Faculty Day, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, 27 August 2009 : programme and summaries

Abstract

Oral presentations: Osteology of the thoracic limb of the suricate (Suricata suricata): selected features and correlative radiological anatomy / SL van Staden -- Comparative popliteal and mesenteric computed tomographic lymphography of the caudal canine thoracic duct / IR Millward, RM Kirberger, PN Thompson -- Ultrasonographic appearance of canine parvoviral enteritis in puppies / N Stander, WM Wagner, A Goddard , RM Kirberger -- An evaluation of changes over time in serum creatine kinase activity and C-reactive protein concentration in dogs undergoing hemilaminectomy or ovariohysterectomy / B Nevill, A Leisewitz, A Goddard, P Thompson -- Case report: Urinary steroid analysis in a female adult Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) / LC Bekker, JG Myburgh, CJ Botha, LJ Guillette -- Sir Arnold Theiler Memorial Lecture: "Adventures in Infection and Immunity" / Prof Peter Doherty -- Multimedia computer-assisted learning for veterinary anatomy / MR Crate, E Mostert, H Untiedt -- A dedicated problem-based learning module in the preclinical veterinary curriculum: utilizing case-based, small-group cooperative learning as a bridge between basic science and clinical literacy / JP Schoeman, M van Schaar, LL van der Merwe, R Meintjes -- Is community engagement a COP out? A report back on the Calvinia project / Q Sonntag -- Pain in the neck / L Sacchetti, CE Liebenberg, L van der Merwe -- Skin and bones / JR Sparks, E Dvir -- Sedative and cardio-pulmonary effects of acepromazine, midazolam, butorphanol, acepromazine-butorphanol and midazolam-butorphanol on propofol anaesthesia in goats / TB Dzikiti, GF Stegmann, LJ Hellebrekers, REJ Auer, LN Dzikiti -- Evaluation of butorphanol as an adjunct to etorphine in the immobilization of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) / LJ Venter , JP Raath , V Naidoo , C Heine -- Antibacterial, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of different extracts of selected South African medicinal plants / VP Baglia, LJ McGaw, JN Eloff -- Gousiekte: the mode of cardiac damage in H9c2 cells and rat neonatal cardiomyocytes, exposed to pavetamine, a novel polyamine / CE Ellis, D Naicker, KM Basson, CJ Botha, RA Meintjes, RA Schultz -- Is using anti-infective plant products to increase animal health and productivity a third world pipe dream or a realistic commercial possibility? / JN Eloff -- The oesophageal nodule in canine spirocercosis is not a granuloma / MC Williams, SJ Clift, E Dvir -- The sensitivity of direct faecal examination, faecal flotation, modified centrifugal flotation and centrifugal sedimentation/flotation in the diagnosis of canine spirocercosis / J Christie, V Schwan, LE Bodenstein, LL van der Merwe -- ALP as a possible screening test for neoplastic transformation in canine spirocercosis / V Mukorera, LL van der Merwe, E Dvir-- Causes of gastrointestinal colic at a university referral hospital (1998 - 2007) / A Voigt, MN Saulez, CM Donnellan, Bruce Gummow -- The effect of milk volume and group size on the growth and health of dairy calves / JL Uys, DC Lourens, PN Thompson -- The detection of Babesia species in domestic felids (Felis domesticus) using DNA probes and phylogenetic analysis / A-M Bosman, MC Oosthuizen, EH Venter, BL Penzhorn -- Molecular characterization of Theileria species of the African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) by 185 rRNA gene sequence analysis / ME Chaisi, NE Collins, MC Oosthuizen -- Immune status assessment in lions (Panthera Leo) during Mycobacterium bovis infection: development of a real-time qPCR for lion IFN-y, TNF-a, IL-4 and IL-10 / M Maas, M Quan, M Oosthuizen, M Allsopp, VPMG Rutten -- Biodegradable microspheres as a single dose delivery system for Ehrlichia ruminantium vaccines / N Tshikhudo, A Pretorius, J Putteril, M van Kleef -- lmmunohistochemical study to determine the distribution of lentogenic vaccine and virulent NOV in the reproductive tract of laying hens / DG Bwala, NM Duncan, S Clift, SPR Bisschop.

Poster presentations: Ultrastructural features of the microvasculature and lymphatics of the ostrich (Struthio came/us) epididymis / M Z J Elias, JT Soley, TA Aire -- Growth patterns of the giraffe vertebral column / SJ van Sittert, JD Skinner, G Mitchell -- Thin layer chromatographic screening of ethanolic crude extracts of six indigenous South African plants for acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity / IL Elisha, EE Elgorashi, JN Eloff -- Comparative antibacterial activity of five Ochna species / T J Makhafola, BB Samuel, JN Eloff -- Antibacterial activity of nine South African medicinal plants / TE Ramadwa, EE Elgorashi, JN Eloff -- Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) with propofol-fentanyl and propofolmidazolam combinations in spontaneously-breathing, oxygen-supplemented goats / TB Dzikiti, GF Stegmann, LJ Hellebrekers, LN Dzikiti -- The spirocercosis-induced oesophageal nodule: progression from inflammation to sarcoma / E Dvir, SJ Clift -- Investigating the Rhoptry Associated Protein-1 (RAP-1) gene of Babesia caballi / R Bhoora, E Zweygarth, AJ Guthrie, SA Prinsloo, NE Collins -- Serial daily adrenal function in critically ill puppies with parvoviral diarrhoea / JP Schoeman, ME Herrtage -- Clinical use and findings of after-hours diagnostic imaging valuation: a retrospective study (1998-2007) / A Viljoen, MN Saulez, CMB Donnellan, A Carstens, L Bester, B Gummow -- DNA extraction from horse bone samples for routine parentage testing / A Bierman, C Harper, I Vorster, A Guthrie -- Molecular characterization of Southern African Bacillus anthracis strains using multiple locus variable number tandem repeats analysis / A Hassim, H van Heerden, J Rossouw, Y Hauck, L Arntzen, G Vergnaud -- Proteome annotation and phenotype analysis of South African Territories type FMDV / P Nsamba, T de Beer, B Blignaut, F Maree -- A questionnaire survey assessing the risk factors associated with antimicrobial residues in commercial layer eggs in Khartoum State, Sudan / MM Sirdar, B Gummow, SPR Bisschop, J Picard -- A primary assessment of problems and challenges related to cattle keeping in the Mnisi tribal area / J van Rooyen, E Vandamme.