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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, ...
  • Absence of lumpy skin disease virus in semen of vaccinated bulls following vaccination and subsequent experimental infection 
    Osuagwuh, Uchebuchi I.; Bagla, Victor Patrick; Venter, Estelle Hildegard; Annandale, C.H. (Cornelius Henry); Irons, Pete 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Adverse effects of heat stress during summer on broiler chickens production and antioxidant mitigating effects 
    Sumanu, Victory Osirimade; Naidoo, Vinny; Oosthuizen, Marinda C.; Chamunorwa, Joseph Panashe (Springer, 2022-12)
    Broiler chicken meat is a good source of protein consumed universally, and is one of the most commonly farmed species in world. In addition to providing food, poultry non-edible byproducts also have value. A major advantage ...
  • 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 : update on Eastern, Central and Southern Africa 
    Mulumba-Mfumu, Leopold K.; Saegerman, Claude; Dixon, Linda K.; Madimba, Kapanga C.; Kazadi, Eric; Mukalakata, Ndeji T.; Oura, Chris A.L.; Chenais, Erika; Masembe, Charles; Stahl, Karl; Thiry, Etienne; Penrith, Mary-Louise (Wiley, 2019-07)
    Control of African swine fever (ASF) in countries in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) is particularly complex owing to the presence of all three known epidemiological cycles of maintenance of the virus, namely ...
  • The African swine fever epidemic in West Africa, 1996-2002 
    Brown, A.A.; Penrith, Mary-Louise; Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo; Beltran-Alcrudo, D. (Wiley, 2018-02)
    African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious, highly fatal, haemorrhagic viral disease that only affects members of the Suidae family. Currently, no vaccine or treatment exists, so the disease has potentially devastating ...
  • African swine fever virus eradication in Africa 
    Penrith, Mary-Louise; Vosloo, Wilna; Jori, Ferran J.; Bastos, Armanda D.S. (Elsevier, 2013)
    African swine fever was reported in domestic pigs in 26 African countries during the period 2009–2011. The virus exists in an ancient sylvatic cycle between warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) and argasid ticks of the ...