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Browsing by Subject "Veterinary science theses SDG-02"
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Henwood, Vincent Charl
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
A risk assessment was conducted for Salmonella enteritidis (SE) in the broiler production chain of the Western Cape of South Africa, using a literature review, historical data analysis, microbiological sampling from abattoirs ...
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Sekgobela, Naledi Palesa Brilliantine
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a transboundary animal disease that significantly impacts livestock production, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where five of the seven FMDV serotypes exist. Eradication is deemed near ...
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Mangwiro, Nobert
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
A pig is any listed animal species in the genus Sus, within the family Suidae of even-toed ungulates. The
domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) (also referred to as swine or hog) is a large, domesticated, eventoed
ungulate ...
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Salles-Martins, Isabela
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Trichomonosis is a venereal disease responsible for extensive economic losses. Tritrichomonas foetus, deposited during copulation, adheres to the vaginal mucosa where it proliferates. The vaginal bacterial microbiota ...
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Mahlobo, Bongiwe Priscah
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Cattle theileriosis is infamous for hampering the economic development of south, central and east African countries due to the exorbitant numbers of cattle mortalities. The disease is caused by Theileria parva, a ...
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Raselabe, Iyani Calvin
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a virus that infects pigs causing haemorrhagic fever called African swine fever (ASF) with 100% mortality in domestic pigs. No effective vaccine is available that protects across genotypes. ...
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Palime, Mosiuoa Zachariah
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Access to international and regional markets for beef has been an on-going problem for southern
African countries for many decades because the South African Territories (SAT) serotypes of
foot and mouth disease (FMD) ...
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Le Roux-Pullen, Lerica
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
In rural areas of developing countries like South Africa, people typically depend on goat farming for both meat and milk production due to the shortage of grazing and the higher maintenance cost of cattle. An understanding ...
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Hove, Paidashe
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Bovine anaplasmosis, a tick-borne disease caused by the rickettsia Anaplasma marginale,
has a significant economic impact for cattle farmers in South Africa. We have estimated
the economic cost due to mortality arising ...
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Ntivuguruzwa, Jean Bosco
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
Despite the occurrence of S. Typhimurium infections, little is known on the genetic
diversity, virulence characteristics and antimicrobial resistance profiles of poultry S. Typhimurium
in South Africa. Therefore, S. ...
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Kambuyi, Katembue
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Introduction: Campylobacter spp. is the most frequent cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans globally. Campylobacter spp. infections are characterized by acute watery or bloody diarrhoea, fever, weight loss and ...
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Nyoni-Phili, Sizanobuhle Lotshonaphi
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease that can result in serious loss of production and even loss of livestock. It is caused by the most globally prevalent vector-borne pathogen of livestock, Anaplasma marginale, with endemic ...
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Oguttu, James Wabwire
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Background and motivation
Informal food vending has many benefits that range from food security for the urban poor, to contribution to local economies. Yet, the street food sector is not recognized and is treated as a ...
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Munjere, Jescah
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
This study was a pilot investigation of selected milk-borne pathogens in communal cattle in the UMkhanyakude district of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Fifty seven milk samples were collected from 12 bovine tuberculosis (BTB) ...
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Magadla, Noluvuyo Ruth
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
African swine fever (ASF) has been reported and confirmed in South Africa since the early 20th century, which lead to the inception of the Swine Fever control zone in 1935. In the South African context, the sylvatic cycle ...
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Mokoele, Japhta Molatelo
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Emerging small-scale pig farmers in Limpopo province perceive pig production and
management as an important means of improving their livelihood and alternative
investment option for the future. Their performance has not ...
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Mbiri, Pricilla
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides (small colony) is an insidious pneumonic disease of cattle and poses a challenge to cattle production in sub-Saharan Africa. It is ...
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Ngoshe, Yusuf Bitrus
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Background: Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis currently confined to the African continent and the Arabian Peninsula. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of antibodies to RVF virus (RVFV) ...
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Pols, J.W.
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
No abstract
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Pretorius, Oonagh
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
In the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality (BLM), Mpumalanga, the size and economic importance of the local, mostly informal, cattle trade has been considered negligible to date by local policy makers. Opportunities for the ...