Browsing 1970 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 37, 1970 by Title

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  • The antigenicity of Clostridium botulinum type C toxin administered per os 
    Jansen, B.C.; Knoetze, P.C.; Visser, Fleur; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Large quantities of toxoid given to rabbits per os did not elicit a primary immune response. Toxin absorbed through the intestinal wall of guinea-pigs and toxoided produced an anamnestic response on injection into ...
  • The application of improved techniques to the identification of strains of bluetongue virus 
    Howell, P.G.; Kumm, N.A.; Botha, M.J.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Previously the isolation and identification of strains of bluetongue virus has been tedious, so that the introduction of techniques to shorten the delay was considered highly desirable. Neutralization tests were conducted ...
  • Changes in the levels of plasma electrolytes and glucose in severe artificially induced acidosis in Merino sheep 
    Procos, J.; Schubert, Annette; Briel, B.J.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria: Government Printer, 1970)
    Severe acidosis was induced in wethers by the infusion of mineral and organic acids. No clinical signs apart from slight panting, were observed despite a fall in plasma glucose levels which occurred either spontaneously ...
  • A clinico-pathological study of bilharziasis in sheep 
    Malherbe, W.D.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Six healthy sheep were artificially infested through skin exposure with graded doses of cercariae of Schistosoma mattheei Veglia & LeRoux, 1929. By means of laboratory tests the development of lesions due to the disease ...
  • A comparative study on the efficiency of water soluble phosphates and a dry phosphate lick for sheep fed on mature grass hay 
    Myburgh, S.J.; Du Toit, J. de V.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    In a study with adolescent Merino sheep on a diet of mature grass hay, the supplementation with phosphates alone, either in the drinking water or as a dry lick, did not prevent loss of condition. Furthermore, in metabolism ...
  • Cytauxzoonosis in a giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)) in Zululand 
    McCully, R.M.; Keep, M.E.; Basson, P.A.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Cytauxzoonosis is reported for the first time in a giraffe [Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)] that died naturally of the disease. Both histiotropic and erythrocytic parasites were found. The animal was very anaemic ...
  • Eimeria chinchillae De Vos & Van der Westhuizen, 1968 and other Eimeria spp. from three South African rodent species 
    De Vos, A.J.; Dobson, Lynne D.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Eimeria chinchillae De Vos & Van der Westhuizen, 1968, an organism originally described from the chinchilla and subsequently shown to be transmissible to other rodents, was found to occur naturally in Rhabdomys pumilio ...
  • Electron microscopy of Cowdria (Rickettsia) ruminantium (Cowdry, 1926) in the endothelial cells of the vertebrate host 
    Pienaar, J.G.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    The ultrastructure of Cowdria ruminantium was studied in thin sections of choroid plexus from experimentally infected sheep. Glutaraldehyde fixation and osmium tetroxide postfixation were used. The organism developed ...
  • Experimental diamidine poisoning due to commonly used babecides 
    Naude, T.W.; Basson, P.A.; Pienaar, J.G.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria: Government Printer, 1970)
    Forty-four apparently healthy dogs and four normal cattle were given multiple therapeutic, sterilizing or higher dosages of Berenil, Phenamidine and quinoronium sulphate in order to determine the toxic effects of these ...
  • Experimental infection of game animals with lumpy skin disease virus (prototype strain Neethling) 
    Young, E.; Basson, P.A.; Weiss, K.E.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Calves of a giraffe, an impala, two buffaloes, and two adult black wildebeests were artificially infected with the Neethling type of lumpy skin disease virus. The giraffe and impala died with typical symptoms and lesions ...
  • Failure to demonstrate in vitro as opposed to in vivo transcription of the bluetongue virus genome 
    Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
  • Further observations on the ultrastructure of ephemeral fever virus 
    Lecatsas, G.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Electron microscope observations on ephemeral fever virus showed that the electron-dense material was helical in structure, that probably two strands 4 nm in diameter formed a limb approx. 17 nm in diameter with one complete ...
  • Immune response of rabbits, mice and sheep to polyvalent Pasteurella vaccine 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Smit, Gertruida; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    A polyvalent alum-precipitated vaccine containing Pasteurella multocida (Lehmann & Neuman, 1899) types A and D and four serotypes of Pasteurella haemolytica (Newsom & Cross, 1932) produced a sound immunity in mice and sheep ...
  • Immune response to dead and live Eschericia coli vaccines and colostral transfer of immunity to calves and lambs 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Fuls, W.J.P.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Administration of a single injection of killed polyvalent Escherichia coli (Migula, 1895) vaccine to ewes and cows resulted in a marked increase in the mouse protective properties of their sera. Antibodies were effectively ...
  • Immunity in heartwater : I. A preliminary note on the role of serum antibodies 
    Du Plessis, J.L.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; De Kock, V.E.; Walker, Jane B.; Tustin, R.C. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Ammonium sulphate precipitated gamma-globulins obtained from sheep immune to Cowdria ruminantium (Cowdry, 1925) failed to protect susceptible sheep against artificial infection by this parasite, irrespective of whether the ...
  • The influence of magnesium sulphate on the absorption, excretion and retention of calcium and phosphorus by sheep fed on phosphate supplemented rations 
    Myburgh, S.J.; DuToit, ]. de V.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Evidence is put [orward showing that continuous excessive intakes of magnesium sulphate by sheep, for example in dnnking water, may result in losses of calcium from the body. However, when the intakes of both these ...
  • Intersexuality in the horse 
    Gerneke, W.H.; Coubrough, R.I.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    A cytogenetic and clinical study of an intersexual Arabian horse revealed it to be a genetic female but a gonadal male intersex. This corresponds in general to previously reported cases, which have been genetic females ...
  • Macromolecular synthesis in bluetongue virus infected cells. I. Virus-specific ribonucleic acid synthesis 
    Huismans, H. (Henk), 1942-; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Both virus-specific double-stranded and single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) are synthesized during infection. The single-stranded RNA is formed in a large excess of double-stranded RNA and the rate of synthesis is maximal ...
  • Macromolecular synthesis in bluetongue virus infected cells. II. Host cell metabolism 
    Huismans, H. (Henk), 1942-; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Infection of L-cells with bluetongue virus results in inhibition of protein and deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis shortly after infection. No inhibition of ribonucleic acid synthesis is observed before 7 hours after infection. ...
  • Observations on the pathogenesis of bovine and antelope strains of Besnoitia besnoiti (Marotel, 1912) infection in cattle and rabbits 
    Basson, P.A.; McCully, R.M.; Bigalke, R.D.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Histopathological studies were made on cattle and rabbits, artificially infected with either proliferative organisms of low and high passage level bovine strains of Besnoitia besnoiti (Marotel, 1912) grown in tissue culture ...