From October 27 to November 10, 2014, a study was conducted in the districts of the frontier region of Burundi following the main roads from Tanzania; routes followed by entries of new cattle breeds to the Democratic Republic of Congo. These cattle input motions are more oriented in the Ruzizi plain. These breeds of cattle are more efficient in the production of meat, dairy, with a large build, the sale gives more money per adult cattle or younger. These cattle breeds are: The hybrid SAHIWALE, Ankole from Tanzania; Friesian from Uganda, MONTEBERIALE, SWITZERLAND and BROWN JERSEY. These cattle during their imports also come with mites ectoparasites, including Rhipicephalus appendiculatus 64.9%; Rhipicephalus evesti evesti 2.8%; Hyalomma 0.17%; Boophilus decoloratus 15.8%; Amblyomma variegatum 16.9% and Haemaphysalis leachi leachi 0.01%. A species of ticks is Hyalomma truncatum recently introduced following the inputs of these new breeds of cattle.
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