Dung beetles as biological control agents for gastrointestinal parasites of livestock

Herbage samples from a pasture plot free of dung beetles had 14.7 times more Ostertagia ostertagi (Stiles) larvae than samples from a plot which contained an increased dung beetle population of about 5-fold above the natural population. Herbage samples from a plot with the natural dung beetle popula...

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Published in:The Journal of parasitology 1973-04, Vol.59 (2), p.396-399
Main Author: Fincher, G.T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
animal diseases
animal health
Animals
Calves
Cattle
Cattle Diseases - prevention & control
Coleoptera
Dung beetles
Feces
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - prevention & control
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - veterinary
Larva
Larvae
Livestock
Male
Nematode larvae
Parasites
Pastures
Pest Control, Biological
Poaceae
Population growth
Stomach Diseases - prevention & control
Stomach Diseases - veterinary
Trichostrongyloidea
Trichostrongyloidiasis - prevention & control
Trichostrongyloidiasis - veterinary
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Summary:Herbage samples from a pasture plot free of dung beetles had 14.7 times more Ostertagia ostertagi (Stiles) larvae than samples from a plot which contained an increased dung beetle population of about 5-fold above the natural population. Herbage samples from a plot with the natural dung beetle population had 3.7 times as many larvae as samples from the plot containing the larger beetle population. The reduction in numbers of O. ostertagi larvae available to grazing animals by the burying activity of the beetles was reflected in a similar reduction in the number of adults recovered from parasite-free calves which grazed the plots.
ISSN:0022-3395
1937-2345
DOI:10.2307/3278842