ArticleTropical animal health and production2020
Health status of non-descript goats travelling long distances to water source.
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- Influence of tailing dust contamination in drinking water on the health status of goats in subtropical Regions.Tropical animal health and production · 2024Article
- A Review of Ethnomedicinal Plants as Potential Anthelmintic Agents to Alternatively Control Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Ruminants in South Africa.Journal of parasitology research · 2024Review
- Relationship between faecal egg count and health status in Nguni goats reared on semi-arid rangelands.Tropical animal health and production · 2023Article
- Factors influencing the integration of indigenous and conventional knowledge of water security for livestock.Tropical animal health and production · 2023Article
- Indigenous knowledge to mitigate the challenges of ticks in goats: A systematic review.Veterinary and animal science · 2021Review
- Utilisation of indigenous knowledge to control ticks in goats: a case of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.Tropical animal health and production · 2020Article
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Abstract
The objective of the study was to determine the influence of distance to water source on health status of non-descript weaners and does. The goats were situated at 0.25, 0.75, 1.25, 1.75, 2.25, 2.75 and 3.25 km from the Pongola river. Body condition score (BCS) declined faster in male weaners than female weaners as the distance to water source increased (P < 0.001). The rate of decline in BCS was similar between does and female weaners as the distance to water source increased (P > 0.05). Rectal temperature (RT) of all goat classes increased with an increase in distance to water source (P < 0.05). Rate of change in RT was higher in female weaners than male weaners and does as the distance to water source increased (P < 0.01). The increase in FAMACHA scores was higher in male weaners than does and female weaners as the distance to water source increased (P < 0.05). Does had the smallest drop in packed cell volume (PCV) than female and male weaners as the distance to water source increased (P > 0.05). All goat classes were severely affected by the distance to water source; however, the effects were more adverse in male weaners than in female weaners and does. Body condition score and PCV declined, whereas RT and FAMACHA increased with an increase in distance travelled by goats to the water source. It can be concluded that both male and female weaners were more susceptible to increasing distance to water source.
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