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(University of Pretoria, 2016)African horse sickness (AHS) is a life-threatening disease of equids caused by African horse sickness virus (AHSV), a member of the genus Orbivirus in the family Reoviridae. The virus is transmitted by midges (Culicoides ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)African horse sickness (AHS) is a life threatening disease of equids caused by African horse sickness virus (AHSV), a member of the genus Orbivirus in the family Reoviridae. The virus is transmitted to horses by midges ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-05-21)Molecular based species identification is a useful tool in forensic investigations as well as routine work. The ability to cheaply and quickly determine the species of origin of a sample has become increasingly necessary ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004)In recent years, South African conservation officials have noted the appearance of tumour like growths, very similar to equine sarcoids, in some Cape mountain zebra (CMZ) populations. In domestic horses, a genetic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)African horse sickness (AHS) is a non-contagious viral disease transmitted by arthropod vectors namely Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer and Culicoides (Avaritia) bolitinos Meiswinkel endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-10-06)The purpose of the studies presented in this thesis was to develop a greater understanding of the contribution of respiratory heat loss to the thermal balance of exercising horses. In the first experiment the effect of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Commingling of horses from various populations, together with physiological stress associated with transport and confinement at a sales complex, may be associated with detection and transmission of equine herpesvirus ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-04-19)The main purpose of this work was to develop rapid and reliable techniques that will prove valuable in epidemiological studies of equine encephalosis virus (EEV), the detection and identification of the virus for the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)has been significant progress in the development of new technologies and methodologies to characterize gene expression. The fluorescent-based real-time reverse transcription (RT) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is an ...
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Duration of repellency of selected agents against Culicoides species when applied to polyester mesh (University of Pretoria, 2009)Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are of economic and veterinary significance worldwide. Of principal importance to equids in sub-Saharan Africa are Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer and Culicoides ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-09-04)The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of reverse shoes, partial dorsal hoof wall removal and polystyrene solar support on the biomechanics of the front hoof of the horse. Laminitis is a systemic syndrome that ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-08-19)Equine piroplasmosis is a tick-transmitted disease caused by Theileria equi or Babesia caballi leading to haemolytic anaemia. Imidocarb is an effective treatment of piroplasmosis, but adverse clinical signs, including colic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-09-30)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-10-06)Previous studies have shown that four intramuscular doses of imidocarb dipropionate administered at 72-hour treatment intervals are effective in sterilising experimental Babesia equi infections in horses. It has also been ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)This dissertation describes the epidemiological investigation and management of the first outbreak of Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) reported in South Africa. In addition, the subsequent implementation of a nationwide ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)This multifaceted study primarily aimed at understanding the genetic make-up of captive versus wild cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) populations in South Africa, with a specific emphasis on a valuable gene pool of a recessive ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)There have been numerous reports of vaccinated horses that contract fatal African horse sickness due to African horse sickness virus (AHSV) serotypes that are included in the current commercial vaccine used in southern ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), specifically Culicoides (Avaritia) imicola Kieffer and Culicoides (Avaritia) bolitinos Meiswinkel have been implicated as vectors of African horse sickness virus (AHSV) ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)African horse sickness (AHS) is a World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) listed disease and is a controlled disease in terms of the Animal Diseases Act (Act No 35 of 1984) in South Africa. It affects equids with ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009)In an attempt to develop quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assays for the detection of equine piroplasms, sequence heterogeneity in the V4 hypervariable region of the 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequences within both ...
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