independent monitoring and evaluation structure for state agricultural or veterinary services to support the “Batho Pele” principle of effective and efficient service delivery to the people of South Africa. Participatory rural appraisal was used in Moretele District, North West Province, to design, implement and assess veterinary extension on the tick and worm parasites of cattle. Veterinary extension, in contrast to agricultural extension, is defined as practical and understandable advice given to individual, groups, communities and population about livestock diseases and includes their prevention, treatment and control, as well as the way they influence the well being, health, and productivity of both humans and animals. The study was conducted in Moretele, which lies about 60km north of Pretoria, and is divided into three service delivery wards, each managed by an animal health technician. A random sample of 30 beef cattle farmers, each with a minimum of 10 cattle, was done in each ward. From each of these 90 farmers, five indicator cattle were purposively selected to include two calves, two sub-adults and one adult animal. Adult feeding ticks were sampled from predetermined sites and eggs per gram were estimated from pooled faecal samples of the same animals. The knowledge levels of animal health technicians (N=44) were assessed prior to the extension being given to the farmers and it was found to be inadequate. They were then given further training. Demographics and knowledge level of farmers were assessed using structured interviews. Baseline sampling for parasites was done on the indicator cattle. A farmer’s day and monthly extension using the visit and training method of extension was done with the farmers over a period of 12 months. The level of knowledge of the farmers was reassessed and the indicator cattle resampled at the same time of the year as the first sampling. It was found that although there was a significant increase in the farmers knowledge, there were no significant differences in the level or species of parasites. It was concluded that animal health technicians did not normally have sufficient knowledge of the subject to give farmers affective extension messages. It was also concluded that knowledge and implementation of extension are not the same thing and that further research is required into the reasons for lack of implementation. Paraclinical Sciences unrestricted 2013-09-07T01:15:21Z 2005-06-28 2013-09-07T01:15:21Z 2004-11-19 2006-06-28 2005-06-28 Dissertation Sekokotla, M 2004, Assessing implementation of veterinary extension on control of cattle parasites, in Moretele district, Northwest Province, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25910 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25910 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06282005-092555/ © 2004, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | South Africa State veterinary services Ticks Parasites Cattle worms Veterinary extension UCTD Assessing implementation of veterinary extension on control of cattle parasites, in Moretele district, Northwest Province |
| title | Assessing implementation of veterinary extension on control of cattle parasites, in Moretele district, Northwest Province |
| title_full | Assessing implementation of veterinary extension on control of cattle parasites, in Moretele district, Northwest Province |
| title_fullStr | Assessing implementation of veterinary extension on control of cattle parasites, in Moretele district, Northwest Province |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing implementation of veterinary extension on control of cattle parasites, in Moretele district, Northwest Province |
| title_short | Assessing implementation of veterinary extension on control of cattle parasites, in Moretele district, Northwest Province |
| title_sort | assessing implementation of veterinary extension on control of cattle parasites in moretele district northwest province |
| topic | South Africa State veterinary services Ticks Parasites Cattle worms Veterinary extension UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25910 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06282005-092555/ |