1993 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 60, 1993

1993 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 60, 1993

 

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CONTENTS

Volume 60: Number 1

Osteology of the thoracic limb of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Smuts, MMS & Bezuidenhout, AJ 1

A host-parasite list of the haematozoa of domestic poultry in sub-Saharan Africa and the isolation of Plasmodium durae Herman from turkeys and francolins in South Africa Huchzermeyer, FW 15

Parasites of South African freshwater fish. III. Rhabdochona (Rhabdochona) versterae n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) from the spot-tailed robber, Alestes imberi Peters 1852 Boomker, JDF & Petter, AJ 23

The identification of Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides LC as the aetiological agent of balanoposthitis and vulvovaginitis in sheep in South Africa Prozesky, L, Trichard, CJV, Jordaan, P, Jacobsz, EP & Henton, MM 29

Detection of bluetongue virus RNA in cell cultures and in the central nervous system of experimentally infected mice using in situ hybridization Venter, EH, Van der Lugt, JJ & Gerdes, GH 39

The use of EDTA in the microtitration serum agglutination test in bovine brucellosis Potts, AD 47

A redescription of Lipoptena binocula (Speiser 1908) (Hippoboscidae: Diptera), with notes on its biology and comparisons with the other two flies of this genus in South Africa Visagie, EJ 51

Dermacentor rhinocerinus (Denny 1843) (Acari: lxodida: Ixodidae) : redescription of the male, female and nymph and first description of the larva Keirans, JE 59

An in vitro test to demonstrate the inhibitory effect of homologous immune serum on the infectivity of Cowdria ruminantium Du Plessis, JL 69

Research communication:

Rhipicephalus zambeziensis unlikely to transmit foot-and-mouth disease virus Thomson, GR, Blouin, E, Potgieter, FT & Van Vuuren, C De WJ 75

Book review:

Veterinary public health 79

Guide for authors 81

Volume 60: Number 2

Generation of a nucleic acid probe specific for the alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 and its use for the detection of malignant catarrhal fever virus DNA in blue wildebeest calves (Connochaetes taurinus) Michel, AL 87

Fleas and lice on scrub hares (Lepus saxatilis) in South Africa Horak, IG, Braack, LEO & Louw, JP 95

Pathogenicity and chemotherapy of Plasmodium durae in experimentally infected domestic turkeys Huchzermeyer, FW 103

Circulation of African horsesickness virus in zebra (Equus burchelli) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, as measured by the prevalence of type specific antibodies Barnard, BJH 111

Ultrastructure of ostrich (Struthio camelus) spermatozoa : I. Transmission electron microscopy Soley, JT 119

Parasites of South African freshwater fish. IV. Description of Spirocamallanus daleneae n. sp. (Nematoda: Camallanidae) from Synodontis zambezensis Peters, 1852 (Mochokidae) with comments on Spirocamallanus spiralis (Baylis, 1923) Boomker, JDF 131

Parasites of South African freshwater fish. V. Description of two new species of the genus Spinitectus Fourment, 1883 (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) Boomker, JDF 139

Plasmid-encoded NAD independence in some South African isolates of Haemophilus paragallinarum Verschoor, JA, Bragg, RR & Coetzee, L 147

Research communications:

The use of the GENETRAK Escherichia coli probe kit for the detection of three atypical E. coli isolates Davis, AJ & Bragg, RR 153

Serological evidence of equine arteritis virus in donkeys in South Africa Paweska, JT & Barnard, BJH 155

Variation in clinical disease and species susceptibility to psittacine beak and feather disease in Zimbabwean lovebirds Kock, ND, Hangartner, PU & Lucke, V 159

Volume 60: Number 3

Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XXXII. Ixodid ticks on scrub hares in the Transvaal Horak, IG, Braack, LEO, Penzhorn, BL & Spickett, AM 163

Prevalence of antibodies against some equine viruses in zebra (Zebra burchelli) in the Kruger National Park, 1991-1992 Paweska, JT & Barnard, BJH 175

Monoclonal antibody characterization of South African field isolates of Haemophilus paragallinarum Verschoor, JA, Bragg, RR & Coetzee, L 181

Ultrastructure of the myenteric ganglia in the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum of grey, white and black Karakul lambs Groenewald, HB 189

Ultrastructure of the epithelium of the rumen, reticulum and omasum of grey, white and black Karakul lambs Groenewald, HB 197

Rhipicephalus aquatilis sp. nov. (Acari: Ixodidae), a new tick species parasitic mainly on the sitatunga, Tragelaphus spekei, in East and Central Africa Walker, JB, Keirans, JE & Pegram, RG 205

Lymphocyte blast transformation responses and restriction fragment length analysis in the cheetah Spencer, JA 211

The topography of the thoracic and abdominal organs of the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Van der Merwe, NJ & Kotze, SH 219

Lice on helmeted guineafowls at five localities in South Africa Horak, IG, Louw, JP, Meyer, S & Price, RD 223

Rhipicephalus exophthalmos sp. nov., a new tick species from southern Africa, and redescription of Rhipicephalus oculatus Neumann, 1901, with which it has hitherto been confused (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) Horak, IG, Keirans, JE, Walker, JB & Heyne, H 229

Cyclic fluctuations in acetone concentrations in the blood and milk of clinically healthy dairy cows Petzer, I-M, Apps, PJ, Giesecke, WH & Winterbach, HEK 247

Research communication:

Rabies and bats in a rabies-endemic area of southern Africa : application of two commercial test kits for antigen and antibody detection Oelofsen, MJ & Smith, MS 257

Book review:

Health and management of free-ranging mammals 261

Volume 60: Number 4

Preface: The Southern and Eastern African Rabies Group (SEARG)

The molecular epidemiology of African Lyssaviruses

The rabies virus genome : an overview Tordo, N & Kouknetzoff, A 263

Rabies virus antigenicity : an overview Coulon, P, Lafay, F & Flamand, A 271

Taxonomy and evolutionary studies on Lyssaviruses with special reference to Africa Bourhy, H, Kissi, B & Tordo, N 277

Monoclonal antibody studies on rabies-related viruses King, AA 283

Molecular analysis of rabies-related viruses from Ethiopia Mebatsion, T, Cox, JH & Conzelmann, KK 289

Canid and viverrid rabies viruses in South Africa Thomson, GR, King, AA & Meredith, CD 295

Molecular epidemiology of rabies virus in South Africa Nel, LH, Thomson, GR & Von Teichman, BF 301

Rabies in wild and domestic carnivores of Africa : epidemiological and historical associations determined by limited sequence analysis Smith, JS, Yager, PA & Orciari, LA 307

Molecular epidemiology of lyssaviruses : focus on the glycoprotein and pseudogenes Badrane, H, Tordo, N, Sacramento, D & Bourhy, H 315

Rabies in wildlife

Rabies in southern Africa Swanepoel, R, Barnard, BJH, Meredith, CD, Bishop, GC, Foggin, CM, Hubschle, OJB & Bruckner, GK 325

Wildlife rabies in perspective Wandeler, AI 347

Rabies and wildlife : a conservation problem? Macdonald, DW 351

Current status of fox rabies in Europe Barrat, J & Aubert, MFA 357

Jackal rabies in Zimbabwe Bingham, J & Foggin, CM 365

Biology of the black-backed jackal Canis mesomelas with reference to rabies McKenzie, AA 367

The role of the yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata) in the epidemiology of rabies in South Africa - preliminary results Chaparro, F & Esterhuysen, JJ 373

A systematic and population genetic approach to the rabies problem in the yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata) Taylor, PJ 379

Bat-eared fox behavioural ecology and the incidence of rabies in the Serengeti National Park Maas, B 389

The bat-eared fox : a prime candidate for rabies vector? Nel, JAJ 395

Rabies in bat-eared foxes in South Africa Thomson, GR & Meredith, CD 399

Social systems and behaviour of the African wild dog Lycaon pictus and the spotted hyaena Crocuta crocuta with special reference to rabies Mills, MGL 405

Rabies in the Masai Mara, Kenya : preliminary report Alexander, KA, Smith, JS, Macharia, MJ & King, AA 411

Aspects of rabies infection and control in the conservation of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) in the Serengeti region, Tanzania King, AA, Laurenson, MK, Borner, M, Schildger, B & Barrat, J 415

Development of bait vaccines for the control of canine rabies

Canine rabies Fekadu, M 421

Dog ecology in eastern and southern Africa - implications for rabies control Perry, BD 429

A dog ecology study in an urban and a semi-rural area of Zambia De Balogh, KKIM & Wandeler, AI 437

Features of dog ecology relevant to rabies spread in Machakos District, Kenya Kitala, PM, McDermott, JJ, Kyule, MN & Cathuma, JM 445

The delivery of oral rabies vaccines to dogs : an African perspective Perry, BD & Wandeler, AI 451

SAG-2 oral rabies vaccine Schumacher, CL, Coulon, P, Lafay, F, Benejean, J, Aubert, MFA, Barrat, J, Aubert, A & Flamand, A 459

Recombinant rabies vaccines : efficacy assessment in free-ranging animals Rupprecht, CE, Hanlon, CA, Niezgoda, M, Buchanan, JR, Diehl, D & Koprowski, H 463

Rabies eradication in Belgium by fox vaccination using vaccinia-rabies recombinant virus Brochier, B & Pastoret, PP 469

Oral rabies vaccination of jackals : progress in Zimbabwe Bingham, J, Perry, BD, King, AA, Schumacher, CL, Aubert, M, Kappeler, A, Foggin, CM, Hill, FWG & Aubert, A 477

Bait formulation and distribution for oral rabies vaccination of domestic dogs : an overview Linhart, SB 479

List of delegates who attended a workshop on Rabies in southern and eastern Africa. Proceedings of a workshop held at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa, 3-5 May 1993 491

Author index 493

Subject index 501

Recent Submissions

  • Subject index 
    Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Anonymous; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
  • Author index 
    Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
  • List of delegates who attended a workshop on Rabies in southern and eastern Africa. Proceedings of a workshop held at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa, 3-5 May 1993 
    Anonymous; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
  • Bait formulation and distribution for oral rabies vaccination of domestic dogs : an overview 
    Linhart, S.B.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Current efforts to develop oral rabies vaccine baits for domestic dogs are reviewed and new materials (bait matrices, additives, vaccine containers, vaccine modification) for improving bait acceptance and vaccine delivery ...
  • Oral rabies vaccination of jackals : progress in Zimbabwe 
    Bingham, J.; Perry, B.D. (Brian D.), 1946-; King, A.A.; Schumacher, C.L.; Aubert, M.; Kappeler, A.; Foggin, Chris M.; Hill, F.W.G.; Aubert, A.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Work on the development of an oral vaccination system for jackals is underway at the Veterinary Laboratory (Diagnostics and Research Branch), Zimbabwe. It is anticipated that the system will be used to control the large ...
  • Rabies eradication in Belgium by fox vaccination using vaccinia-rabies recombinant virus 
    Brochier, B.; Pastoret, P.P.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Oral immunization of foxes against rabies, by distributing vaccine-baits in the field, has been in progress since 1993 in the whole of the infected area of Belgium (10 000 km²). A vaccinia-rabies recombinant virus (VR-G) ...
  • SAG-2 oral rabies vaccine 
    Schumacher, C.L.; Coulon, Patrice; Lafay, F.; Benejean, J.; Aubert, M.F.A.; Barrat, J.; Aubert, A.; Flamand, Anne; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    The live modified rabies virus vaccine strain SAG-2 was selected from SAD Berne in a two step process employing anti-rabies glycoprotein monoclonal antibodies. The first two nucleotides coding for the amino acid in ...
  • A dog ecology study in an urban and a semi-rural area of Zambia 
    De Balogh, K.K.I.M.; Wandeler, A.I. (Alexander I.); Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Meslin, Francois-Xavier; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Characteristics of dog populations and their accessibility for rabies vaccination were compared in an urban and a semi-rural area in Zambia. A total of 1190 households were interviewed. In the urban study area (Mutendere, ...
  • Features of dog ecology relevant to rabies spread in Machakos District, Kenya 
    Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Kitala, P.M.; McDermott, J.J.; Kyule, M.N.; Cathuma, J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    A random sample of households in Machakos District of Kenya was surveyed using personal interviews to determine features of dog ecology relevant to the spread of rabies. A mean of 1,35 dogs/household, a dog to person ratio ...
  • The delivery of oral rabies vaccines to dogs : an African perspective 
    Perry, B.D. (Brian D.), 1946-; Wandeler, A.I. (Alexander I.); Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Dog rabies control relies principally on the mass immunization of dogs in order to achieve population immunity levels sufficient to inhibit rabies transmission. In Africa, such high levels of population immunity are rarely ...
  • Recombinant rabies vaccines : efficacy assessment in free-ranging animals 
    Rupprecht, Charles Edward; Hanlon, C.A.; Niezgoda, M.; Buchanan, J.R.; Diehl, D.; Koprowski, H.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    With the advancement of recombinant DNA techniques, a number of potent biologicals are available for the oral vaccination of free-ranging animals. Once oral immunogenicity and vaccine safety have been demonstrated, efficacy ...
  • Dog ecology in eastern and southern Africa - implications for rabies control 
    Perry, B.D. (Brian D.), 1946-; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    With an apparent decline in rabies vaccination coverage in dog populations in many parts of eastern and southern Africa, consideration should be given to more effective targeting of rabies vaccination to protect those ...
  • Aspects of rabies infection and control in the conservation of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) in the Serengeti region, Tanzania 
    Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Gascoyne, S.C.; King, A.A.; Laurenson, M.K.; Borner, M.; Schildger, B.; Barrat, J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Lycaon pictus is amongst the most endangered wildlife species in Africa. In 1990 rabies virus was isolated from the brain of an adult Lycaon found dead in the Serengeti region of Tanzania. One adult and six pups of the ...
  • Rabies in the Masai Mara, Kenya : preliminary report 
    Alexander, K.A.; Smith, J.S.; Macharia, M.J.; King, A.A.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    A serosurvey of rabies antibodies among domestic dogs (Canis familiaris, n=178), spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta, n=72) and African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus, n=18) of the Masai Mara, Kenya, was carried out. Rabies ...
  • Canine rabies 
    Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Fekadu, M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Dog rabies is still epizootic in most countries of Africa, Asia and South America and in these countries dogs are responsible for most human deaths from the disease. The incubation period in dogs may vary from one week ...
  • The role of the yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata) in the epidemiology of rabies in South Africa - preliminary results 
    Chaparro, F.; Esterhuysen, J.J.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Ninety-seven yellow mongooses were captured in six different localities in South Africa and blood specimens for rabies antibody determination as well as brain and salivary glands for virus isolation were collected. No ...
  • Jackal rabies in Zimbabwe 
    Bingham, J.; Foggin, Chris M.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
  • Biology of the black-backed jackal Canis mesomelas with reference to rabies 
    McKenzie, Andrew Alec; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    The black-backed jackal is represented in rabies records from southern Africa and is suspected of playing an important role in the disease in this region. The basic biology of the species suggests that it does have certain ...
  • Current status of fox rabies in Europe 
    Barrat, J.; Aubert, M.F.A.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    There was a general decline in animal rabies in Europe in 1991 following the peak levels which occurred in 1989. This was ascribed, in France at least, to the normal decline in cases usually experienced following peak ...
  • Rabies and wildlife : a conservation problem? 
    Macdonald, David W.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Understanding the behavioural ecology of wild mammals in rabies epizootics is a prerequisite to scientifically sound management of the disease. The principal vectors of wildlife rabies in a region tend to be abundant ...

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