Browsing 1970 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 37, 1970 by Issue Date

Browsing 1970 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 37, 1970 by Issue Date

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  • The influence of magnesium sulphate on the absorption, excretion and retention of calcium and phosphorus by sheep fed on phosphate supplemented rations 
    Myburgh, S.J.; DuToit, ]. de V.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Evidence is put [orward showing that continuous excessive intakes of magnesium sulphate by sheep, for example in dnnking water, may result in losses of calcium from the body. However, when the intakes of both these ...
  • Immune response to dead and live Eschericia coli vaccines and colostral transfer of immunity to calves and lambs 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Fuls, W.J.P.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Administration of a single injection of killed polyvalent Escherichia coli (Migula, 1895) vaccine to ewes and cows resulted in a marked increase in the mouse protective properties of their sera. Antibodies were effectively ...
  • Studies on the host range of Eimeria chinchillae De Vos & Van der Westhuizen, 1968 
    De Vos, A.J.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    A case of an Eimeria sp. with a lack of host specificity is reported. Eimeria chinchillae DeVos & Van der Westhuizen, 1968, originally described from the chinchilla, was successfully transmitted to seven other rodents, ...
  • Macromolecular synthesis in bluetongue virus infected cells. II. Host cell metabolism 
    Huismans, H. (Henk), 1942-; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Infection of L-cells with bluetongue virus results in inhibition of protein and deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis shortly after infection. No inhibition of ribonucleic acid synthesis is observed before 7 hours after infection. ...
  • Pathogenesis of heartwater. I. Cowdria ruminantium in the lymph nodes of domestic ruminants 
    Du Plessis, J.L.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    The intracellular replication of Cowdria ruminantium (Cowdry, 1926) is described in reticulum cells of lymph nodes several days prior to the appearance of rickettsial colonies in vascular endothelial cells. This is ...
  • A comparative study on the efficiency of water soluble phosphates and a dry phosphate lick for sheep fed on mature grass hay 
    Myburgh, S.J.; Du Toit, J. de V.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    In a study with adolescent Merino sheep on a diet of mature grass hay, the supplementation with phosphates alone, either in the drinking water or as a dry lick, did not prevent loss of condition. Furthermore, in metabolism ...
  • Immune response of rabbits, mice and sheep to polyvalent Pasteurella vaccine 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Smit, Gertruida; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    A polyvalent alum-precipitated vaccine containing Pasteurella multocida (Lehmann & Neuman, 1899) types A and D and four serotypes of Pasteurella haemolytica (Newsom & Cross, 1932) produced a sound immunity in mice and sheep ...
  • Relationship of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis protoplasmic toxins to the exotoxin 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Smit, Maria C.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (Buchanan, 1911) protoplasm was separated into two toxic fractions by means of gel chromatography. Toxin neutralization tests indicated that one of the fractions is probably identical ...
  • Electron microscopy of Cowdria (Rickettsia) ruminantium (Cowdry, 1926) in the endothelial cells of the vertebrate host 
    Pienaar, J.G.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    The ultrastructure of Cowdria ruminantium was studied in thin sections of choroid plexus from experimentally infected sheep. Glutaraldehyde fixation and osmium tetroxide postfixation were used. The organism developed ...
  • Further observations on the ultrastructure of ephemeral fever virus 
    Lecatsas, G.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Electron microscope observations on ephemeral fever virus showed that the electron-dense material was helical in structure, that probably two strands 4 nm in diameter formed a limb approx. 17 nm in diameter with one complete ...
  • Cytauxzoonosis in a giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)) in Zululand 
    McCully, R.M.; Keep, M.E.; Basson, P.A.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Cytauxzoonosis is reported for the first time in a giraffe [Giraffa camelopardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)] that died naturally of the disease. Both histiotropic and erythrocytic parasites were found. The animal was very anaemic ...
  • The antigenicity of Clostridium botulinum type C toxin administered per os 
    Jansen, B.C.; Knoetze, P.C.; Visser, F.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Large quantities of toxoid given to rabbits per os did not elicit a primary immune response. Toxin absorbed through the intestinal wall of guinea-pigs and toxoided produced an anamnestic response on injection into ...
  • Observations on the pathogenesis of bovine and antelope strains of Besnoitia besnoiti (Marotel, 1912) infection in cattle and rabbits 
    Basson, P.A.; McCully, R.M.; Bigalke, R.D.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Histopathological studies were made on cattle and rabbits, artificially infected with either proliferative organisms of low and high passage level bovine strains of Besnoitia besnoiti (Marotel, 1912) grown in tissue culture ...
  • Intersexuality in the horse 
    Gerneke, W.H.; Coubrough, R.I.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    A cytogenetic and clinical study of an intersexual Arabian horse revealed it to be a genetic female but a gonadal male intersex. This corresponds in general to previously reported cases, which have been genetic females ...
  • Parasitic and other diseases of the African buffalo in the Kruger National Park 
    Basson, P.A.; McCully, R.M.; Kruger, S.P.; Van Niekerk, J.W.; Young, E.; De Vos, Valerius; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    One hundred randomly-collected buffaloes [Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779)] were autopsied, and tissues and parasites were collected for histopathological studies and identification. Blood smears were prepared from 92 ...
  • Immunity in heartwater : I. A preliminary note on the role of serum antibodies 
    Du Plessis, J.L.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; De Kock, V.E.; Walker, Jane B.; Tustin, R.C. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Ammonium sulphate precipitated gamma-globulins obtained from sheep immune to Cowdria ruminantium (Cowdry, 1925) failed to protect susceptible sheep against artificial infection by this parasite, irrespective of whether the ...
  • Macromolecular synthesis in bluetongue virus infected cells. I. Virus-specific ribonucleic acid synthesis 
    Huismans, H. (Henk), 1942-; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    Both virus-specific double-stranded and single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) are synthesized during infection. The single-stranded RNA is formed in a large excess of double-stranded RNA and the rate of synthesis is maximal ...
  • Plaque formation by African horsesickness virus and characterization of its RNA 
    Oellermann, R.A.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
    A method of plaque assay for African horsesickness virus (AHSV) is described. Three cell lines were tested of which BHK21 was the most satisfactory. With an increase in Actinomycin D concentration, an increased inhibition ...
  • Failure to demonstrate in vitro as opposed to in vivo transcription of the bluetongue virus genome 
    Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1970)
  • Studies on the transmission of African horsesickness 
    Wetzell, H.; Nevell, E.M.; Erasmus, B.J.; South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services; Tustin, R.C.; De Lange, M.; Reinecke, R.K.; Walker, Jane B.; De Kock, V.E. (Pretoria: Government Printer, 1970)
    Laboratory-reared Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762), Culex pipiens fatigans Wiedemann, 1828, and trap-caught Culicoides biting midges were fed on African horsesickness (AHS) virus solutions and on horses infected with AHS. ...