Chermprapai, Suttiwee; Broere, Femke; Gooris, Gert; Schlotter, Yvette M.; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; Bouwstra, Joke A.(Elsevier, 2018-02)
Skin barrier disruption plays a role in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis (AD) in humans. However, little is
known about skin barrier (dys-) function in Canine Atopic Dermatitis. The properties of lipids located in ...
African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious, highly fatal, haemorrhagic viral disease that only affects members of the Suidae family. Currently, no vaccine or treatment exists, so the disease has potentially devastating ...
Dromedary camels have been implicated consistently as the source of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) human infections and attention to prevent and control it has focused on camels. To understanding ...
This study shows the absence of the world’s most common bacterial zoonoses caused by Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis in cattle, goats and dogs in an agro-pastoral community in South Africa, where heifer vaccination ...
As changes in the environment have brought wild and domestic animals into closer proximity, cross-species disease transmission has become a major concern in wildlife conservation. The worldwide impacts of tick-borne diseases ...
Steenkamp, Pieter Johan; Van Heerden, Henriette; Van Schalkwyk, Ockert Louis(Public Library of Science, 2018-01-18)
The spores of the soil-borne bacterium, Bacillus anthracis, which causes anthrax are highly
resistant to adverse environmental conditions. Under ideal conditions, anthrax spores can
survive for many years in the soil. ...
Walker, Josephine G.; Evans, Kate E.; Vineer, Hannah Rose; Van Wyk, J.A. (Jan Aucamp); Morgan, Eric R.(Wiley, 2018-01)
1. Transmission of parasites between host species affects host population dynamics,
interspecific competition, and ecosystem structure and function. In areas where wild
and domestic herbivores share grazing land, management ...
Ticks are ectoparasites that can act as vectors of a large number of pathogens in wild and domestic animals, pets, and occasionally humans. The global threat of emerging or re-emerging tick-borne diseases supports the need ...
Hove, Paidashe; Chaisi, Mamohale E.; Brayton, Kelly A.; Ganesan, Hamilton; Catanese, Helen N.; Mtshali, Moses S.; Mutshembele, Awelani M.; Oosthuizen, Marinda C.; Collins, Nicola E.(BioMed Central, 2018-01-03)
BACKGROUND : Only a few studies have examined the presence of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma centrale in
South Africa, and no studies have comprehensively examined these species across the whole country. To undertake
this ...
Diaz-Sanchez, Sandra; Hernandez-Jarguin, Angelica; Fernandez de Mera, Isabel G.; Alberdi, Pilar; Zweygarth, Erich; Gortazar, Christian; De la Fuente, Jose(American Society for Microbiology, 2018-02-01)
Here, we report the draft genome sequences of isolates of Anaplasma
phagocytophilum, Anaplasma marginale, and Anaplasma ovis. The genomes of A. phagocytophilum
(human), A. marginale (cattle), and A. ovis (goat) isolates ...
Nyangiwe, Nkululeko; Horak, Ivan Gerard; Van der Mescht, Luther; Matthee, Sonja(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-12-08)
The Asiatic blue tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, a known vector of bovine babesiosis and bovine
anaplasmosis, is of great concern in the cattle industry. For this reason, detailed knowledge of
the distribution of R. ...
Braack, L.E.O.; De Almeida, Antonio Paulo Gouveia; Cornel, Anthony J.; Swanepoel, Robert; De Jager, Christiaan(BioMed Central, 2018-01-09)
Key aspects of 36 mosquito-borne arboviruses indigenous to Africa are summarized, including lesser or poorly-known
viruses which, like Zika, may have the potential to escape current sylvatic cycling to achieve greater ...
hebremariam, M.K.; Michel, Anita Luise; Nielen, M.; Vernooij, J.C.M.; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.(Blackwell Verlag GmbH, 2018-02)
The aim of our study was to determine the association of selected potential risk factors
with the presence of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) in dairy herds in Eritrea. A case–control
study was conducted in the three major ...
There have been several surveys of the tick species that infest wildlife and domestic animals in various regions of Namibia. Horak et al. (1983) collected ticks from warthogs, Horak et al.
(1984) from mountain zebras and ...
This study is about the inter- and intra-specific genetic diversity of trypanosomatids of
the genus Angomonas, and their association with Calliphoridae (blowflies) in Neotropical
and Afrotropical regions. Microscopic ...
Finding a healthy balance between classical parasitology and clinical veterinary medicine remains a challenge. Veterinary Parasitology, of vital interest in sub-Saharan Africa, has always featured prominently at the Faculty ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N1 was first officially reported in Africa in 2006; thereafter this
virus has spread rapidly from Nigeria to 11 other African countries. This study was aimed at utilizing ...
Downs, Sara H.; Parry, Jessica E.; Upton, Paul A.; Broughan, Jennifer M.; Goodchild, Anthony V.; Nuñez-Garcia, Javier; Greiner, Matthias; Abernethy, D.A.; Cameron, Angus R.; Cook, Alasdair J.; De la Rua-Domenech, Ricardo; Gunn, Jane; Pritchard, Elizabeth; Rhodes, Shelley; Rolfe, Simon; Sharp, Michael; Vordermeier, H. Martin; Watson, Eamon; Clifton-Hadley, Richard S.(Elsevier, 2017-11)
A systematic review was conducted to identify studies with data for statistical meta-analyses of sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp) of ante-mortem and post-mortem diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle. ...
Chisi, Songelwayo L.; Marageni, Yoanda; Naidoo, Prebashni; Zulu, Gloria; Akol, George W.; Van Heerden, Henriette(AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-02-28)
The diagnostic sensitivity (DSe) of the Rose Bengal test (RBT), the complement fixation test
(CFT), the serum agglutination test (SAT), the competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay (cELISA) and the indirect ELISA ...
Acaricide resistance is one of the greatest threats towards the successful control of vector ticks worldwide. Communal farmers of Zimbabwe use amitraz as the most common acaricide with occasional usage of pyrethroids and ...