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Antibodies to Newcastle disease virus in the sera of indigenous chickens in Oodi, Kgatleng, Botswana Mushi, E.Z.; Binta, M.G.; Chabo, R.G.; Hyera, J.M.K.; Thibanyane, K.M.; Mkaria, J.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik (Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2001)A serological survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of antibodies to Newcastle disease virus in apparently healthy and unvaccinated adult indigenous chickens. Haemagglutination inhibiting antibodies ...
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Mushi, E.Z.; Isa, J.F.W.; Chabo, R.G.; Binta, M.G.; Kapaata, R.W.; Ndebele, R.T.; Chakalisa, K.C.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)Coccidia oocysts were demonstrated in the faeces of 53 (about 34 %) of 156 apparently healthy ostrich chicks. Young chicks had the highest proportion of infestation while those more than 9 weeks old had no oocysts at all ...
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Mushi, E.Z.; Binta, M.G.; Chabo, R.G.; Mathaio, M.; Ndebele, R.T.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)The mean flock size was ten chickens per rural farmer. Antibodies to Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae were detected in 57,88 % and 67,33 % of the chicken sera respectively.
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Binta, M.G.; Mushi, E.Z.; Rurangirwa, F.R.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1996)Administration of specific goat anti-thymocyte serum (ATS) to rabbits, prior to a primary infestation by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus larvae, blocked the acquisition of resistance significantly only in the third infestation. ...
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Binta, M.G.; Mushi, E.Z.; Rurangirwa, F.R.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1996)Parenteral administration of cyclophosphamide in rabbits made resistant to infestation by the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, resulted in abrogation of the resistance phenomenon. As a result, a high percentage (83%) of ...
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Mushi, E.Z.; Binta, M.G.; Chabo, R.G.; Mathaio, M.; Ndebele, R.T.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)Mature and immature stages of Haemoproteus columbae gametocytes, an avian haemosporidian protozoan parasite were found in 75% of blood smears prepared from 30 healthy domestic pigeons in Sebele location, Gaborone, Botswana. ...
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Mushi, E.Z.; Binta, M.G.; Chabo, R.G.; Ndebele, R.; Panzirah, R.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute ., 2000)Twelve adult domestic pigeons from Sebele, Gaborone, Botswana, were examined for the presence of helminth parasites. The cestode genus Raillietina and two species of nematodes, Dispharynx spiralis and Ascaridia columbae ...
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Mushi, E.Z.; Binta, M.G.; Chabo, R.G.; Ndebele, R.T.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)Sera from nine out of 30 (30,0 %) apparently healthy unvaccinated indigenous (Tswana) chickens had precipitating antibodies to infectious bursal disease (IBD) virus using the agar gel precipitation test. Similarly, sera ...
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Mushi, E.Z.; Binta, M.G.; Chabo, R.G,; Ndebele, R.; Panzirah, R.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik (Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2001)High antibody titres to Toxoplasma gondii and Chlamydophila psittaci were demonstrated in serum collected from domestic pigeons at average titres of 1:128 and 1:64 respectively. The public health implications of these ...
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Mushi, E.Z.; Binta, M.G.; Chabo, R.G.; Isa, J.F.W.; Modisa, Lorna A..; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)Reference biochemical values for serum analytes of 126 clinically normal farmed ostriches on one farm in Botswana were established. These included sodium, potassium, chloride, total protein, albumin, urea, creatinine, ...
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