Browsing 1970 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 37, 1970 by Issue Date

Browsing 1970 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 37, 1970 by Issue Date

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  • Uterine coccidiosis of the impala caused by Eimeria neitzi spec. nov. 
    McCully, R.M.; Basson, P.A.; De Vos, Valerius; De Vos, A.J.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Four cases of uterine coccidiosis showing readily-detectable macroscopic lesions were collected over a period of two years during which 451 female impalas [Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812)] were examined post ...
  • Experimental infection of game animals with lumpy skin disease virus (prototype strain Neethling) 
    Young, E.; Basson, P.A.; Weiss, K.E.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Calves of a giraffe, an impala, two buffaloes, and two adult black wildebeests were artificially infected with the Neethling type of lumpy skin disease virus. The giraffe and impala died with typical symptoms and lesions ...
  • Immune response to dead and live Eschericia coli vaccines and colostral transfer of immunity to calves and lambs 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Fuls, W.J.P.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Administration of a single injection of killed polyvalent Escherichia coli (Migula, 1895) vaccine to ewes and cows resulted in a marked increase in the mouse protective properties of their sera. Antibodies were effectively ...
  • Changes in the levels of plasma electrolytes and glucose in severe artificially induced acidosis in Merino sheep 
    Procos, J.; Schubert, Annette; Briel, B.J.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria: Government Printer, 1970)
    Severe acidosis was induced in wethers by the infusion of mineral and organic acids. No clinical signs apart from slight panting, were observed despite a fall in plasma glucose levels which occurred either spontaneously ...
  • Immunity in heartwater : I. A preliminary note on the role of serum antibodies 
    Du Plessis, J.L.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; De Kock, V.E.; Walker, Jane B.; Tustin, R.C. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Ammonium sulphate precipitated gamma-globulins obtained from sheep immune to Cowdria ruminantium (Cowdry, 1925) failed to protect susceptible sheep against artificial infection by this parasite, irrespective of whether the ...
  • Parasitic and other diseases of the African buffalo in the Kruger National Park 
    Basson, P.A.; McCully, R.M.; Kruger, S.P.; Van Niekerk, J.W.; Young, E.; De Vos, Valerius; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    One hundred randomly-collected buffaloes [Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779)] were autopsied, and tissues and parasites were collected for histopathological studies and identification. Blood smears were prepared from 92 ...
  • Plaque formation by African horsesickness virus and characterization of its RNA 
    Oellermann, R.A.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    A method of plaque assay for African horsesickness virus (AHSV) is described. Three cell lines were tested of which BHK21 was the most satisfactory. With an increase in Actinomycin D concentration, an increased inhibition ...
  • Immune response of rabbits, mice and sheep to polyvalent Pasteurella vaccine 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Smit, Gertruida; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    A polyvalent alum-precipitated vaccine containing Pasteurella multocida (Lehmann & Neuman, 1899) types A and D and four serotypes of Pasteurella haemolytica (Newsom & Cross, 1932) produced a sound immunity in mice and sheep ...
  • Eimeria chinchillae De Vos & Van der Westhuizen, 1968 and other Eimeria spp. from three South African rodent species 
    De Vos, A.J.; Dobson, Lynne D.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Eimeria chinchillae De Vos & Van der Westhuizen, 1968, an organism originally described from the chinchilla and subsequently shown to be transmissible to other rodents, was found to occur naturally in Rhabdomys pumilio ...
  • Failure to demonstrate in vitro as opposed to in vivo transcription of the bluetongue virus genome 
    Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
  • Intersexuality in the horse 
    Gerneke, W.H.; Coubrough, R.I.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    A cytogenetic and clinical study of an intersexual Arabian horse revealed it to be a genetic female but a gonadal male intersex. This corresponds in general to previously reported cases, which have been genetic females ...
  • A clinico-pathological study of bilharziasis in sheep 
    Malherbe, W.D.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Six healthy sheep were artificially infested through skin exposure with graded doses of cercariae of Schistosoma mattheei Veglia & LeRoux, 1929. By means of laboratory tests the development of lesions due to the disease ...
  • The application of improved techniques to the identification of strains of bluetongue virus 
    Howell, P.G.; Kumm, N.A.; Botha, M.J.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Previously the isolation and identification of strains of bluetongue virus has been tedious, so that the introduction of techniques to shorten the delay was considered highly desirable. Neutralization tests were conducted ...
  • Studies on the transmission of African horsesickness 
    Wetzell, H.; Nevell, E.M.; Erasmus, B.J.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria: Government Printer, 1970)
    Laboratory-reared Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762), Culex pipiens fatigans Wiedemann, 1828, and trap-caught Culicoides biting midges were fed on African horsesickness (AHS) virus solutions and on horses infected with AHS. ...
  • Electron microscopy of Cowdria (Rickettsia) ruminantium (Cowdry, 1926) in the endothelial cells of the vertebrate host 
    Pienaar, J.G.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    The ultrastructure of Cowdria ruminantium was studied in thin sections of choroid plexus from experimentally infected sheep. Glutaraldehyde fixation and osmium tetroxide postfixation were used. The organism developed ...
  • Further observations on the ultrastructure of ephemeral fever virus 
    Lecatsas, G.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Electron microscope observations on ephemeral fever virus showed that the electron-dense material was helical in structure, that probably two strands 4 nm in diameter formed a limb approx. 17 nm in diameter with one complete ...
  • Cytauxzoonosis in a giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)) in Zululand 
    McCully, R.M.; Keep, M.E.; Basson, P.A.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Cytauxzoonosis is reported for the first time in a giraffe [Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)] that died naturally of the disease. Both histiotropic and erythrocytic parasites were found. The animal was very anaemic ...
  • The antigenicity of Clostridium botulinum type C toxin administered per os 
    Jansen, B.C.; Knoetze, P.C.; Visser, Fleur; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Large quantities of toxoid given to rabbits per os did not elicit a primary immune response. Toxin absorbed through the intestinal wall of guinea-pigs and toxoided produced an anamnestic response on injection into ...
  • Relationship of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis protoplasmic toxins to the exotoxin 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Smit, Maria C.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (Buchanan, 1911) protoplasm was separated into two toxic fractions by means of gel chromatography. Toxin neutralization tests indicated that one of the fractions is probably identical ...
  • Macromolecular synthesis in bluetongue virus infected cells. I. Virus-specific ribonucleic acid synthesis 
    Huismans, H. (Henk), 1942-; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Both virus-specific double-stranded and single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) are synthesized during infection. The single-stranded RNA is formed in a large excess of double-stranded RNA and the rate of synthesis is maximal ...