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Browsing Paraclinical Sciences by Type "Dissertation"
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Bacterial infections of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) causes vomiting, diarrhoea and even systemic infection. There is resistance to the commonly used antibiotics used to combat bacterial infection; there is a need for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-08-07)The usage of antimicrobials either as performance enhancers or for prophylactic and therapeutic purposes in food animals, such as chickens, increases the prevalence of antimicrobial drug resistance among enteric bacteria ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-04)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest threats currently facing humanity. While there have been extensive studies on this subject in public health and livestock, there is paucity of information on the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Increased prevalence of antimicrobial resistance, treatment failure, and financial losses have been reported in dairy cattle with coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) clinical mastitis. However, studies on CoNS are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-06-28)There is currently no independent monitoring and evaluation structure for state agricultural or veterinary services to support the “Batho Pele” principle of effective and efficient service delivery to the people of South ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-08)The aim of the study was to assess the constraints to accurate reporting of cattle mortality in Odi district, North West Province. The method that was followed in this study was based on participatory action research. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-23)The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the survivability of goat kids to weaning, in a small-scale communal grazing system. Goat kids are the most vulnerable component of communal goat flocks and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-03-12)Developing countries are faced with a high incidence of food poisoning outbreaks related to the consumption of meat, with obvious economic consequences. During informal slaughter of animals the threat of food poisoning or ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)The aim of this study was to determine the levels of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in livers and kidneys of cattle slaughtered at Grootfontein abattoir in Namibia. The study design was based on the epidemiological principles ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, with a mean duration of about 8.5 years between manifestation of clinical symptoms and death. The disorder is characterised by abnormal pathologic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-10)In preliminary work done in a tree leaf screening project in the Phytomedicine Programme (www.up.ac.za/phyto) Ochna pretoriensis acetone leaf extracts had good antibacterial activity against several important bacterial ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Spirocerca lupi (S. lupi) is a nematode that parasitizes vertebrates, particularly canids. In 25% of Spirocerca infections in dogs, nodules progress from inflammatory to pre-neoplastic and eventually to sarcomatous neoplasia ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-06)Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease affecting both humans and ruminants, causing considerable morbidity and mortality, particularly during the rainy season in Africa. RVF virus (RVFV) infection was ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-07)The main objective of this study was the application and comparison of different assays in assessing toxicity of cyanobacterial samples, and also characterizing toxicity of the field samples. Therefore, toxicity of purified ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-16)In the veterinary industry, long acting oxytetracycline formulations are loosely referred to as those formulations that only require a single dose at 20 mg/kg to achieve clinical cure and to be repeated after three days ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)An unacceptable number of wild animals die or experience morbidity as a result of capture-related complications. Capture-induced hyperthermia is believed to play a role in the morbidity and mortality of captured animals. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Hypoxaemia (oxyhaemoglobin saturation < 90%) often occurs during wildlife immobilisation and poses a risk of morbidity and mortality. Several methods have been used to assess blood oxygenation in immobilised impala ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-04-14)Between 60-70% of Namibia’s population practice subsistence agro-pastoralism on communal land that constitutes 41% of the total land area. Cysticercosis bovis is found worldwide, but most often in rural developing countries, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)Bovine viral diarrhoea virus infection is an important viral infection affecting the cattle industry today. The prevalence of this infection in South African feedlots is unknown. Ear notch biopsies were collected from ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)While florfenicol is not registered for use in poultry, the product is used on a limited basis in broiler breeders for the treatment of E. coli by means of compounded solutions. While apparently efficacious, one unpublished ...
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