Ticks and tick-borne diseases are a burden in the livestock industry, decreasing productivity and compromising food security, leading to high socioeconomic impacts on agro-exporting nations. Apart from being agricultural ...

English: The fish family Cyprinidae is represented by eight genera and 80 species in southern African rivers, consisting of a few large fish genera of the genus Labeo Ruppëll, 1836 and the yellow fish species Labeobarbus ...

English: The Okavango River lies within the semi-arid Kalahari Desert of southern Africa and is an extremely important source of food and water. This river ends in an inland delta in Botswana which supports the livelihoods ...

The navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Pyralidae) (Walker), is the most damaging Lepidoptera larva found on pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera L., Anacardiaceae). Pistachios have only relatively recently been planted in ...

Cysticercosis is an infection of cattle and pigs caused by metacestodes of human tapeworms, Taenia saginata, and T. solium. Currently, meat inspection is the standard method used for diagnosis of cysticercosis and has ...

English: Integrated methods in land use and land management are needed, in addition to traditional agricultural practices, to provide an increasing human population with the necessary food security. By conserving soil ...

English: Soil is a complex medium, comprised of both biotic and abiotic components. Interactions between these components are responsible for the beneficial services provided within different ecosystems. The biotic ...

English: Equine piroplasmosis is a protozoan disease of horses caused by two parasites, Babesia caballi and Theileria equi. Both parasites are transmitted by ixodid ticks belonging to the genera Boophilus, Hyalomma, ...

English: Numerous studies have been conducted on the hypothesis of parasites influencing the behaviour of their hosts. Many authors have been bias in trying to prove that this is a form of manipulation and that parasites ...

Bovine anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma marginale is endemic in South Africa. This endemicity is due to presence of tick vectors that transmit A. marginale the causal agent of the disease and the high seroprevalence in ...