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  Anonymous; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

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  Anonymous; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

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• Further observations on the electrophoretic characterization of South African Schistosoma mattheei and S. haematobium 

  Kruger, F.J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  Eleven enzymes, which were used to compare South African S. mattheei and S. haematobium in a former study, were employed to study intraspecific variation within S. mattheei, using starch gel electrophoresis and iso-electric ...
• The presence of Cowdria ruminantium antigen in various tissues of Amblyomma hebraeum imagines as detected by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay 

  Neitz, Albert Walter Herman; Viljoen, G.J.; Bezuidenhout, J. Dürr; Oberem, P.T.; Vermeulen, N.M.J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  Investigation into the presence of C. ruminantium antigen, using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in various tick tissues and haemolymph of adult Amblyomma hebraeum ticks revealed that the organism invades a ...
• Susceptibility to heartwater of calves born to non-immune cows 

  Du Plessis, J.L.; Malan, Letitia; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  The resistance to artificical infection with Cowdria ruminantium of calves born to cows fully susceptible to heartwater is no different from that of calves bred in heartwater endemic areas where the tick challenge is ...
• Parasites of South African wildlife. II. Helminths of kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, from South West Africa/Namibia 

  Horak, Ivan Gerard; Boomker, Jacob; Anthonissen, M.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  A total of 23 kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, were shot at 2-month intervals from June 1983 to April 1984 in the Etosha Game Reserve in the north of South West Africa/Namibia. The parasite survey conducted on these animals ...
• The presence of endotoxin activity in cases of experimentally-induced heartwater in sheep 

  Van Amstel, S.R.; Oberem, P.T.; Didomenico, M.; Kirkpatrick, R.D.; Mathee, J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  The presence of endotoxin was examined in 5 sheep with experimentally-induced heartwater. Two peaks in endotoxin levels were recorded in 4 out of the 5 sheep during the acute stage of the disease. The 1st peak coincided ...
• The use of electronarcosis as anaesthetic in the cichlid, Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters). II. The effects of changing physical and electrical parameters on the narcotizing ability of alternating current 

  Barham, W.T.; Schoonbee, H.J.; Visser, J.G.J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  The effects of wave form, voltage, frequency and current as well as application time on the narcotizing ability of alternating current were investigated. A 60 Vrms, 50 Hz sine wave current applied for 30 s produced narcosis ...
• Leukoencephalomalacia in a horse induced by fumonisin B₁isolated from Fusarium moniliforme 

  Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Marasas, Walter F.O. (Walter Friedrich Otto); Kellerman, T. Stephanus; Gelderblom, W.C.A.; Thiel, P.G.; Van der Lugt, Jaco J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  Each of two horses was dosed by stomach tube with culture material on maize of Fusarium moniliforme MRC 826. One horse developed severe hepatosis and mild oedema of the brain after 6 doses of 2,5 g of culture material/kg ...
• A field outbreak in Ile-de-France sheep of a cardiotoxicosis caused by the plant Pachystigma pygmaeum (Schltr) Robyns (Rubiaceae) 

  Prozesky, Leon; Fourie, Niel; Neser, J.A.; Nel, P.W.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  A field outbreak of Pachystigma pygmaeum intoxication in sheep is described. Noteworthy clinical signs were: respiratory distress, apathy and subcutaneous oedema of mainly the head. Gross changes included cardiomegaly, ...
• Hybridization of DNA probes to A. marginale isolates from different sources and detection in Dermacentor andersoni ticks 

  Ambrosio, R.E.; Visser, Elizabeth S.; Koekhoven, Yolanda; Kocan, Katherine M.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  DNA from the Washington, South-Idaho, Virginia and Florida isolates of Anaplasma marginale was hybridized to probes specific for Anaplasma centrale and A. marginale. The A. centrale probes AC-2 and AC-4 hybridized to ...
• Experimental gallop rhythm in sheep with Gousiekte : correlation of changes in amplitude with haemodynamic parameters 

  Van Rooyen, J.M.; Van Ryssen, J.C.J.; Minnaar, J.P.; Pretorius, P.J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  To investigate the correlation of haemodynamic parameters with the intensity of the gallop sound (S₃), use was made of right heart catheterization with a Swan-Ganz catheter to measure the pulmonary and right atrial pressures. ...
• The suitability of a rolled BHK₂₁monolayer system for the production of vaccines against the SAT types of foot-and-mouth disease virus. I. Adaptation of virus isolates to the system, immunogen yields achieved and assessment of subtype cross reactivity 

  Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Esterhuysen, J.J.; Ashford, W.A.; Lentz, D.W.; Gainaru, M.D.; Sayer, A.J.; Meredith, C.D.; Janse Van Rensburg, D.; Pini, Attilio; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  In an examination of 34 southern African SAT-type foot-and-mouth disease viruses, all but 1 attained satisfactory levels of infectivity within 6 passages in rolled BHK₂₁monolayer cell cultures. However, there were marked ...
• Serological reactions to Leptospira species in game animals of northern Natal 

  Myburgh, Jan G.; Hunter, Pamela; Flamand, J.R.B.; Van der Merwe, Sanette M.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  Fifty sera collected from 12 different species of free-living game animals in game parks in the Northern Natal were tested against 8 Leptospira interrogans antigens using the microscopic agglutination test (MAT). Six out ...
• Notes on the occurrence of tubercular spines in Schistosoma margrebowiei and Schistosoma mattheei 

  Kruger, F.J.; Hamilton-Attwell, V.L.; Tiedt, L.; Visser, P.S.; Joubert, P.H.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  Scanning electron microscopical (SEM) studies on tegument of the bovid schistosomes, Schistosoma margrebowiei and Schistosoma mattheei have yielded conflicting results; certain authors observed the tubercles on the tegument ...
• The presence of the trichostrongylid Teladorsagia davtiani in sheep in the southwestern Cape 

  Louw, J.P.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  Teladorsagia davtiani in sheep in the south-western Cape, is recorded in the Republic of South Africa for the first time. The literature dealing with this helminth is briefly reviewed.
• The isolation and serology of the "FSA" Brucella melitensis Rev.1 mutant in a flock of sheep 

  Gummow, Bruce; Pefanis, S.M.; Pieterson, P.M.; Williamson, Catherine C.; Venter, Catharina G.; Herr, S.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  A flock of sheep, known to be infected with the "FSA" mutant of Brucella melitensis Rev. 1, was examined serologically and bacteriologically to determine whether any relationship existed which would help in the control of ...
• Immunization procedure-related immunoglobulin levels in the development of antibodies against Cysticercus cellulosae 

  Contrafatto, G.; Pammenter, M.D.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  Various immunization procedures were investigated in an effort to improve the number of hybridomas producing antibodies against Cysticercus cellulosae. Ten groups of 5 BALB/c mice were subjected to different immunization ...
• The flrst isolations of Campylobacter mucosalis from pigs in South Africa 

  Spencer, B.T. (Brian Tom); Loveday, R.K.; Van der Walt, Martha L.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  The first isolations of Campylobacter mucosalis in South Africa are described. Isolations were made from a 6-week-old weaner pig with necrotic enteritis and from 2 gingival swabs of suckling piglets from herds with histories ...
• Fasciola in horses in the Republic of South Africa : a single natural case of Fasciola hepatica and the failure to infest ten horses either with F. hepatica or Fasciola gigantica 

  Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Alves, Regina M.R.; Van Rensburg, L.J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1988)

  The faeces of 11 horses were examined for Fasciola spp. eggs. One of them was positive for Fasciola hepatica, a finding which was confirmed post-mortem. The 10 negative horses were subsequently infested with either F. ...

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