Browsing 1980 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 47, 1980 by Issue Date

Browsing 1980 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 47, 1980 by Issue Date

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  • Wesselsbron disease : virological and serological studies in experimentally infected sheep and goats 
    Theodoridis, A.; Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    Adult sheep and goats and new-born lambs and kids were experimentally infected with a Wesselsbron disease virus. The viraemia in lambs commenced approximately 27 h after infection and lasted on the average for 50 h. A ...
  • Author index 
    Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1980)
  • A technique for the recovery of nematodes from ruminants by migration from gastro-intestinal ingesta gelled in agar : large scale application 
    Groeneveld, Hendrik T.; Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Gerber, H.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    A gelled-agar technique for worm recovery was adapted to facilitate the recovery of larval and adult nematodes from the total ingesta of large numbers of sheep. The technique was also used to recover nematodes from 4 calves. ...
  • Occurrence of Taenia solium in a Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) 
    De Graaf, A .S.; Shaughnessy, P. D.; McCully, R.M.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    The larval stage of Taenia solium was recovered from the brain, skeletal muscles, heart, lungs and liver of a Cape fur seal collected near Cape Town. This is apparently the second record of the larval stage of this cestode ...
  • Isolation of Anaplasma marginale from Rhipicephalus simus males 
    Potgieter, F.T.; Van Rensburg, L.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    Approximately 100 adult Rhipicephalus simus from a batch known to be infected with Anaplasma marginale were used to infest an ox. Fifty male ticks were manually removed from the animal's ears 9 days after infestation. These ...
  • Antibody to porcine parvovirus in warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) 
    Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Peenze, I.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Haemagglutination inhibiting antibody to porcine parvovirus was shown to be widespread in all but one of the warthog populations sampled from South Africa and Zimbabwe Rhodesia. In some instances titres as high as ≥1 /20 ...
  • Effective immunization of lambs against enterotoxaemia 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    In contrast to adult sheep, 2- to 3-month-old lambs do not respond well to a single injection of Clostridium perfringens Type D oil adjuvant epsilon toxoid. This unresponsiveness can be overcome, however, by administering ...
  • Photosensitivity in South Africa. II. The experimental production of the ovine hepatogenous photosensitivity disease geeldikkop (Tribulosis ovis) by the simultaneous ingestion of Tribulus terrestris plants and cultures of Pithomyces chartarum containing the mycotoxin sporidesmin 
    Bath, Gareth F.; Kellerman, T. Stephanus; Van der Westhuizen, G.C.A.; Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Roux, Cecilia; Marasas, Walter F.O. (Walter Friedrich Otto); Minne, J.A.; Basson, P.A.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    The mycoflora of toxic pastures were surveyed during a number of outbreaks of ovine hepatogenous photosensitivity in South Africa. Pure cultures of several isolates were dosed to sheep, but only those of Pithomyces chartarum ...
  • Determination of the physicochemical and microbiological quality of carcass, bone and blood meal 
    Van Der Made, H.N.; Van Staden, J.J.; Du Toit, J. de V.; Jordaan, E.; Barrett, E.L.; Coetzee, J.D.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    The pH value and the moisture, fat and protein content of abattoir by products which are commercially available in the Republic of South Africa were examined, and the total bacterial count and the extent of Salmonella, ...
  • Plasma progesterone in cattle. I. Development and validity of the assay 
    Terblanche, H.M.; Labuschagne, J.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Terb; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    The development of a practical competitive protein-binding assay for plasma progesterone in cattle is described. With an intra-assay coefficient of variation of 5,46% and an interassay coefficient of variation of 14,25%, ...
  • A haemagglutination and a haemagglutination inhibition test for bluetongue virus 
    Van der Walt, N. T.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Haemagglutination of bluetongue virus (BTV) was demonstrated for the first time by making use of a purified preparation of the virus. The reaction was found to be independent of variations in the pH, temperature, buffer ...
  • Studies on the physiopathology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the horse. III. The intrathoracic pressure 
    Littlejohn, A.; Bowles, Felicity; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Walker, Jane B.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    The intrathoracic pressure was determined by direct intrapleural cannulation in 17 clinically normal horses and 14 horses with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There were significant differences between the ...
  • Lack of cross-immunity among Pasteurella multocida Type A strains 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Pienaar, Lorraine; Vermeulen, Aletta S.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    Active and passive protection studies in mice using sheep antisera revealed that the immunological relationship among Pasteurella multocida Type A strains could not be correlated with their serological relationship as ...
  • The haemocytology and histology of the haemopoietic organs of South African freshwater fish. II. Erythrocytes and thrombocytes of Clarias gariepinus and Sarotherodon mossambicus 
    Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    This paper describes the light-microscopic appearance of both the erythrocytes and the thrombocytes and their developmental stages of catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and Mozambique bream (Sarotherodon mossambicus). Apart from ...
  • The use of faecal analyses to estimate the phosphorus intake by grazing Sheep. I. The use of pool instead of individual samples 
    Belonje, P.C.; Van den Berg, A.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Analyses of rectal faeces of sheep for phosphorus, calcium and magnesium may be useful to indicate the mineral status of the herbage being consumed. A number of sheep should be used for each pasture, but this would entail ...
  • Studies on the physiopathology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the horse. II. Right heart haemodynamics 
    Littlejohn, A.; Bowles, Felicity; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    Pressure curves obtained by cardiac catheterization of the pulmonary artery, right ventricle and right atrium of 9 horses and ponies with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were compared with those similarly ...
  • A description of the immature stages of Kirkioestrus minutus (Rodhain & Bequaert, 1915) (Diptera : oestridae), and the life cycle and seasonal prevalence of this fly in blue wildebeest 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; De Vos, Valerius; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Steyn, P.J.J; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : Government Printer., 1980)
    Descriptions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd instar larvae and the puparium of Kirkioestrus minutus are given. First instar larvae, which have not previously been described, can be distinguished from other oestrid larvae by the ...
  • A surgical technique for the experimental reproduction of epididymitis in rams 
    Jansen, B.C.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    A surgical technique is described for introducing a bacterial culture into the vas deferens of a ram close to the epididymis in such a manner that the infective material spreads to the lumen of the ductus epididymidis.
  • Benzimidazole-resistant Haemonchus contortus-the effect of cryopreservation on the resistance of Successive generations 
    Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Gerber, H.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Infective larvae (L3) of a strain of benzimidazole-resistant Haemonchus contortus were stored in the gas phase of liquid nitrogen, thawed and used to infest worm-free sheep from which, in turn, larvae were cultured, frozen ...
  • Studies on the physiopathology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in horses. I. Clinical signs 
    Littlejohn, A.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Twenty cases of chronic cough originating in the lung and associated with loss of performance were clinically examined. The physical signs observed were compared with those observed in a control series of 38 clinically ...