Browsing Veterinary Tropical Diseases by Type "Article"

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  • 2023 International African Swine Fever Workshop : critical issues that need to be addressed for ASF control 
    Wang, Lihua; Ganges, Llilianne; Dixon, Linda K.; Bu, Zhigao; Zhao, Dongming; Quang Lam Truong; Richt, Juergen A.; Jin, Meilin; Netherton, Christopher L.; Benarafa, Charaf; Summerfield, Artur; Weng, Changjiang; Peng, Guiqing; Reis, Ana L.; Han, Jun; Penrith, Mary-Louise; Mo, Yupeng; Su, Zhipeng; Hoang, Dang Vu; Pogranichniy, Roman M.; Balaban-Oglan, David-Adrian; Li, Yuzhen; Wang, Kewen; Cai, Xuepeng; Shi, Jishu (MDPI, 2024-01)
    The 2023 International African Swine Fever Workshop (IASFW) took place in Beijing, China, on 18–20 September 2023. It was jointly organized by the U.S.-China Center for Animal Health (USCCAH) at Kansas State University ...
  • The absence of abdominal pigmentation in livestock associated culicoides following artificial blood feeding and the epidemiological implication for arbovirus surveillance 
    Goffredo, Maria; Quaglia, Michela; De Ascentis, Matteo; D’Alessio, Silvio Gerardo; Federici, Valentina; Conte, Annamaria; Venter, Gert Johannes (MDPI, 2021-12-02)
    Culicoides midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), the vectors of economically important arboviruses such as bluetongue virus and African horse sickness virus, are of global importance. In the absence of transovarial transmission, ...
  • 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 ...
  • Acaricide resistance of Rhipicephalus decoloratus ticks collected from communal grazing cattle in South Africa 
    Yawa, Mandla; Nyangiwe, Nkululeko; Jaja, Ishmael Festus; Marufu, Munyaradzi Christopher; Kadzere, Charles T. (Network for the Veterinarians of Bangladesh, 2022-03)
    OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine acaricide resistance in Rhipicephalus decoloratus ticks collected from grazing cattle between November 2018 and May 2019 in Elundini, Senqu, and Walter Sisulu Local Municipalities ...
  • Acaricide resistance status of livestock ticks from East and West Africa and in vivo efficacy of acaricides to control them 
    Evans, Alec; Madder, Maxime; Fourie, Josephus; Halos, Lénaïg; Kumsa, Bersissa; Kimbita, Elikira; Byaruhanga, Joseph; Mwiine, Frank Norbert; Muhanguzi, Dennis; Adehan, Safiou Bienvenu; Toure, Alassane; Nzalawahe, Jahashi; Aboagye-Antwi, Fred; Ogo, Ndudim Isaac; Meyer, Leon; Jongejan, Frans; Cheikhi, Imad Bouzaidi; Fisher, Maggie; Holdsworth, Peter (Elsevier, 2024-08)
    Through a collaborative effort across six Sub-Saharan African countries, using recognized international assessment techniques, 23 stocks of three tick species (Rhipicephalus microplus, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and ...
  • Activation of a bovine mammary epithelial cell line by ruminant-associated Staphylococcus aureus is lineage dependent 
    Hoekstra, Jurriaan; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; Lam, Theo J.G.M.; Van Kessel, Kok P.M.; Stegeman, J. Arjan; Benedictus, Lindert; Koop, Gerrit (MDPI, 2019-12-12)
    Bovine mastitis is a costly disease to the dairy industry and intramammary infections (IMI) with Staphylococcus aureus are a major cause of mastitis. Staphylococcus aureus strains responsible for mastitis in cattle ...
  • Activation of canine, mouse and human TLR2 and TLR4 by inactivated Leptospira vaccine strains 
    Novak, Andreja; Pupo, Elder; Esther van’t Veld; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; Broere, Femke; Sloots, Arjen (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-21)
    Canine Leptospira vaccines contain inactivated strains of pathogenic Leptospira, the causative agents of leptospirosis. For an effective response to vaccination, activation of the innate immune system via pattern recognition ...
  • Adaptation and diagnostic potential of a commercial cat interferon gamma release assay for the detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in African lions (Panthera leo) 
    Gumbo, Rachiel; Sylvester, Tashnica T.; Goosen, Wynand J.; Buss, Peter E.; De Klerk-Lorist, Lin-Mari; Van Schalkwyk, Ockert Louis; McCall, Alicia; Warren, Robin M.; Van Helden, Paul D.; Miller, Michele A.; Kerr, Tanya J. (MDPI, 2022-07-04)
    Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) infection in wildlife, including lions (Panthera leo), has implications for individual and population health. Tools for the detection of infected lions are needed for diagnosis and disease ...
  • 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 David; Portaels, Francoise; Kazwala, Rudovick R.; 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 buffalo movement and zoonotic disease risk across transfrontier conservation areas, Southern Africa 
    Caron, Alexandre; Cornelis, Daniel; Foggin, Chris M.; Hofmeyr, Markus; De Garine-Wichatitsky, Michel (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016-02)
    We report on the long-distance movements of subadult female buffalo within a Transfrontier Conservation Area in Africa. Our observations confirm that bovine tuberculosis and other diseases can spread between buffalo ...
  • African horse sickness vaccination status correlated with disease outcome in South Africa 
    Genis, Margaret Louie; Crafford, Jan Ernst; Weyer, C.T.; Pollard, D.; Grewar, J.D.; Guthrie, Alan John (AOSIS, 2023-02)
    African horse sickness (AHS) is one of the economically most important equid diseases in southern Africa, contributing significantly to equine morbidity and mortality. Annual vaccination with the Onderstepoort Biological ...
  • African perspectives : modern complexities of emerging, re-emerging, and endemic zoonoses 
    Muzemil, Abdulazeez; Fasanmi, Olubunmi Gabriel; Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo (Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2018-12)
    Recent events have shown that public health, animal health and national economies have been threatened, globally, by the increased occurrence of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (ErEIDs) [1]. Specifically, ...
  • 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 diagnosis in Africa : challenges and opportunities 
    Penrith, Mary-Louise; Van Emmenes, Juanita; Hakizimana, Jean N.; Heath, Livio; Kabuuka, T.; Misinzo, Gerald; Odoom, Theophilus; Wade, Abel; Zerbo, Habibata L.; Luka, Pam D. (MDPI, 2024-04)
    The global spread of African swine fever (ASF) in recent decades has led to the need for technological advances in sampling and diagnostic techniques. The impetus for these has been the need to enable sampling by lay ...
  • African swine fever virus isolate, Georgia, 2007 
    Rowlands, Rebecca J.; Michaud, Vincent; Heath, Livio Edward; 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 ...
  • African swine fever virus NAM P1/95 is a mixture of genotype I and genotype VIII viruses 
    Goatley, Lynnette C.; Freimanis, Graham L.; Tennakoon, Chandana; Bastos, Armanda D.S.; Heath, Livio; Netherton, Christopher L. (American Society for Microbiology, 2024-04)
    African swine fever virus causes a lethal hemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs. The NAM P1/1995 isolate was originally described as B646L genotype XVIII; however, full genome sequencing revealed that this assignment was incorrect.
  • African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) from the Kruger National Park, South Africa are currently not inbred but have low genomic diversity 
    Meiring, Christina; Schurz, Haiko; Van Helden, Paul; Hoal, Eileen; Tromp, Gerard; Kinnear, Craig; Kleynhans, Leanie; Glanzmann, Brigitte; Van Schalkwyk, Louis; Miller, Michele; Moller, Marlo (Nature Research, 2022)
    African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) have undergone severe population reductions and are listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Small, isolated populations have the potential to ...
  • 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 ...