Occurrence of tick-borne haemoparasites in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
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| dc.contributor.advisor | Oosthuizen, Marinda C. | en |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Penzhorn, Barend Louis | en |
| dc.contributor.postgraduate | Pfitzer, Silke | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-06T14:06:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-03-12 | en |
| dc.date.available | 2013-09-06T14:06:22Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2009-11-27 | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-03-12 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | 2010-03-03 | en |
| dc.description | Dissertation (MSc (Veterinary Tropical Diseases))--University of Pretoria, 2009. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | A total of 143 blood samples of nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) from two regions in South Africa were tested for the presence of tick-borne haemoparasites by means of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse line blot (RLB) hybridisation. While most blood samples taken in EDTA blood turned out negative for the presence of haemoparasites, the majority of blood samples collected on Whatman® filter paper contained several different haemoparasites, often in combination. Samples from the Eastern Cape Province as well as from KwaZulu- Natal turned out positive. Prevalent haemoparasites were Theileria sp. (kudu), T. buffeli, T. bicornis, Theileria sp. (sable), T. taurotragi, Ehrlichia sp. Omatjenne, Anaplasma bovis and A. marginale. This serves as the first report of T. buffeli, T. sp. (kudu), T. bicornis, T. taurotragi, Ehrlichia sp. Omatjenne, A. marginale and A. bovis in nyala. Copyright | en |
| dc.description.availability | unrestricted | en |
| dc.description.department | Veterinary Tropical Diseases | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pfitzer, S 2009, Occurrence of tick-borne haemoparasites in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, MSc (Veterinary Tropical Diseases) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22952 > | en |
| dc.identifier.other | E10/36/gm | en |
| dc.identifier.upetdurl | http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03032010-141016/ | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22952 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of Pretoria | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © 2009, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. | en |
| dc.subject | KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) | en |
| dc.subject | Tragelaphus angasii | en |
| dc.subject | Tick-borne haemoparasites | en |
| dc.subject | Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | en |
| dc.subject | UCTD | en_US |
| dc.title | Occurrence of tick-borne haemoparasites in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | en |
| dc.type | Dissertation | en |
