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1987 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 54, 1987: Recent submissions

  • The control of heartwater by means of tick control 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Bezuidenhout, J. Dürr; Bigalke, R.D.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Two main methods are currently being used by farmers in the heartwater regions to control this disease in cattle and other stock, namely strategic control of ticks and total control of ticks. Some farmers make successful ...
  • The use of flumethrin 1% pour-on for the control of Amblyomma spp. in various Southern African countries 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Hamel, H.D.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Efficacy trials with flumethrin 1% pour-on were conducted in 9 different areas in 3 southern and central African countries against Amblyomma hebraeum and A. variegatum on cattle. A dose volume of 10 ml/100 kg body mass ...
  • Chemical control of the heartwater vectors 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Schroder, J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    This paper reviews available literature on the efficacy of acaricides against Amblyomma hebraeum and other tick species, and presents information on tests done with registered chemicals in the laboratory. Little published ...
  • Problems encountered in the control of heartwater in Angora goats 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Gruss, B.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    This preliminary investigation confirmed that when Angora goats were immunized against heartwater, either when kids or young goats, they still had an immunity to heartwater a year later when they were challenged with a ...
  • Development of a prophylactic regime using Terramycin/LA to assist in the introduction of susceptible cattle into heartwater endemic areas of Africa 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Purnell, R.E.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    As a result of a personal survey in 1982, interviewing veterinarians from Louis Trichardt to Uitenhage, it was concluded that bovine heartwater is currently regarded as the most serious tick-borne disease problem in South ...
  • A preliminary investigation into the efficacy of intraperitoneal vaccination of sheep and goat kids against heartwater 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Hurter, L.R.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    The intraperitoneal route was explored both as an alternative to the intravenous route for the vaccination of sheep and goat kids against heartwater and for the administration of an antibiotic to animals suffering from the ...
  • The block method of vaccination against heartwater 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Du Plessis, J.L.; Malan, Letitia; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    A critical evaluation is made of reports in the literature on the block method of vaccination and the relevant factors that play a role in the immunization against heartwater are also discussed. The most important of these ...
  • The production of heartwater vaccine 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Oberem, P.T.; Bezuidenhout, J. Dürr; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    The events leading to the production of an effective vaccine against heartwater are summarized. The production techniques used at Onderstepoort to produce and control the quality of the infected blood and nymph suspension ...
  • Identification of drugs effective against Cowdria ruminantium using a mouse screening system 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); McHardy, N.; MacKenzie, P.K.I.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Heartwater is a tick-transmitted rickettsial infection of ruminants, caused by Cowdria ruminantium. The tetracyclines are the only compounds available for therapy of the disease. A screen, using mice infected with C. ...
  • The treatment of heartwater 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Van Amstel, S.R.; Oberem, P.T.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    This paper reviews the available literature on the treatment of heartwater and draws comparisons with results obtained from recent work on experimentally-induced heartwater in sheep, calves and mice.
  • The infection and treatment method of vaccination against heartwater 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Van der Merwe, Lente; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    The history of vaccination techniques against heartwater and the development of the infection and treatment method are reviewed briefly. Present techniques and their shortcomings are defined and possible areas of improvement ...
  • Rearing and infection techniques for Amblyomma species to be used in heartwater transmission experiments 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Heyne, Heloise; Elliott, E.G.R.; Bezuidenhout, J. Dürr; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Techniques for the rearing of Amblyomma species to be used in heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium) transmission experiments are discussed. These involve the breeding and maintenance of infected and noninfected strains of ticks. ...
  • Biochemical studies on the eggs of Amblyomma hebraeum 
    Neitz, Albert Walter Herman; Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Vermeulen, N.M.J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    The isolation, characterization and kinetic properties of a toxic and non-toxic anti-protease from the eggs of A. hebraeum are compared with similar data obtained for eggs of other tick species. The biochemistry of various ...
  • Biochemical studies on the salivary glands and haemolymph of Amblyomma hebraeum 
    Neitz, Albert Walter Herman; Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Vermeulen, N.M.J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    The functional significance of some components of salivary glands and of their secretion and of haemolymph of Amblyomma hebraeum and other tick species is reviewed with respect to host responses at the attachment site, the ...
  • Tick pheromones 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Gothe, R.; Bigalke, R.D. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1987)
    According to their activity profiles tick pheromones can be characterized as assembly pheromones, aggregation/attachment pheromones, pre-attachment or pre-feeding pheromones, attractant sex pheromones, contact sex pheromones, ...
  • Problems with the interpretation of epidemiological data in heartwater : a study on 23 farms 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Malan, Letitia; Du Plessis, J.L.; Bigalke, R.D. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1987)
    In an epidemiological study undertaken on 23 farms where heartwater occurs endemically, it was found that on an overall average, antibodies to Cowdria ruminantium were detected in 64,3 % of the cattle, 6 adult Amblyomma ...
  • The reservoir status of goats recovered from heartwater 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Barre, N.; Camus, E.; Bigalke, R.D. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1987)
    Experiments were conducted with Creole goats and Amblyomma variegatum ticks in Guadeloupe to investigate whether it is possible to transmit Cowdria ruminantium to susceptible hosts with nymphs fed in the larval stage on ...
  • Epidemiology of heartwater in Guadeloupe and in the Caribbean 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Camus, E.; Barre, N.; Bigalke, R.D. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1987)
    At present, heartwater in the Caribbean is known with certainty only on Guadeloupe, Marie Galante and Antigua; the first 2 islands are widely infected. The most important factors responsible for particular aspects of ...
  • Danger of introducing heartwater onto the American mainland : potential role of indigenous and exotic Amblyomma ticks 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Barre, N.; Uilenberg, Gerrit; Morel, P.C.; Camus, E.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    The existence of heartwater on 3 islands of the Central Lesser Antilles and the presence of an efficient vector originating from Africa, Amblyomma variegatum, on most of the islands of this region constitute a serious ...
  • Some avian and mammalian hosts of Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma marmoreum (Acari : Ixodidae) 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); MacIvor, K.M. de F.; Petney, T.N.; De Vos, Valerius; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Large numbers of birds, wild mammals and domestic stock from a variety of localities within the Republic of South Africa were examined for infestation with the ixodid ticks Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma marmoreum. Every ...