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Browsing Research Articles (Production Animal Studies) by UP Author "Leisewitz, Andrew L."
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Leisewitz, Andrew L.; Goddard, Amelia; Clift, Sarah Jane; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); De Gier, Jill; Van Engelshoven, J.M.A.J.A.J. (Jessica); Schoeman, Johan P. (Elsevier, 2019-07)Babesia rossi causes the most severe clinical disease in dogs of all the babesia parasites. We included 320 naturally-infected dogs that presented for care at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital between 2006 and ...
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Rautenbach, Yolandi; Goddard, Amelia; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Mellanby Richard J.; Leisewitz, Andrew L. (Elsevier, 2017-07)Immunity to Babesia infection requires both innate and acquired responses, including cell mediated- and humoral responses. The aims of this study were to investigate the variation in selected peripheral blood lymphocyte ...
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Atkinson, Brogan; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Van Zyl, Estee; Goddard, Amelia; Rautenbach, Yolandi; Schoeman, Johan P.; Mukorera, Varaidzo; Leisewitz, Andrew L. (Elsevier, 2022-06)Babesia rossi causes severe morbidity and mortality in dogs in sub-Saharan Africa, and the complications associated with this disease are likely caused by an unfocused, excessive inflammatory response. During this experimental ...
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Arega, Sintayehu; Conan, Anne; Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Crafford, Jan Ernst; Wentzel, Jeanette Maria; Reininghaus, Bjorn; Biggs, Louise Joanne; Leisewitz, Andrew L.; Quan, Melvyn; Toka, Felix; Knobel, Darryn Leslie (MDPI, 2020-03)To achieve global elimination of human rabies from dogs by 2030, evidence-based strategies for effective dog vaccination are needed. Current guidelines recommend inclusion of dogs younger than 3 months in mass rabies ...
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Van Zyl, Este; Leisewitz, Andrew L.; Atkinson, Brogan; Goddard, Amelia; Rautenbach, Yolandi; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Schoeman, Johan P. (Elsevier, 2023-03)An experimental infection using Babesia (B.) rossi was performed in healthy male Beagle dogs to assess the changes in endocrine variables during disease. Two dogs were infected with a low dose (LD) of parasite inoculum (104 ...
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Scheepers, Elrien; Leisewitz, Andrew L.; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Christopher, M.M. (South African Veterinary Association, 2011-09)This prospective longitudinal study investigated the progression of haematological changes in 32 transfused and 54 non-transfused dogs naturally infected with Babesia rossi over the 1st 6 days following diagnosis and ...
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Hanekom, Josef; Lubisi, Baratang Alison; Leisewitz, Andrew L.; Guthrie, Alan John; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore (Elsevier, 2023-04)Dogs are the only non-equid species to develop the fatal form of African horse sickness (AHS). Research conducted in 2013 questioned the long-held belief that naturally occurring cases of AHS in dogs were contracted ...
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