Tick-borne blood parasites in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii, Gray 1849) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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| dc.contributor.author | Pfitzer, Silke
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| dc.contributor.author | Oosthuizen, Marinda C.
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| dc.contributor.author | Bosman, Anna-Mari
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| dc.contributor.author | Vorster, Ilse
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| dc.contributor.author | Penzhorn, Barend Louis
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| dc.coverage.spatial | South Africa | en |
| dc.coverage.spatial | KwaZulu-Natal | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-10-24T07:11:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-10-24T07:11:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A total of 97 blood samples of nyala (Tragelaphus angasii, Gray 1849) from South Africa were tested for the presence of tick-borne haemoparasites by means of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse line blot (RLB) hybridisation. The majority of blood samples contained several different haemoparasites, often in combination. Prevalent haemoparasites were Theileria sp. (kudu), T. buffeli, T. sp. (sable), T. bicornis, Ehrlichia sp. Omatjenne, Anaplasma marginale and A. bovis. This serves as the first report of T. sp. (kudu), T. buffeli, T. bicornis, Ehrlichia sp.Omatjenne, A. marginale and A. bovis in nyala, who seem to carry multiple haemoparasites without ill effect. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This study (V009/08) was approved by the Research Committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Science and the Animal Use and Care Committee of the University of Pretoria. The senior author received a postgraduate bursary from the University of Pretoria. Financial support from the National Research Foundation Grant (GUN 44403) to B.L. Penzhorn is acknowledged. | en |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.elsevier.com/locate/vetpar | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pfitzer, S, Oosthuizen, MC, Bosman, AM, Vorster, I & Penzhorn, BL 2011, 'Tick-borne blood parasites in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii, Gray 1849) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa', Veterinary Parasitology, vol. 176, no. 2-3, pp.126-131. | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0307-4017 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1873-2550 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10/1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.006 | |
| dc.identifier.other | 7004592997 | |
| dc.identifier.other | N-8706-2014 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17458 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en |
| dc.relation.requires | Adobe Acrobat Reader | en |
| dc.rights | © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | en |
| dc.subject | Anaplasma | en |
| dc.subject | 18S rRNA gene | en |
| dc.subject | Reverse line blot hybridization assay | en |
| dc.subject | Tragelaphus angasi | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Nyala | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Polymerase chain reaction | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Theileria | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Ehrlichia | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Parasites | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Tick-borne diseases | en |
| dc.title | Tick-borne blood parasites in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii, Gray 1849) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | en |
| dc.type | Postprint Article | en |
