Bacteria from the genera Clostridium and Bacillus form part of the phylum Firmicutes and produce endospores. Both are soil-borne, toxin producing bacteria with the ability of causing diseases in animals. One of the most ...

Understanding individual behavioural differences, or ‘personalities’, within animal populations has been acknowledged to play an important ecological and evolutionary role with implications for aspects such as population ...

African horse sickness (AHS) is one of the economically most important equid diseases in Southern Africa, contributing significantly to equine morbidity and mortality. This makes the incidence, distribution and control of ...

This study was conducted to confirm the protective properties of the Moredun H. contortus antigen-containing vaccine Wirevax® administered to protect sheep against H. contortus infection by demonstrating that faecal egg ...

Anthrax has a global distribution and it is enzootic in Kruger National Park (KNP) in South Africa and Etosha National Park (ENP) in Namibia. These parks share some similarities such as hosts species and both have endemic ...

As external parasites of livestock, ticks of the genus Amblyomma have a significant impact on animal health and production globally. Furthermore, Amblyomma ticks are vectors of diseases affecting livestock, but humans as ...

Heartwater, caused by Ehrlichia ruminantium, causes significant economic losses to commercial small stock farmers, including commercial boer goat farmers in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Heartwater is endemic in ...

The main focus of this project was to characterise Brucella and Bacillus anthracis strains from certain areas of southern Africa using molecular techniques. Multiplex PCR assays (AMOS-PCR and Bruce-ladder PCR) were used ...

The aim of the study was to gain knowledge on molecular techniques (spoligotyping and VNTR typing) in analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and characterize M. bovis isolates available in Swaziland.

Brucellosis is an economically important bacterial disease of both animals and humans. In sub-Saharan Africa, the diagnosis of the disease remains a challenge. Brucellosis is underreported in South Africa, due to inconsistency ...