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Absence of lumpy skin disease virus in semen of vaccinated bulls following vaccination and subsequent experimental infection

Osuagwuh, Uchebuchi I.; Bagla, Victor P.; Venter, Estelle Hildegard; Annandale, C.H. (Cornelius Henry); Irons, Peter Charles (Elsevier, 2007-03-08)

Twelve serologically negative bulls were used, six were vaccinated with a modified live LSD vaccine and six unvaccinated. All were then experimentally infected with a virulent field strain of LSDV. No clinical abnormality ...
The abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks depends on tree species composition and shrub cover

Tack, Wesley; Madder, Maxime; Baeten, Lander; De Frenne, P.; Verheyen, Kris (Cambridge University Press, 2012-04-13)

The mainstream forestry policy in many European countries is to convert coniferous plantations into (semi-natural) deciduous woodlands. However, woodlands are the main habitat for Ixodes ricinus ticks. Therefore, assessing ...
Adaptations in the glucose metabolism of procyclic Trypanosoma brucei isolates from tsetse flies and during differentiation of bloodstream forms

Van Grinsven, Koen W.A.; Van den Abbeele, Jan; Van den Bossche, Peter; Van Hellemond, Jaap J.; Tielens, Aloysius G.M. (American Society for Microbiology, 2009-08)

Procyclic forms of Trypanosoma brucei isolated from the midguts of infected tsetse flies, or freshly transformed from a strain that is close to field isolates, do not use a complete Krebs cycle. Furthermore, short stumpy ...
African 2, a clonal complex of Mycobacterium bovis epidemiologically important in East Africa

Berg, Stefan; Garcia-Pelayo, M. Carmen; Muller, Borna; Hailu, Elena; Asiimwe, Benon; Kremer, Kristin; Dale, James; Boniotti, M. Beatrice; Rodriguez, Sabrina; Hilty, Markus; Rigouts, Leen; Firdessa, Rebuma; Machado, Adelina; Mucavele, Custodia; Ngandolo, Bongo Nare Richard; Bruchfeld, Judith; Boschiroli, Laura; Muller, Annelle; Sahraoui, Naima; Pacciarini, Maria; Cadmus, Simeon I.B.; Joloba, Moses; Van Soolingen, Dick; Michel, Anita Luise; Djønne, Berit; Aranaz, Alicia; Zinsstag, Jakob; Van Helden, Paul; Portaels, Francoise; Kazwala, Rudovick; Kallenius, Gunilla; Hewinson, R. Glyn; Aseffa, Abraham; Gordon, Stephen V.; Smith, Noel H. (American Society for Microbiology, 2011-02)

We have identified a clonal complex of Mycobacterium bovis isolated at high frequency from cattle in Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Ethiopia. We have named this related group of M. bovis strains the African 2 (Af2) clonal ...
The African buffalo : a villain for inter-species spread of infectious diseases in southern Africa

Michel, Anita Luise; Bengis, Roy G. (Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2012)

The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large wild bovid which until recently ranged across all but the driest parts of sub-Saharan Africa, and their local range being limited to about 20 km from surface water. They ...
African swine fever

Penrith, Mary-Louise (Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2009-03)

African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating haemorrhagic fever of pigs that causes up to 100 % mortality, for which there is no vaccine. It is caused by a unique DNA virus that is maintained in an ancient cycle between ...
African swine fever virus isolate, Georgia, 2007

Rowlands, Rebecca J.; Michaud, Vincent; Heath, Livio; Hutchings, Geoff; Oura, C.A.L.; Vosloo, Wilna; Dwarka, Rahana M.; Onashvili, Tinatin; Albina, Emmanuel; Dixon, Linda K. (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008-12)

African swine fever (ASF) is widespread in Africa but is rarely introduced to other continents. In June 2007, ASF was confirmed in the Caucasus region of Georgia, and it has since spread to neighboring countries. DNA ...
Age- and sex-based variation in helminth infection of helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) with comments on Swainson's spurfowl (Pternistis swainsonii) and Orange River francolin (Scleroptila levaillantoides)

Davies, Owen R.; Junker, Kerstin; Jansen, Raymond; Crowe, Timothy M.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2008-10)

Gastrointestinal tracts from 48 helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris), five Swainson's spurfowl (Pternistis swainsonii) and a single Orange River francolin (Scleroptila levaillantoides) were examined for helminth parasites. ...
Age prevalence of trypanosomal infections in female Glossina morsitans morsitans (Diptera : Glossinidae) on the plateau area of eastern Zambia

Kubi, C.; Billiouw, M.; Van den Bossche, Peter (Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2007-09)

Trypanosomal infections in female Glossina morsitans morsitans were investigated in an area in the Eastern Province of Zambia between 1992 and 1994. A total of 4 416 flies were captured, aged using the ovarian ageing method ...
Allopatric speciation in ticks : genetic and reproductive divergence between geographic strains of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

Labruna, Marcelo B.; Naranjo, Victoria; Mangold, Atilio J.; Thompson, Carolina; Estrada-Pena, Agustín; Guglielmone, Alberto A.; Jongejan, Frans; De la Fuente, Jose (BioMed Central, 2009-02)

BACKGROUND: The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, economically impact cattle industry in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The morphological and genetic differences among R. microplus strains ...
Altered expression of fatty acid desaturases in the skin of dogs with atopic dermatitis

Schlotter, Yvette M.; Willemse, Ton; Riemers, Frank; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; Knol, Edward F.; Davenport, Gary (Elsevier, 2009)

No abstract available
Analyses of genes encoding Theileria parva p104 and polymorphic immunodominant molecule (PIM) reveal evidence of the presence of cattle-type alleles in the South African T. parva population

Sibeko, Kgomotso P.; Collins, Nicola E.; Oosthuizen, Marinda C.; Troskie, Milana; Potgieter, Frederick T.; Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Geysen, Dirk (Elsevier, 2011-09)

Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of PCR products (PCR-RFLP) and sequencing of the variable region of the p104 and PIM genes was performed on samples obtained from South African T. parva parasites originating ...
Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma marginale elicit different gene expression responses in cultured tick cells

Zivkovic, Zorica; Blouin, Edmour F.; Manzano-Roman, Raul; Almazan, Consuelo; Naranjo, Victoria; Massung, Robert F.; Jongejan, Frans; Kocan, Katherine M.; De la Fuente, Jose (Hindawi, 2009)

The genus Anaplasma (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) includes obligate tick-transmitted intracellular organisms, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma marginale that multiply in both vertebrate and tick host cells. ...
Antimicrobial drug resistance among Enterococci from broilers and poultry abattoir workers

Oguttu, James W.; Picard, J.A. (Jackie); Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.) (Medwell Journals, 2012)

Poultry abattoir workers who carry out eviscerate do pick up resistance from broiler enteric organisms. To test this hypothesis, the prevalence of and the association of antimicrobial drug resistance between enterococci ...
Antimicrobial susceptibility in thermophilic Campylobacter species isolated from pigs and chickens in South Africa

Jonker, A.; Picard, J.A. (South African Veterinary Association, 2010-12)

Campylobacter jejuni is one of the leading causes of sporadic food-borne bacterial disease in humans. In intensive poultry and pig rearing systems the use of oral antibiotics is essential to maintain health. Consequently, ...
Application of ROC curve analysis to FAMACHA© evaluation of haemonchosis on two sheep farms in South Africa

Reynecke, D.P.; Van Wyk, J.A.; Gummow, Bruce; Dorny, P.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik (Elsevier B.V., 2011-05)

Test sensitivity and specificity for the FAMACHA© clinical test for anaemia due to haemonchosis have previously been shown to be adequate in differentiating between heavily/less heavily infected sheep, but these properties ...
Approaches towards optimising the gamma interferon assay for diagnosing Mycobacterium bovis infection in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

Michel, Anita Luise; Cooper, Dave; Jooste, J.; De Klerk, L.M.; Jolles, Anna E.; De Klerk-Lorist, Lin Mari (Elsevier, 2010-10)

The application of diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis in wildlife poses formidable technical difficulties and the use of the gamma interfer on assay offers a simplified approach to testing wild animal species. We ...
The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world : a list of valid species names

Guglielmone, Alberto A.; Robbins, Richard G.; Apanaskevich, Dmitry A.; Petney, Trevor N.; Estrada-Pena, Agustín; Horak, Ivan Gerard; Shao, Renfu; Barker, Stephen C. (Magnolia Press, 2010)

This work is intended as a consensus list of valid tick names, following recent revisionary studies, wherein we recognize 896 species of ticks in 3 families. The Nuttalliellidae is monotypic, containing the single entity ...
Association of environmental traits with the geographic ranges of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of medical and veterinary importance in the Western Palearctic : a digital data set

Estrada-Pena, A.; Farkas, Robert; Jaenson, Thomas G.T.; Koenen, Frank; Madder, Maxime; Pascucci, Ilaria; Salman, Mo; Tarres-Call, Jordi; Jongejan, Frans (Springer, 2013)

We compiled information on the distribution of ticks in the western Palearctic (11 W, 45 E; 29 N, 71 N), published during 1970–2010. The literature search was filtered by the tick’s species name and an unambiguous reference ...
Attraction range of the Onderstepoort 220 V light trap for Culicoides biting midges as determined under South African field conditions

Venter, Gert J.; Majatladi, D.M.; Labuschagne, K.; Boikanyo, S.N.B.; Morey, Liesl (Elsevier, 2012-11-23)

Despite some limitations suction lighttraps are the primary tools used for the collection of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). The range of attraction of the Onderstepoortlighttrap is not known but an insight ...

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