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Browsing Veterinary Tropical Diseases by Issue Date
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Odendaal, Lieza; Davis, A. Sally; Venter, Estelle Hildegard
(MDPI, 20-04)
Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV) infects humans and a wide range of ungulates and
historically has caused devastating epidemics in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Lesions of
naturally infected cases of Rift Valley ...
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Reinecke, R.K.
(University of Pretoria, 1958)
No abstract available
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Thornton, D.J.; Tustin, R.C.; Pienaar, B.J.teW.N.; Bubb, Hazel D.
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 1975-06)
The transmission of bubonic plague from the kitten of a domestic cat to a man by means of a bite on a finger is described. The human case was complicated by the development of a secondary meningitis, followed, after specific ...
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Baker, Maureen K.
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 1975-09)
The clinical findings and the macroscopic and microscopic lesions in a kitten which died during an outbreak of ulcerative glossitis in a cattery are described. A brief review of the literature is given to support the theory ...
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Button, C.; Imes, G.D.; Liebman, V.A.
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 1975-09)
A case of valvular aortic stenosis in a dog is described. The presenting sign was syncope during exercise. An unusual teature
was a right bundle branch block electrocardiographic pattern. During syncope electrocardiograms ...
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Snijders, A.J.; Horak, Ivan Gerard
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 1975-09)
Anthelmintic efficacy studies involving 49 cattle either naturally or artificially infested with Fasciola hepatica are
described. Some of the animals were also artificially infested with Haemonchus placei and Bunostomum ...
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Da Costa Mendes, V.M. (Vasco Manuel)
(University of Pretoria, 1984)
The five viruses used in this study were isolated from cattle. An additional virus was recovered from a pool of biting midges, (Culicaides spp). The six viruses shared common group specific antigens in the cross-complement ...
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Neser, Johann Adrian
(University of Pretoria, 1987)
Afrikaans: Die patogenese en patologie van die hemostatiese versteuringe is deur middel van hematologiese,
histochemiese, lig- en transmissie-elektronmikroskopiese metodes in 2 groepe varke besmet of met virulente
heem ...
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Van Kleef, Mirinda; Jardine, J.E.; Vogel, S.W.; Van der Lugt, Jaco J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1995)
An immunohistochemical staining technique in which a monospecific serum was used against the major antigenic protein-1 (MAP-1) of Cowdria ruminantium, was evaluated for the detection of C. ruminantium
in formalin-fixed ...
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Nel, Hanri
(University of Pretoria, 2001)
The rapid development and spread of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs is an increasing threat to human and animal health. Information on the prevalence of bacterial resistance to specific antimicrobial agents in ...
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Vatta, Adriano Francis
(University of Pretoria, 2004-11-11)
A novel clinical assay for the assessment and subsequent treatment of Haemonchus infection in sheep to slow down the development of anthelmintic resistance – the FAMACHA
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Koeppel, Katja Natalie
(University of Pretoria, 2005-09-17)
The project was undertaken to establish the normal intestinal flora of healthy cheetahs and to produce a species-specific probiotic for use in juvenile cheetahs in captivity to improve weight gain and reduce diarrhoea. The ...
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Parsons, S.D.C.; Penzhorn, Barend Louis; Reyers, Fred; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Becker, Piet J.
(Elsevier, 2006)
Neonatal, poikilocytic anaemia in some members of the Hippotragini has previously been documented but not fully investigated. This study was undertaken to describe the erythrocyte morphology of roan antelopes (Hippotragus ...
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Penzhorn, Barend Louis
(Elsevier, 2006)
Although large and small piroplasms have been reported from various wild carnivore and ungulate species, relatively few have been named. In the past, mere presence of a piroplasm in a specific host frequently prompted ...
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Michel, Anita Luise; Bengis, Roy G.; Keet, D.F.; Hofmeyr, Markus; De Klerk-Lorist, Lin Mari; Cross, Paul C.; Jolles, Anna E.; Cooper, Dave; Whyte, I.J.; Buss, Peter Erik; Godfroid, Jacques
(Elsevier, 2006)
Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium bovis, was first diagnosed in African buffalo in South Africa's Kruger National Park in 1990. Over the past 15 years the disease has spread northwards leaving only the most northern ...
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Penzhorn, Barend Louis; Schoeman, Tanya; Jacobson, Linda S.
(Japanese Society of Veterinary Parasitology, 2006)
Babesia felis originally described from wild cats in the Sudan was subsequently incriminated as causing clinical disease
in domestic cats. Although babesiosis in domestic cats has been reported sporadically from various ...
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Molad, T.; Mazuz, M.L.; Fleiderovitz, L.; Fish, Lyn; Savitsky, I.; Krigel, Y.; Leibovitz, B.; Molloy, J.; Jongejan, Frans; Shkap, Varda
(Elsevier, 2006)
A reverse line blot hybridization (RLB) one-stage nested PCR (nPCR) for Anaplasma centrale and a nested PCR for Anaplasma marginale were used to detect infected cattle grazing within an endemic region in Israel. A novel ...
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Taylor, William Andrew
(University of Pretoria, 2006-02-15)
Productivity of grey rhebok and mountain reedbuck was studied at Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve (eastern Free State) between September 1999 and May 2002. Within a study area of 550 ha, all herds of grey rhebok and all ...
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De Klerk-Lorist, Lin-Mari
(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-08)
To assist in the evaluation of BCG vaccination in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer), an infection model for Mycobacterium bovis was established, using an intratonsilar route of inoculation. Two groups of 11 buffaloes ...
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Tuppurainen, Eeva S.M.
(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-08)
Lumpy skin disease (LSD), affecting cattle in Africa, Madagascar and the Middle East, is caused by a capripox virus that belongs to the family Poxviridae. The disease is of economical importance in endemic areas and the ...