• Evaluation of the methodological quality of studies of the performance of diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis using QUADAS 

  Downs, Sarah H.; More, Simon J.; Goodchild, Anthony V.; Whelan, Adam O.; Abernethy, D.A. (Darrell); Broughan, Jennifer M.; Cameron, Angus; Cook, Alasdair J.; De la Rua-Domenech, R. Ricardo; Greiner, Matthias; Gunn, Jane; Nunez-Garcia, Javier; Rhodes, Shelley; Rolfe, Simon; Sharp, Michael; Upton, Paul; Watson, Eamon; Welsh, Michael; Woolliams, John A.; Clifton-Hadley, Richard S.; Parry, Jessica E. (Elsevier, 2018-05)

  There has been little assessment of the methodological quality of studies measuring the performance (sensitivity and/or specificity) of diagnostic tests for animal diseases. In a systematic review, 190 studies of tests for ...
• Evidence confirming the phylogenetic position of Anaplasma centrale (ex Theiler 1911) Ristic and Kreier 1984 

  Khumalo, Z.T.H. (Zamantungwa); Brayton, Kelly A.; Collins, Nicola E.; Chaisi, Mamohale E.; Quan, Melvyn; Oosthuizen, Marinda C. (Microbiology Society, 2018-08)

  In 1911, Sir Arnold Theiler isolated and described a parasite that was very similar to A. marginale but which was more centrally located within the erythrocytes of the host cells, and was much less pathogenic than A. ...
• Occurrence of tick-borne haemoparasites in cattle in the Mungwi District, Northern Province, Zambia 

  Tembo, Stephen; Collins, Nicola E.; Sibeko-Matjila, K.P. (Kgomotso Penelope); Troskie, Milana; Vorster, Ilse; Byaruhanga, Charles; Oosthuizen, Marinda C. (Elsevier, 2018-03)

  Little is known about the occurrence of haemoparasites in cattle in communal grazing areas of Mungwi District of Northern Province, Zambia. Clinical signs and post mortem lesions are pathognomonic of mixed tick-borne ...
• Meta-analyses of the sensitivity and specificity of ante-mortem andpost-mortem diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis in the UK and Ireland 

  Nunez-Garcia, Javier; Downs, Sara H.; Parry, Jessica E.; Abernethy, D.A. (Darrell); Broughan, Jennifer M.; Cameron, Angus R.; Cook, Alasdair J.; De la Rua-Domenech, Ricardo; Goodchild, Anthony V.; Gunn, Jane; More, Simon J.; Watson, Eamon; Welsh, Michael; Whelan, Adam O.; Woolliams, John A.; Clifton-Hadley, Richard S.; Greiner, Matthias (Elsevier, 2018-05)

  Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle is a global health problem and eradication of the disease requires accurate estimates of diagnostic test performance to optimize their efficiency. The objective of this study was, through ...
• Tuberculosis serosurveillance and management practices of captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area 

  Rosen, L.E.; Hanyire, T.G.; Dawson, J.; Foggin, C.M.; Michel, Anita Luise; Huyvaert, K.P.; Miller, M.A.; Olea-Popelka, F.J. (Wiley, 2018-04)

  Transfrontier conservation areas represent an international effort to encourage conservation and sustainable development. Their success faces a number of challenges, including disease management in wildlife, livestock and ...
• Immunomodulatory properties of quercetin-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside from Rapanea melanophloeos against influenza a virus 

  Mehrbod, Parvaneh; Abdalla, Muna Ali; Fotouhi, Fatemeh; Heidarzadeh, Masoumeh; Aro, Abimbola O.; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas; McGaw, Lyndy Joy; Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo (BioMed Central, 2018-06-15)

  BACKGROUND : Influenza infection is a major public health threat. The role of influenza A virus-induced inflammatory response in severe cases of this disease is widely recognized. Drug resistance and side effects of ...
• Genetic insights into dispersal distance and disperser fitness of African lions (Panthera leo) from the latitudinal extremes of the Kruger National Park, South Africa 

  Van Hooft, Pim; Keet, Dewald F.; Brebner, Diana K.; Bastos, Armanda D.S. (BioMed Central, 2018-04-03)

  BACKGROUND : Female lions generally do not disperse far beyond their natal range, while males can disperse distances of over 200 km. However, in bush-like ecosystems dispersal distances less than 25 km are reported. Here, ...
• Use of Brucella abortus species specific polymerase chain reaction assay for the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis 

  Chisi, Songelwayo L.; Schmidt, Tracy; Akol, George W.; Van Heerden, Henriette (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-09-27)

  Serology is primarily used in the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis. Bacterial culture and isolation is the gold standard in diagnosing brucellosis but, like serology, it does not offer complete (100%) diagnostic sensitivity ...
• The first report of Escherichia fergusonii isolated from non-human primates, in Africa 

  Glover, Barbara; Wentzel, Jeanette; Jenkins, Akinbowale Olajide; Van Vuuren, Moritz (Elsevier, 2017-06)

  The aim of this study was to determine the resistance phenotypes of selected enteric bacteria isolated from nonhuman primates at a wildlife-human interface. Bacterial isolates from faecal samples of non-human primates ...
• Bacteria profile and antibiogram of the bacteria isolated from the exposed pulp of dog canine teeth 

  Ruiz, José Carlos Almansa; Jonker, Annelize; Bosman, Anna-Mari; Steenkamp, Gerhardus (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-07)

  Twenty-seven microbiological samples were taken from root canals (RC) of the canine teeth of 20 dogs where the pulps were non-vital and exposed due to complicated crown fractures. These pulps were cultured for aerobic/anaerobic ...
• Immune response profiles of calves following vaccination with live BCG and inactivated Mycobacterium bovis vaccine candidates 

  Van der Heijden, E.M.D.L.; Chileshe, J.; Vernooij, J.C.M.; Gortazar, G.; Juste, R.A.; Sevilla, I.; Crafford, Jan Ernst; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; Michel, Anita Luise (Public Library of Science, 2017-11-20)

  Conventional control and eradication strategies for bovine tuberculosis (BTB) face tremendous difficulties in developing countries; countries with wildlife reservoirs, a complex wildlifelivestock- human interface or a ...
• Genome sequences of three vaccine strains and two wild-type canine distemper virus strains from a recent disease outbreak in South Africa 

  Loots, Angelina K.; Du Plessis, Morne; Dalton, Desire Lee; Mitchell, Emily; Venter, Estelle Hildegard (American Society for Microbiology, 2017-07-06)

  Canine distemper virus causes global multihost infectious disease. This report details complete genome sequences of three vaccine and two new wild-type strains. The wild-type strains belong to the South African lineage, ...
• Habitat structure and diversity influence the nesting success of an endangered large cavity-nesting bird, the Southern Ground-hornbill 

  Combrink, Leigh; Combrink, H.J. (Hendrik); Botha, Andre J.; Downs, Colleen T. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-11-17)

  Habitat features can have a profound effect on the nesting success of birds. Savannas are often managed with predators and large herbivores as priority species, with little thought to the many bird species that management ...
• Mycobacterium komaniense sp. nov., a rapidly growing non-tuberculous Mycobacterium species detected in South Africa 

  Gcebe, Nomakorinte; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; Gey van Pittius, Nicolaas; Naicker, Brendon; Michel, Anita Luise (Microbiology Society, 2018-05)

  Some species of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been reported to be opportunistic pathogens of animals and humans. Recently there has been an upsurge in the number of cases of NTM infections, such that some NTM ...
• Efficient high-throughput molecular method to detect Ehrlichia ruminantium in ticks 

  Cangi, Nidia; Pinarello, Valerie; Bournez, Laure; Lefrancois, Thierry; Albina, Emmanuel; Neves, L.C.B.G.D. (Luís); Vachiery, Nathalie (BioMed Central, 2017-11-13)

  BACKGROUND : Ehrlichia ruminantium is the causal agent of heartwater, a fatal tropical disease affecting ruminants with important economic impacts. This bacterium is transmitted by Amblyomma ticks and is present in ...
• Evaluating the brucellin skin test as an additional test to control bovine brucellosis 

  Nyanhongo, Nhamo; Hansen, Melinda; Nymo, Ingebjorg H.; Godfroid, Jacques; Michel, Anita Luise (Symbiosis Online Publishing, 2017-06-08)

  Brucellosis is a bacterial disease of high veterinary importance, besides being a significant zoonosis worldwide. It is characterised by variable, and at times long and latent, incubation periods, which makes its control ...
• An evaluation of techniques for monitoring rangeland health in semi-arid savannas in southern Africa 

  Wolfaard, Graeme Charles Michael (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  Rangeland health plays an important role in increasing the connectivity/contact between wildlife, livestock and people. Communal rangelands throughout the savanna areas of South Africa are experiencing increasing magnitudes ...
• Risk factors for bovine cysticercosis in a large commercial South African cattle feedlot 

  Verwoerd, Dirk J. (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  Taeniid tapeworms have very simple lifecycles with the adult stage developing in the intestine of the obligate human host, after the ingestion of viable cysticerci in raw/undercooked meat. Bovine Cysticercosis follows ...
• Evaluation of anti-bovine anti-equine and recombinant protein A/G horseradish peroxidase conjugates for cross reactivity to wildlife serum antibodies using ELISA 

  Smit, Annelie Susanna (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  Primary binding assays like the indirect immunofluorescence assay or the enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) are serological methods that have been used to effectively screen for many diseases in humans and animals. ...
• Molecular characterisation and host specificity of canine distemper virus in selected wild carnivores of South Africa 

  Loots, Angelika Katrin (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  Canine distemper virus (CDV) has emerged as a significant disease of wildlife, is highly contagious and readily transmitted between susceptible hosts. Initially described as an infectious disease of domestic dogs, it is ...

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