Control programmes for African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) in livestock have been mainly focused on cattle with very little focus on goats, an important reservoir for the disease. Using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), ...

This study aimed to evaluate the reproductive response of anoestrous goats that were either hormonally treated and/or supplemented with maize for 9days to determine which treatment combination was the most effective in ...

Five sheep developed severe nervous signs after being drenched with Albizia versicolor podmaterial. Four of these sheep were treated with pyridoxine hydrochloride (a vitamin B₆) when the symptoms of toxicity became ...

A disease outbreak investigation was conducted in western Queensland to investigate arare suspected outbreak of pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) toxicosis in horses. Thirty five of132 horses depastured on five properties on the ...

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a controlled (notifiable) disease in accordance with the South African Animal Diseases Act (Act 35) of 1984. In 1996, the International Committee on FMD of the OIE endorsed South Africa’s ...

Clinical use of diagnostic ultrasound at point-of-care or emergency situations, although common, has not been well documented in veterinary medicine. Medical records of after-hour emergency equine admissions during a 10-year ...

Tsetse transmitted trypanosomiasis is a fatal disease commonly known as Nagana in cattle and sleeping sickness in humans. The disease threatens food security and has severe economic impact in Africa including most parts ...

This is the first known isolation in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) of the serovar pomona from the organs of porcine foetuses as well as from the renal lymphnodes of slaughter pigs showing chronic nephritis. In addition, ...

The sperm reservoir is formed when spermatozoa bind to the epithelium of the utero-tubal junction and caudal isthmus of the oviduct. It is an important mechanism that helps synchronize the meeting of gametes by ...

Three selected South African Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale field isolates were identified and inoculated via the caudal abdominal airsac into 28-day-old broilers, which were monitored under controlled laboratory ...