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Browsing Equine Research Centre by Issue Date
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(South African Veterinary Association, 2008-03)Dermatosparaxis is a heritable collagen dysplasia causing skin extensibility and fragility. In Belgian Blue cattle this mutation has been described as a 3 base pair (bp) change followed by a 17 bp deletion in the gene ...
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(Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2008-06)Cohorts of yearlings were sampled over a period of 6 years in a retrospective serological survey to establish the annual prevalence of serotype specific antibody to equine encephalosis virus on Thoroughbred stud farms ...
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(Springer, 2009-04)We report the development of a fast and reliable PCR-based method for sex identification of African Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum and Diceros bicornis) that could easily be incorporated into fluorescent short tandem ...
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(American Veterinary Medical Association, 2009-07)OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of furosemide for prevention of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) in Thoroughbred racehorses under typical racing conditions. DESIGN: Randomized, placebo-controlled, blinded, ...
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(Elsevier, 2009-07)The repellent efficacy of 15% N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET), 0.6% citronella oil, and 0.3% α-cyano-cypermethrin against Culicoides species was compared in three 5 × 5 Latin squares (15 replicates) under South African ...
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(Elsevier, 2009-07)We describe the development and preliminary characterization of a recombinant canarypox virus vectored (ALVAC®) vaccine for protective immunization of equids against African horse sickness virus (AHSV) infection. Horses ...
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(American Veterinary Medical Association, 2009-11)OBJECTIVE: To compare the analgesic efficacy of administration of butorphanol tartrate, phenylbutazone, or both drugs in combination in colts undergoing routine castration. DESIGN: Randomized controlled clinical ...
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Annual ryegrass toxicity in thoroughbred horses in Ceres in the Western Cape Province, South Africa (South African Veterinary Association, 2009-12)An outbreak of annual ryegrass toxicity occurred on a Thoroughbred stud in Ceres in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. This is the 1st report of annual ryegrass toxicity in horses in South Africa, although the ...
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(INRA / EDP Sciences, 2010-01)Arthropod-transmitted viruses (Arboviruses) are important causes of disease in humans and animals, and it is proposed that climate change will increase the distribution and severity of arboviral diseases. Orbiviruses are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-10-06)The purpose of the studies presented in this thesis was to develop a greater understanding of the contribution of respiratory heat loss to the thermal balance of exercising horses. In the first experiment the effect of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-10-06)Previous studies have shown that four intramuscular doses of imidocarb dipropionate administered at 72-hour treatment intervals are effective in sterilising experimental Babesia equi infections in horses. It has also been ...
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(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2011-04)In recent years, South African conservation officials have noted the appearance of sarcoid tumour-like growths in Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) populations. In domestic horses (Equus ferus caballus), a genetic ...
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(Elsevier, 2011-06)Please read abstract in article.
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(Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2011-11-11)Despite its important role as vector for African horse sickness virus (AHSV), very little information is available on the dissemination of this virus in Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). ...
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(Elsevier, 2012-06)Bluetongue (BT) is an important viral disease of ruminants that is transmitted by hematophagous Culicoides midges. We examined the seasonal patterns of abundance and infection of Culicoides sonorensis at four dairy farms ...
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(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012-09)Color markings among felid species display both a remarkable diversity and a common underlying periodicity. A similar range of patterns within domestic cats suggests a conserved mechanism whose appearance can be altered ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2012-09-06)Arthropod-borne apicomplexan pathogens that cause asymptomatic persistent infections present a significant challenge due to their life-long transmission potential. Although anti-microbials have been used to ameliorate ...
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(Elsevier, 2012-11)The first outbreak of Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) due to Taylorella equigenitalis in South Africa was reported to the OIE in May 2011 subsequent to importation of a stallion, the index case. Two additional positive ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-11-27)Reasons for performing study: Imidocarb dipropionate is the drug of choice for equine piroplasmosis, but its administration causes severe colic and diarrhoea. An imidocarb protocol that reduces these signs is ...
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(Elsevier, 2013)Blood samples collected from 503 suspect cases of African horse sickness (AHS) and another 503 from uninfected, unvaccinated South African horses, as well as 98 samples from horses from an AHS free country, were tested ...
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