title: Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XXVIII. Helminth and arthropod parasites of Angora goats and kids in Valley Bushveld.
abstract: Two adult Angora goats were slaughtered each month for 24 consecutive months on a farm in Valley Bushveld in the eastern Cape Province. On the same farm 2 Angora goat kids were slaughtered each month for 2 consecutive years from the time they were 1 week old until they reached 12 months of age. All these goats were processed for the recovery of helminth and arthropod parasites. Fourteen nematode species, 2 nematode genera and 1 cestode species were recovered. Worm burdens were generally low in the adult goats. Nematode burdens increased erratically in the kids reaching the greatest numbers when they were 1 year old. The tapeworm, Moniezia expansa, was present in kids at 3 or 4 months of age and had usually disappeared by the time they reached 7 months of age.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Horak
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods; D004175:Diptera; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006041:Goats / Q000469:parasitology*; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D009348:Nematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008003:Phthiraptera; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D013987:Ticks