• Transmission of Rickettsia raoultii and Rickettsia massiliae DNA by Dermacentor reticulatus and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (s.l.) ticks during artificial feeding 

  Olivieri, Emanuela; Wijnveld, Michiel; Bonga, Marise; Berger, Laura; Manfredi, Maria T.; Veronesi, Fabrizia; Jongejan, Frans (BioMed Central, 2018-09-03)

  BACKGROUND : Tick-borne rickettsial pathogens are emerging worldwide and pose an increased health risk to both humans and animals. A plethora of rickettsial species has been identified in ticks recovered from human and ...
• The evaluation of operating animal bite treatment centers in the Philippines from a health provider perspective 

  Amparo, Anna Charinna B.; Jayme, Sarah I.; Roces, Maria Concepcion R.; Quizon, Maria Consorcia L.; Ernesto E. S., Villalon III; Quiambao, Beatriz P.; Baquilod, Mario S.; Hernandez, Leda M.; Taylor, Louise H.; Nel, Louis Hendrik (Public Library of Science, 2018-07-12)

  BACKGROUND : The Philippine government has an extensive network of 513 Animal Bite Treatment Centers (ABTCs) to supply rabies post exposure prophylaxis (PEP), reaching over 1 million bite victims in 2016. The network was ...
• Influence of cycle stage, age and endometrial biopsy score on oxytocin receptor distribution and gene expression in the cervix and uterus of non-pregnant mares 

  Annandale, Annett; Stroehle, R.M. (Ruth); Schulman, Martin L.; Sibeko-Matjila, K.P. (Kgomotso Penelope); Fosgate, Geoffrey T.; Handler, Johannes; Vemming, D.C. (Ditte); Clift, Sarah J. (Elsevier, 2018-10)

  Persistent breeding-induced endometritis (PBIE) or delayed uterine clearance (DUC) are major causes of mare subfertility. Oxytocin and its receptor are thought to play significant roles in the pathogenesis of DUC but the ...
• Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from milk samples of dairy cows in small holder farms of North-Western Ethiopia 

  Mekonnen, S.A.; Lam, T.J.G.M.; Hoekstra, J.; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; Tessema, T.S.; Broens, E.M.; Riesebos, A.E.; Spaninks, M.P.; Koop, G. (BioMed Central, 2018-08-23)

  BACKGROUND : Staphylococcus aureus is a contagious, opportunistic pathogen that causes clinical or subclinical mastitis in dairy cattle. The genetic background and antimicrobial resistance of isolates from Ethiopian dairy ...
• Whole genome sequencing and identification of Bacillus endophyticus and B. anthracis isolated from anthrax outbreaks in South Africa 

  Lekota, Kgaugelo Edward; Bezuidt, Oliver Keoagile Ignatius; Mafofo, Joseph; Rees, Jasper; Muchadeyi, Farai Catherine; Madoroba, Evelyn; Van Heerden, Henriette (BioMed Central, 2018-07-09)

  BACKGROUND : Bacillus endophyticus is a soil plant-endophytic bacterium, while B. anthracis is the causative agent of anthrax. The virulence factors of B. anthracis are the plasmid encoded tripartite toxins (pXO1) and ...
• Blowflies as vectors of Bacillus anthracis in the Kruger National Park 

  Basson, Lizanne; Hassim, Ayesha; Dekker, At; Gilbert, Allison; Beyer, Wolfgang; Rossouw, Jennifer; Van Heerden, Henriette (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-06-26)

  Anthrax, caused by Bacillus anthracis, is endemic in the Kruger National Park (KNP). The epidemiology of B. anthracis is dependent on various factors including vectors. The aims of this study were to examine non-biting ...
• Modelling the distribution of Rhipicephalus microplus and R. decoloratus in Zimbabwe 

  Sungirai, M.; Moyo, D.Z.; De Clercq, Patrick; Madder, Maxime; Vanwambeke, Sophie O.; De Clercq, Eva M. (Elsevier, 2018-12)

  Species distribution modelling is a very useful tool in vector management. Ticks are vectors of various pathogens which cause serious problems in livestock production in tropical countries. They have a high dispersal ...
• 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 ...

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