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Browsing Veterinary Science by Type "Dissertation"
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Brucella abortus, a major cause of bovine brucellosis, is a facultative intracellular, gram-negative pathogen that infects mammals by replicating inside phagocytic cells of the reticulo-endothelial system and in trophoblastic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Bovine brucellosis is a worldwide, zoonotic infection caused by Brucella species bacteria and characterised by abortions and retained placentae in cows and, to a lesser extent, orchitis in bulls. The disease is a zoonotic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The unique adaptation of the avian eye is reflected in its ocular anatomy. The ostrich and emu are commercially important species and a comparative study of the M. bulbi, lacrimal apparatus and their innervation would ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)There has been an increase in the herd prevalence of brucellosis in cattle in Gauteng, especially among smallholder herds. This study was undertaken to provide information on the distribution, nature and farm behavior of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)A risk assessment was conducted for Salmonella enteritidis (SE) in the broiler production chain of the Western Cape of South Africa, using a literature review, historical data analysis, microbiological sampling from abattoirs ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)South African farmers have struggled for many years with the loss of livestock on their farms due to predators such as black backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) and caracal (Caracal caracal). These farmers have been known to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The dams' physiological status (gestational stages, lactation, and dry period) is crucial in utilising minerals. The mechanisms controlling the utilisation of minerals during pregnancy are inadequately understood. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Tabanidae (Diptera) is a diverse haematophagous fly family, known to transmit over 35 livestock pathogens both mechanically and biologically. Kruger National Park (KNP) (in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces), South Africa, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)A study was conducted (November 2012) on the communal dipping system in Mnisi, Mpumalanga Province of South Africa to detect levels of blue tick resistance to commonly used acaricides. The larvae obtained from engorged ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This project was conducted in order to ascertain the presence or absence of acaricide resistance in ticks in an area of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) where tick-borne diseases pose a real and dire threat to communal and commercial ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-29)Tick resistance to acaricides is an increasing problem in South Africa and poses a real economic threat to the livestock and veterinary pharmaceutical industries. New acaricides are extremely expensive to develop so the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)Wild animal capture has progressed over the years from trapping or physical capture, which was dangerous to both animal and man, to chemical immobilization. Opioids and butyrophenones are the most common classes of drugs ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)African horse sickness (AHS) is a life threatening disease of equids caused by African horse sickness virus (AHSV), a member of the genus Orbivirus in the family Reoviridae. The virus is transmitted to horses by midges ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Cattle ticks from the genus Rhipicephalus are hematophagous ectoparasites of great veterinary and economic importance. Currently, the main method for managing ticks and tick-borne diseases is the application of chemical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This study describes the growth of the blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus taurinus) cardiac and pulmonary systems with ontogenetic allometric equations, contributing an additional species to the small collection of ...
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An evaluation of techniques for monitoring rangeland health in semi-arid savannas in southern Africa (University of Pretoria, 2017)Rangeland health plays an important role in increasing the connectivity/contact between wildlife, livestock and people. Communal rangelands throughout the savanna areas of South Africa are experiencing increasing magnitudes ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Ostrich (Struthio camelus) chicks less than three months of age are observed to experience a high mortality rate of 30-40% that is often associated with enteritis. In the event of a disease outbreak mortality can reach ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Objectives To compare the anaesthetic, analgesic and cardiorespiratory effects of intramuscular medetomidine and ketamine administered alone or combined with morphine or tramadol for orchiectomy in cats. Study design ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Animal diseases have always been one of the main constraints on animal production, especially in Africa where there are a variety of tropical and subtropical diseases. Knowledge of these diseases and the development of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-03-12)A field trial was conducted to test the anthelmintic effect of a single dose of 4g of copper oxide wire particles (COWP) in bolus form in indigenous goats belonging to small scale communal farmers in three areas in the ...
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