Bovine theileriosis is a serious veterinary challenge that is responsible for high cattle mortalities and thus limiting cattle production and improvement in the smallholder farming sector of Zimbabwe (Lawrence, 1994). ...

Experimental protozoal infections can provide novel insights into the host’s response before presentation to the veterinarian. The aim of this study was to track endocrine variables longitudinally in an experimental Babesia ...

African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) are efficient maintenance hosts of three serotypes of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus in South Africa, namely the South African Territories (SAT) types 1-3 viruses. Of these, the SAT-1 ...

Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is an obligate protozoan parasite in warm-blooded animals of global importance and affecting approximately 30-50 % of the human population (approximately more than two billion people) worldwide. ...

Bovine anaplasmosis is amongst the three most important tick-borne diseases (TBDs) of ruminants in southern Africa and results in major economic losses in food and animal production not only in southern Africa but also on ...

Babesia caballi is an intra-erythrocytic parasite causing equine piroplasmosis (EP). Three genotypes (A, B, and C) have been identified based on the 18S ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) and rhoptry-associated protein-1 ...

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease that primarily affects domestic animals, including cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. FMD virus is an RNA virus with seven serotypes, six of which are found ...

Rabies is a fatal and neglected viral disease representing one of the major public and veterinary health concerns in developing countries, particularly in Africa. The prototype causative agent (Rabies lyssavirus (RABV)) ...

It has been postulated that climate change has brought about a change in the distribution of Amblyomma hebraeum and subsequently, its potential tick-borne parasites in South Africa and that the effects of climate change ...

Anthrax has been the plague of animals and humans for centuries, even though it is primarily a disease of herbivores. Anthrax is caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis, the virulence of B. anthracis is ...