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  • The tiger genome and comparative analysis with lion and snow leopard genomes 
    Cho, Yun Sung; Hu, Li; Hou, Haolong; Lee, Hang; Xu, Jiaohui; Kwon, Soowhan; Oh, Sukhun; Kim, Hak-Min; Jho, Sungwoong; Kim, Sangsoo; Shin, Young-Ah; Kim, Byung Chul; Kim, Hyunmin; Kim, Chang-uk; Luo, Shu-Jin; Johnson, Warren E.; Koepfli, Klaus-Peter; Schmidt-Küntzel, Anne; Turner, Jason A.; Marker, Laurie; Harper, Cindy Kim; Miller, Susan M.; Jacobs, Wilhelm; Bertola, Laura D.; Kim, Tae Hyung; Lee, Sunghoon; Zhou, Qian; Jung, Hyun-Ju; Xu, Xiao; Gadhvi, Priyvrat; Xu, Pengwei; Xiong, Yingqi; Luo, Yadan; Pan, Shengkai; Gou, Caiyun; Chu, Xiuhui; Zhang, Jilin; Liu, Sanyang; He, Jing; Chen, Ying; Yang, Linfeng; Yang, Yulan; He, Jiaju; Liu, Sha; Wang, Junyi; Kim, Chul Hong; Kwak, Hwanjong; Kim, Jong-Soo; Hwang, Seungwoo; Ko, Junsu; Kim, Chang-Bae; Kim, Sangtae; Bayarlkhagva, Damdin; Paek, Woon Kee; Kim, Seong-Jin; O’Brien, Stephen J.; Wang, Jun; Bhak, Jong (Nature Publishing Group, 2013-09)
    Tigers and their close relatives (Panthera) are some of the world’s most endangered species. Here we report the de novo assembly of an Amur tiger whole-genome sequence as well as the genomic sequences of a white Bengal ...
  • Descriptive epidemiology of African horse sickness in Zimbabwe 
    Gordon, Stuart; Bolwell, Charlotte; Rogers, Chris; Guthrie, Alan John; Magunda, Forgivemore; Hove, Petronella (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-05-24)
    A study of the prevalence of African horse sickness in horses was conducted, using records from two private equine practices in Harare for the period 1998–2004. Results indicated a higher prevalence of the disease in ...
  • Conserving large carnivores : dollars and fence 
    Packer, C.; Loveridge, A.; Canney, S.; Caro, T.; Garnett, S.T.; Pfeifer, Marion; Zander, K.K.; Swanson, A.; MacNulty, D.; Balme, Guy Andrew; Bauer, H.; Begg, C.M.; Begg, K.S.; Bhalla, S.; Bissett, C.; Bodasing, T.; Brink, H.; Burger, A.; Burton, A.C.; Clegg, B.; Dell, S.; Delsink, Audrey K.; Dickerson, T.; Dloniak, S.M.; Druce, D.; Frank, L.; Funston, Paul J.; Gichohi, N.; Groom, R.J. (Rosemary); Hanekom, C.; Heath, B.; Hunter, Luke T.B.; De Iongh, Hans H.; Joubert, C.J.; Kasiki, S.M.; Kissui, B.; Knocker, W.; Leathem, B.; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; MacLennan, S.D.; McNutt, J.W.; Miller, Susan M.; Naylor, S.; Nel, P.; Ngweno, C.; Nicholls, K.; Ogutu, Joseph O.; Okot-Omoya, E.; Patterson, B.D.; Plumptre, A.; Salerno, J.; Skinner, K.; Slotow, Robert; Sogbohossou, E.A.; Stratford, K.J.; Winterbach, Christiaan W.; Winterbach, Hanlie Evelyn Kathleen; Polasky, S. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-05)
    Conservationists often advocate for landscape approaches to wildlife management while others argue for physical separation between protected species and human communities, but direct empirical comparisons of these alternatives ...
  • Equine piroplasmosis treatment protocols : specific effect on orocaecal transit time as measured by the lactose C-13-ureide breath test 
    Kutscha, J.; Sutton, D.G.M.; Preston, T.; Guthrie, Alan John (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-11-27)
    Reasons for performing study: Imidocarb dipropionate is the drug of choice for equine piroplasmosis, but its administration causes severe colic and diarrhoea. An imidocarb protocol that reduces these signs is ...
  • Reversibility of the effects of GnRH-vaccination used to suppress reproductive function in mares 
    Schulman, M.L. (Martin); Botha, A.E.; Muenscher, Stefanie B.; Annandale, Cornelius Henry; Guthrie, Alan John; Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-01)
    Reasons for performing study: Active immunisation against gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) provides a reversible method for control of oestrous behaviour and fertility in mares. Previous reports failed to demonstrate ...
  • Re-emergence of the apicomplexan Theileria equi in the United States : elimination of persistent infection and transmission risk 
    Ueti, Massaro W.; Mealey, Robert H.; Kappmeyer, Lowell S.; White, Stephen N.; Kumpula-McWhirter, Nancy; Pelzel, Angela M.; Grause, Juanita F.; Bunn, Thomas O.; Schwartz, Andy; Traub-Dargatz, Josie L.; Hendrickson, Amy; Espy, Benjamin; Guthrie, Alan John; Fowler, W. Kent; Knowles, Donald P. (Public Library of Science, 2012-09-06)
    Arthropod-borne apicomplexan pathogens that cause asymptomatic persistent infections present a significant challenge due to their life-long transmission potential. Although anti-microbials have been used to ameliorate ...
  • The combination of abundance and infection rates of Culicoides sonorensis estimates risk of subsequent bluetongue virus infection of sentinel cattle on California dairy farms 
    Mayo, Christie E.; Barker, Christopher M.; Mullens, Bradley A.; Gerry, Alec C.; Mertens, Peter P.C.; Maan, Sushila; Maan, Narender; Gardner, Ian A.; Guthrie, Alan John; MacLachlan, N.J. (James) (Elsevier, 2012-06)
    Bluetongue (BT) is an important viral disease of ruminants that is transmitted by hematophagous Culicoides midges. We examined the seasonal patterns of abundance and infection of Culicoides sonorensis at four dairy farms ...
  • Use of real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction for the detection of African horse sickness virus replication in Culicoides imicola 
    Scheffer, Elizabeth G.; Venter, Gert Johannes; Joone, Christopher; Osterrieder, Nikolaus; Guthrie, Alan John (Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2011-11-11)
    Despite its important role as vector for African horse sickness virus (AHSV), very little information is available on the dissemination of this virus in Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). ...
  • A competitive ELISA for the detection of group-specific antibody to equine encephalosis virus 
    Crafford, Jan Ernst; Guthrie, Alan John; Van Vuuren, Moritz; Mertens, Peter P.C.; Burroughs, J.N.; Howell, P.G.; Batten, C.A.; Hamblin, Christopher (Elsevier, 2011-06)
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  • Comparative genetics of sarcoid tumour-affected and non-affected mountain zebra (Equus zebra) populations 
    Sasidharan, Sooryakanth P.; Ludwig, Anette; Harper, Cindy Kim; Moodley, Yoshan; Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan; Guthrie, Alan John; Somers, Michael J. (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2011-04)
    In recent years, South African conservation officials have noted the appearance of sarcoid tumour-like growths in Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) populations. In domestic horses (Equus ferus caballus), a genetic ...
  • Re-emergence of bluetongue, African horse sickness, and other orbivirus diseases 
    MacLachlan, N.J. (James); Guthrie, Alan John (INRA / EDP Sciences, 2010-01)
    Arthropod-transmitted viruses (Arboviruses) are important causes of disease in humans and animals, and it is proposed that climate change will increase the distribution and severity of arboviral diseases. Orbiviruses are ...
  • Analgesic effects of butorphanol tartrate and phenylbutazone administered alone and in combination in young horses undergoing routine castration 
    Sanz, Macarena G.; Sellon, Debra C.; Cary, Julie A.; Hines, Melissa T.; Farnsworth, Kelly D. (American Veterinary Medical Association, 2009-11)
    OBJECTIVE: To compare the analgesic efficacy of administration of butorphanol tartrate, phenylbutazone, or both drugs in combination in colts undergoing routine castration. DESIGN: Randomized controlled clinical ...
  • Efficacy of furosemide for prevention of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage in Thoroughbred racehorses 
    Hinchcliff, Kenneth W.; Morley, Paul S.; Guthrie, Alan John (American Veterinary Medical Association, 2009-07)
    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of furosemide for prevention of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) in Thoroughbred racehorses under typical racing conditions. DESIGN: Randomized, placebo-controlled, blinded, ...
  • Protective immunization of horses with a recombinant canarypox virus vectored vaccine co-expressing genes encoding the outer capsid proteins of African horse sickness virus 
    Guthrie, Alan John; Quan, Melvyn; Lourens, Carina W.; Audonnet, Jean-Christophe; Minke, Jules M.; Yao, Jiansheng; He, Ling; Nordgren, Robert; Gardner, Ian A.; MacLachlan, N.J. (James) (Elsevier, 2009-07)
    We describe the development and preliminary characterization of a recombinant canarypox virus vectored (ALVAC®) vaccine for protective immunization of equids against African horse sickness virus (AHSV) infection. Horses ...
  • Duration of repellency of N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide, citronella oil and cypermethrin against Culicoides species when applied to polyester mesh 
    Page, Patrick Collin; Labuschagne, Karien; Nurton, Jane P.; Venter, Gert Johannes; Guthrie, Alan John (Elsevier, 2009-07)
    The repellent efficacy of 15% N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET), 0.6% citronella oil, and 0.3% α-cyano-cypermethrin against Culicoides species was compared in three 5 × 5 Latin squares (15 replicates) under South African ...
  • Molecular sexing of African rhinoceros 
    Peppin, Lindsay; McEwing, Ross; Ogden, Rob; Hermes, Robert; Harper, Cindy Kim; Guthrie, Alan John; Carvalho, Gary R. (Springer, 2009-04)
    We report the development of a fast and reliable PCR-based method for sex identification of African Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum and Diceros bicornis) that could easily be incorporated into fluorescent short tandem ...
  • Annual ryegrass toxicity in thoroughbred horses in Ceres in the Western Cape Province, South Africa 
    Grewar, John Duncan; Allen, J.G.; Guthrie, Alan John (South African Veterinary Association, 2009-12)
    An outbreak of annual ryegrass toxicity occurred on a Thoroughbred stud in Ceres in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. This is the 1st report of annual ryegrass toxicity in horses in South Africa, although the ...
  • The occurrence of dermatosparaxis in a commercial Drakensberger cattle herd in South Africa 
    Holm, Dietmar Erik; Van Wilpe, Erna; Harper, Cindy Kim; Duncan, N.M. (Neil) (South African Veterinary Association, 2008-03)
    Dermatosparaxis is a heritable collagen dysplasia causing skin extensibility and fragility. In Belgian Blue cattle this mutation has been described as a 3 base pair (bp) change followed by a 17 bp deletion in the gene ...
  • Prevalence of serotype specific antibody to equine encephalosis virus in Thoroughbred yearlings in South Africa (1999-2004) 
    Howell, P.G.; Nurton, Jane P.; Nel, Daleen; Lourens, Carina W.; Guthrie, Alan John (Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2008-06)
    Cohorts of yearlings were sampled over a period of 6 years in a retrospective serological survey to establish the annual prevalence of serotype specific antibody to equine encephalosis virus on Thoroughbred stud farms ...