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1997 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 64, 1997
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)This volume of the journal is dedicated to Max Sterne in recognition of his contributions to veterinary bacteriology.
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)A technique for the cryopreservation of third-stage larvae of Strongylus vulgaris is described. Infective larvae of S. vulgaris were exsheathed in a 0,16% sodium hypochlorite solution and then transferred into cryotubes ...
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Cryopreservation of sheathed third-stage larvae of Oesophagostomum radiatum (nodular worm of cattle) (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)Sheathed infective larvae of Oesophagostomum radiatum were successfully cryopreserved by the use of a procedure developed for hookworms. The survival rate, as assessed by motility, was 57,9% after 42 d of cryopreservation.
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)A simple and inexpensive particle-bombardment device, the OPgun™, was constructed for the delivery of DNA into animal tissues. This device is based on the particle-inflow gun first described for plant-cell transfection. ...
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)Clinical, virological and serological responses were investigated in five pregnant donkey mares after experimental exposure to the South African asinine-94 strain of equine arteritis virus (EAV), and the duration of ...
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)Antigen for the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) was routinely prepared from infected erythrocytes from horses experimentally infected with Babesia equi and Babesia caballi. With the successful establishment of ...
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)Digital health and conformation were assessed in 216 dairy cattle on 78 randomly selected small-scale farms. For each cow, gait was assessed and the digits examined in detail. Hoof measurements (angle and length of the ...
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)Thirty-four species of gastrointestinal helminths were found in 25 Anas undulata, 21 Anas erythrorhyncha, ten Anas capensis and seven Anas smithii collected at Barberspan, South Africa. Excluding four new taxa, 11 new ...
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)Protocols for evaluating oral rabies vaccine baits for domestic dogs were field tested in central Mexico, after which dog-food manufacturers and suppliers to the pet-food industry were advised as to potential ingredients ...
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)This retrospective study was based on 674 cases of colibacillosis in pigs submitted to the diagnostic bacteriology laboratory of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI) over the 20-year period ranging from 1971-1991. ...
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)Ultrastructural studies revealed the presence of a parasite, believed to be Ehrlichia platys, in the blood platelets of impala. At the time of blood sampling all the animals appeared healthy. This is the first report on ...
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)Visceral leishmaniosis was discovered in a male 12- year-old Australian cattle dog in September 1994. Canine leishmaniosis has not previously been reported in Zambia.
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)In December 1993, a light-trap survey was made of the Culicoides found at eight horse stables and dairies in the sandy dune field west of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. While it was notable that Culicoides numbers were low ...
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)The possible use of chickens as predators of livestock ticks was studied. Chickens were allowed to scavenge for 3 h among tick-infested cattle in a typical township backyard during the milking period. Boophilus decoloratus, ...
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)A trial to control G. m. morsitans with the use of 980 odour-baited, insecticide-impregnated targets was conducted in a 300 km² area in the Eastern Province of Zambia between 1989 and 1991. The area is highly cultivated ...
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)A two-graph Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis was done to determine the optimal cut-off value of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of antibodies to Wesselsbron disease (WSL) virus. ...
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(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)Seasonal abundance and parity in Culicoides populations, in the vicinity of livestock, were determined at seven sites in five different climatic regions with 220 V down-draught blacklight-traps. In 418 collections made ...
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(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)Three milliliters of blood from the present commercially produced heartwater infective blood vaccine (Ball3 stock) was experimentally tested in sheep and cattle for infectivity and efficacy. Results obtained for this ...