Incidence and Prevalence of Livestock Diseases along Border Villages of South Africa and Namibia

Oladele, O.I. and Antwi, M.A. and Kolawole, A. E. (2013) Incidence and Prevalence of Livestock Diseases along Border Villages of South Africa and Namibia. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 12 (2). pp. 177-180. ISSN 1680-5593

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Abstract

This study examines the incidence and prevalence of livestock diseases along border villages of South Africa and Namibia. The Northern Cape shares boundary with Namibia. The population of study is all livestock producers in border villages along Northern Cape provinces, a mix of purposive and random sampling were used to select 140 respondents for the study. Data were collected through the use of questionnaires, on farmers personal and farm characteristics and incidence and prevalence of livestock diseases. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze farmers personal and farm characteristics. The results show that 32% of the livestock farmers fall within the age 61 years and above. The 83.6% of the farmers are male. The 56.4% of the farmers are married; most of the farmers are literate, 67.9% of the respondents have less than five dependents, 97.9% of the farmers have livestock based farming system, 70% reported that they have no contact with extension agent, 89.3% have access to market.

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