Browsing 1980 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 47, 1980 by Issue Date

Browsing 1980 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 47, 1980 by Issue Date

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  • Presence of Herpesvirus ovis DNA sequences in cellular DNA from sheep lungs affected with jaagsiekte (pulmonary adenomatosis) 
    De Villiers, Ethel-Michele; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    To investigate further the possible involvement of Herpesvirus avis in the aetiology of jaagsiekte, the kinetics of re-association of viral DNA and DNA isolated from tumour tissue as well as from cell cultures derived from ...
  • Tissue culture studies on a suspected lysosomal storage disease in Abyssinian cats 
    Lange, A. Lucia; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    Cell cultures prepared from the spleen and mesenteric lymph nodes of affected kittens were subjected to histochemical and ultrastructural studies. Macrophages in the cultures contained lipid in the cytoplasm and the ...
  • Experimental infection of warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) with African swine fever virus 
    Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Gainaru, M.D.; Van Dellen, A.F.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Although there were no obvious signs of illness following experimental infection of young warthog with African swine fever virus, the animals developed viraemias between 10²'⁴ and 10³'⁶, HD₅₀/m within the first week of ...
  • Studies on neonatal calf diarrhoea caused by rotavirus : transmission of the disease and attempted vaccination of colostrum-deprived calves 
    Prozesky, Leon; Theodoridis, A.; Els, H.J.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Mild to severe scouring could be produced in colostrum-deprived calves with tissue culture adapted rota virus and faecal material from field cases of calf diarrhoea. The faeces of experimentally infected calves contained ...
  • The temperature preferences of the motile stages of Stomoxys calcitrans Linnaeus (Diptera : muscidae) 
    Sutherland, B.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    When adult Stomoxys calcitrans were exposed to a temperature gradient, 66% of them selected temperatures between 20,1 and 32,5°C. The larval stages preferred temperatures between 19,5 and 33,2°C. Although the differences ...
  • Determination of the physicochemical and microbiological quality of carcass, bone and blood meal 
    Van Der Made, H.N.; Van Staden, J.J.; Du Toit, J. de V.; Jordaan, E.; Barrett, E.L.; Coetzee, J.D.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    The pH value and the moisture, fat and protein content of abattoir by products which are commercially available in the Republic of South Africa were examined, and the total bacterial count and the extent of Salmonella, ...
  • Plasma progesterone in cattle. I. Development and validity of the assay 
    Terblanche, H.M.; Labuschagne, J.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Terb; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    The development of a practical competitive protein-binding assay for plasma progesterone in cattle is described. With an intra-assay coefficient of variation of 5,46% and an interassay coefficient of variation of 14,25%, ...
  • A haemagglutination and a haemagglutination inhibition test for bluetongue virus 
    Van der Walt, N. T.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Haemagglutination of bluetongue virus (BTV) was demonstrated for the first time by making use of a purified preparation of the virus. The reaction was found to be independent of variations in the pH, temperature, buffer ...
  • Studies on the physiopathology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the horse. II. Right heart haemodynamics 
    Littlejohn, A.; Bowles, Felicity; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    Pressure curves obtained by cardiac catheterization of the pulmonary artery, right ventricle and right atrium of 9 horses and ponies with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were compared with those similarly ...
  • Survival and development of larvae of the common nematodes of ruminants after long-term cryopreservation and investigation of different routes of infestation 
    Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Gerber, H.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Exsheathed infective larvae (L3) of 16 species of nematodes were tested for infectivity in either sheep or cattle after they had been frozen and stored in 0,09% NaCl solution in the gas phase of liquid nitrogen for periods ...
  • Cerebral mycosis in a dog caused by Cladosporium trichoides Emmons 1952 
    Newsholme, S.J.; Tyrer, Margaret J.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    The fungus, Cladosporium trichoides, was isolated and cultured from a lesion in the cerebellum and from smaller lesions in the liver, kidney and spleen of a dog which had a history of behavioural changes, ataxia and collapse. ...
  • Lesions resulting from inoculation of porcine foetuses with porcine parvovirus 
    Prozesky, Leon; Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Gainaru, M.D.; Herr, S.; Kritzinger, L.J.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    In utero inoculation of 15 sows at various stages of gestation with a local strain of porcine parvovirus (PPV) resulted in resorption, abortion or the birth of weak, dead, or mummified foetuses. Histopathological lesions ...
  • A field strain of Haemonchus contortus showing slight resistance to rafoxanide 
    Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Gerber, H.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    A field strain of H. contortus, already resistant to benzimidazole anthelmintics, was also found to be slightly resistant to rafoxanide. This is apparently the first report of resistance to rafoxanide in a field strain of ...
  • Glucose turnover, tolerance and insulin response in wethers, ewes and pregnant ewes in the fed and fasted state 
    Procos, J.; Labuschagne, F.J.; Van der Walt, J.G.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Glucose turnover parameters were obtained in fed and fasted wethers, ewes and pregnant ewes in their 2nd and 3rd trimesters, using a jugular bolus injection of D-glucose-2-³H. Fasting significantly (P<0,05) reduced glucose ...
  • Subject index 
    Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
  • The pathology of bacterial infection of the genitalia in rams 
    Jansen, B.C.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    Details are given of the macroscopic and histopathological changes brought about by infection of the genitalia of rams by bacteria other than Brucella ovis. Lesions of the vesiculae seminales and ampullae are described ...
  • Laboratory studies on the biology of Simulium nigritarse Coquillett and Simulium adersi Pomeroy (Diptera : simuliidae) 
    Begemann, G.J.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    The eggs of both Simulium nigritarse and S. adersi took up to 13 days to hatch in water at a temperature of 25 °C. The larvae of S. nigritarse required a minimum of 20 days and those of S.adersi a minimum of 17 days to ...
  • Turkey meningoencephalitis in South Africa 
    Barnard, B.J.H.; Buys, S.B.; Du Preez, J.H.; Greyling, S.P.; Venter, H.J.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Turkey meningo-encephalitis is a neuroparalytic disease of turkey’s first described and shown to be caused by a flavivirus in Israel. During 1978 a similar disease was observed in South Africa. In addition to the lesions ...
  • A survey of the mosquito and Culicoides faunas at two localities in the Karoo region of South Africa with some observations on bionomics 
    Jupp, P.G.; McIntosh, B.M.; Nevill, E.M.; Steyn, P.J.J; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    The mosquito and Culicoides faunas were surveyed at Bethulie and Luckhoff in the arid Karoo region, southern Orange Free State, to determine which species occurred, their relative prevalence and the effects of rainfall. ...
  • Physiological age determination in female Stomoxys calcitrans Linnaeus (Diptera : Muscidae) 
    Sutherland, B.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    The primary sex organs of female Stomoxys calcitrans consist of a single pair of ovaries, each containing 80-100 polytrophic ovarioles. A natural population of these females can be grouped according to age into different ...