Browsing 1993 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 60, 1993 by Type "Other"

Browsing 1993 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 60, 1993 by Type "Other"

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  • Book review 
    Anonymous; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Health and management of free-ranging mammals. OlE Scientific and Technical Review, volume 11 , no. 4, December 1992, 248 pp. , US$34, ISBN 92-9044-321 -0 and volume 12, no. 1, March 1993, 312 pp., US$40 ISBN 92-9044-322-7
  • 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 ...
  • Molecular epidemiology of lyssaviruses : focus on the glycoprotein and pseudogenes 
    Badrane, Hassan; Tordo, Noel; Sacramento, Debora; Bourhy, Herve; 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 use of the polymerase chain reaction and sequencing of portions of lyssavirus glycoprotein and pseudogenes are discussed in attempts to better understand the epidemiology of rabies in Africa, the Americas and Europe.
  • Molecular epidemiology of rabies virus in South Africa 
    Nel, Louis Hendrik; Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Von Teichman, B.F.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Nucleic acid sequence analysis was used to determine the phylogenetic relationships amongst rabies viruses isolated from typical canid hosts such as bat-eared fox, jackal and dog in South Africa (SA). Geographical factors ...
  • Monoclonal antibody studies on rabies-related viruses 
    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)
    Rabies and rabies-related viruses are divided into four serotypes, although it has been suggested that the inclusion of European bat lyssaviruses results in six genotypes. Sixty-four rabies-related viruses were tested ...
  • 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 ...
  • Rabies in bat-eared foxes in South Africa 
    Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Meredith, C.D.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Rabies in bat-eared foxes was first recognized in South Africa in 1955 and is likely to have been derived from canine rabies introduced to South Africa in 1950. Since then it has become established in this species in the ...
  • Rabies in southern Africa 
    Swanepoel, Robert; Barnard, B.J.H.; Meredith, C.D.; Bishop, G.C.; Foggin, Chris M.; Hubschle, Otto J.B.; Bruckner, Gideon K.; 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 first confirmed outbreak of rabies in Africa, believed to have followed the importation of an infected dog from England in 1892, occurred in the eastern Cape Province of South Africa, and was brought under control ...
  • Rabies in southern and eastern Africa : special issue : proceedings of a workshop held at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa, 3-5 May 1993 
    Anonymous; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); King, Arthur (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    The papers published in these proceedings were read at a rabies workshop held at Onderstepoort, South Africa on 3-5 May 1993 under the auspices of the Southern and Eastern African Rabies Group (SEARG). The major objectives ...
  • 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 ...
  • Rabies in wild and domestic carnivores of Africa : epidemiological and historical associations determined by limited sequence analysis 
    Smith, J.S.; Yager, P.A.; Orciari, L.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)
    Virus isolates from three important reservoirs for rabies in Africa (domestic dogs, jackals and yellow mongooses) were compared by their reaction with a panel of monoclonal antibodies directed to the nucleocapsid protein ...
  • Rabies virus antigenicity : an overview 
    Coulon, Patrice; Lafay, Florence; 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 rabies virus genome : an overview 
    Tordo, Noel; Kouknetzoff, 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 replication strategy, genome organization and extent of variation within the genome of the genus Lyssavirus is briefly reviewed. Strategies used in the approach to genome studies are discussed.
  • 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 ...
  • Social systems and behaviour of the African wild dog Lycaon pictus and the spotted hyaena Crocuta crocuta with special reference to rabies 
    Mills, Michael G.L. (Gus); Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Differences in the social systems and behaviour of two potentially important hosts of rabies, the African wild dog and the spotted hyaena, may lead to differences in the epizootiology of the disease in the two species. ...
  • 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)
  • A systematic and population genetic approach to the rabies problem in the yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata) 
    Taylor, P.J. (Peter John); Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    This paper reviews recent studies on the biology, systematics and population genetics of yellow mongoose populations in terms of possible implications for the epidemiology of rabies. Based on parallel studies, the existence ...
  • Taxonomy and evolutionary studies on Lyssaviruses with special reference to Africa 
    Bourhy, H.; Kissi, B.; Tordo, Noel; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Currently, the Lyssavirus genus is composed of four serotypes and the ungrouped European bat lyssaviruses (EBL). Using previously described PCR amplification and direct sequencing methods, the N genes of 70 representative ...
  • Wildlife rabies in perspective 
    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)
    Populations of a number of species of the orders Carnivora and Chiroptera maintain independent rabies epidemics in different parts of the world. However, in large parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, rabid dogs ...