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  • Vaccines to control tuberculosis in cattle 
    Michel, Anita Luise (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2024-03)
    No abstract available.
  • Validation of the FAMACHA© eye colour chart using sensitivity/specificity analysis on two South African sheep farms 
    Reynecke, Dean Peter; Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Gummow, Bruce; Dorny, P.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik (Elsevier, 2011-05)
    A validation study of the FAMACHA© system for clinical evaluation of anaemia due to Haemonchuscontortus was conducted on two commercial sheep farms in the summer rain fall region of South Africa. In this region, the ...
  • Variation and covariation in strongyle infection in East African shorthorn zebu calves 
    Callaby, R.; Hanotte, Olivier; Conradie van Wyk, Ilana; Kiara, Henry; Toye, Philip G.; Mbole-Kariuki, Mary Ndila; Jennings, Amy; Thumbi, Samuel Mwangi; Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Bronsvoort, Barend Mark de Clare; Knott, S.A.; Woolhouse, Mark E.J.; Kruuk, Loeske E.B. (Cambridge University Press, 2015-03)
    Parasite burden varies widely between individuals within a population, and can covary with multiple aspects of individual phenotype. Here we investigate the sources of variation in faecal strongyle eggs counts, and its ...
  • Vector-borne and other pathogens of potential relevance disseminated by relocated cats 
    Maggi, Ricardo Guillermo; Halls, Vicky; Kramer, Friederike; Lappin, Michael; Pennisi, Maria Grazia; Peregrine, Andrew S.; Roura, Xavier; Schunack, Bettina; Scorza, Valeria; Tasker, Severine; Baneth, Gad; Bourdeau, Patrick; Bowman, Dwight D.; Breitschwerdt, Edward B.; Capelli, Gioia; Cardoso, Luis; Dantas‑Torres, Filipe; Dobler, Gerhard; Ferrer, Lluis; Gradoni, Luigi; Irwin, Peter; Jongejan, Frans; Kempf, Volkhard A.J.; Kohn, Barbara; Little, Susan; Madder, Maxime; Maia, Carla; Marcondes, Mary; Miro, Guadalupe; Naucke, Torsten; Oliva, Gaetano; Otranto, Domenico; Penzhorn, Barend Louis; Pfeffer, Martin; Sainz, Angel; Shin, SungShik; Solano‑Gallego, Laia; Straubinger, Reinhard K.; Traub, Rebecca; Wright, Ian (BMC, 2022-11-08)
    Large populations of unowned cats constitute an animal welfare, ecological, societal and public health issue worldwide. Their relocation and homing are currently carried out in many parts of the world with the intention ...
  • Vectra 3D (dinotefuran, pyriproxyfen and permethrin) prevents acquisition of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto by Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes scapularis ticks in an ex vivo feeding model 
    Tahir, Djamel; Asri, Btissam; Meyer, Leon Nicolaas; Evans, Alec; Mather, Thomas; Blagburn, Byron; Straubinger, Reinhard K.; Choumet, Valérie; Jongejan, Frans; Varloud, Marie (BMC, 2021-08-21)
    BACKROUND: We evaluated the efciency of an ex vivo feeding technique using a silicone membrane-based feeding chamber to (i) assess the anti-feeding and acaricidal efcacy of a spot-on combination of dinotefuran, pyriproxyfen and ...
  • Viral replication kinetics and in vitro cytopathogenicity of parental and reassortant strains of bluetongue virus serotype 1, 6 and 8 
    Coetzee, Peter; Van Vuuren, Moritz; Stokstad, Maria; Myrmel, Mette; Van Gennip, Rene G.P.; Van Rijn, Piet A.; Venter, Estelle Hildegard (Elsevier, 2014-06)
    Bluetongue virus (BTV), a segmented dsRNA virus, is the causative agent of bluetongue (BT), an economically important viral haemorrhagic disease of ruminants. Bluetongue virus can exchange its genome segments in mammalian ...
  • Virulence of Trypanosoma congolense strains isolated from cattle and African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 
    Motloang, Makhosazana; Masumu, Justin; Mans, Ben J. (Barend Johannes); Latif, Abdalla A. (AOSIS OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-12)
    Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax are major species that infect cattle in north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa. Of the two genetically distinct types of T. congolense, Savannah and Kilifi sub-groups, ...
  • Virulent African horse sickness virus serotype 4 interferes with the innate immune response in horse peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro 
    Faber, Erika; Tshilwane, Selaelo Ivy; Van Kleef, Mirinda; Pretorius, Alri (Elsevier, 2021-07)
    African horse sickness (AHS) is caused by African horse sickness virus (AHSV), a double stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus of the genus Orbivirus, family Reoviridae. For the development of new generation AHS vaccines or antiviral ...
  • Virus nomenclature below the species level : a standardized nomenclature for laboratory animal-adapted strains and variants of viruses assigned to the family Filoviridae 
    Kuhn, Jens H.; Bao, Yımıng M.; Bavari, Sina; Becker, Stephan; Bradfute, Steven; Britser, J. Rodney; Bukreyev, Alexander A.; Caì, Yíngyún; Chandran, Kartik; Davey, Robert A.; Dolnik, Olga; Dye, John M.; Enterlein, Sven; Gonzalez, Jean-Paul; Formenty, Pierre; Freiberg, Alexander N.; Hensley, Lisa E.; Honko, Anna N.; Ignatyev, Georgy M.; Jahrling, Peter B.; Johnson, Karl M.; Klenk, Hans-Dieter; Kobinger, Gary; Lackemeyer, Matthew G.; Leroy, Eric M.; Lever, Mark S.; Lofts, Loreen L.; Mühlberger, Elke; Netesov, Sergey V.; Olinger, Gene G.; Palacios, Gustavo; Patterson, Jean L.; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Pitt, Louise; Radoshitzky, Sheli R.; Ryabchikova, Elena I.; Saphire, Erica O.; Shestopalov, Aleksandr M.; Smither, Sophie J.; Sullivan, Nancy J.; Swanepoel, Robert; Takada, Ayato; Towner, Jonathan S.; Van der Groen, Guido; Volchkov, Viktor E.; Wahl-Jensen, Victoria; Warren, Travis K.; Warfield, Kelly L.; Weidmann, Manfred; Nichol, Stuart T. (Spinger, 2013-01)
    The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) organizes the classification of viruses into taxa, but is not responsible for the nomenclature for taxa members. International experts groups, such as the ICTV ...
  • Where and when to vaccinate? Interdisciplinary design and evaluation of the 2018 Tanzanian anti-rabies campaign 
    Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo; Mtui-Malamsha, Niwael; Mahiti, Gladys R.; Sallu, Raphael; OleNeselle, Moses; Rubegwa, Bachana; Makonnen, Yilma J.; Kafeero, Fred; Ruheta, Martin; Nonga, Hezron Emmanuel; Swai, Emmanuel S.; Makungu, Selemani; Killewo, Japhet; Otieno, Edward G.; Lupindu, Athumani M.; Komba, Erick; Mdegela, Robinson; Assenga, Justine K.; Bernard, Jubilate; Hussein, Mohamed; Marandu, Walter; Warioba, James; Kaaya, Eliona; Masanja, Pius; Francis, Gundelinda; Kessy, Violet M.; Savy, Janique; Choyo, Hija; Ochieng, Justus; Hoogesteijn, Almira L.; Fasina, Margaret M.; Rivas, Ariel L. (Elsevier, 2020-06)
    OBJECTIVES : Hoping to improve health-related effectiveness, a two-phase vaccination against rabies was designed and executed in northern Tanzania in 2018, which included geo-epidemiological and economic perspectives. METHODS ...
  • White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) prevalence in wild and aquaculture crustacean populations from Mozambique, assessed by molecular diagnosis 
    Mondlane-Milisse, Amelia; Pedro, Olivia; Brito, Denise R.A.; Mulandane, Fernando Chanisso; De-Araujo, Lucinda; Leao-Buchir, Joelma; Falique, Jussa; Monjane-Mabuie, Artimisia; Penina, Elvira; Omar, Maria Isabel Virgilio; Ibraimo, Saquibibi Valgy; Gemo, Sonia Esperanca; Maembo, Latifo; Correia, Dacia; Neves, L.C.B.G.D. (Luís) (Springer, 2022-06)
    White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is still one of the most dangerous viral pathogens in crustacean aquaculture since its first identification in 1992, especially for tropical and subtropical countries. In Mozambique, WSSV ...
  • Whither commodity-based trade? 
    Rich, Karl M.; Perry, B.D. (Brian D.), 1946- (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-05)
    Market access for livestock products from Africa has traditionally been limited by the presence of certain infectious diseases that pose risks to animal and human health. However, an increasingly discussed option ...
  • Whole genome sequencing and identification of Bacillus endophyticus and B. anthracis isolated from anthrax outbreaks in South Africa 
    Lekota, Kgaugelo Edward; Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver; 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 ...
  • Whole-genome sequencing of Theileria parva strains provides insight into parasite migration and diversification in the African continent 
    Hayashida, Kyoko; Abe, Takashi; Wier, William; Nakao, Ryo; Ito, Kimihito; Kajino, Kiichi; Suzuki, Yutaka; Jongejan, Frans; Geysen, Dirk; Sugimoto, Chihiro (Oxford University Press, 2013)
    The disease caused by the apicomplexan protozoan parasite Theileria parva, known as East Coast fever or Corridor disease, is one of the most serious cattle diseases in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. We performed ...
  • Why is Southern African canine babesiosis so virulent? An evolutionary perspective 
    Penzhorn, Barend Louis (BioMed Central, 2011)
    Canine babesiosis is a common, highly virulent disease in Southern Africa with even pups and juveniles being severely affected. This contrasts with bovine babesiosis, for example, where host, parasite and vector co-evolved and ...
  • Why latrines are not used : communities’ perceptions and practices regarding latrines in a taenia solium endemic rural area in Eastern Zambia 
    Thys, Séverine; Mwape, Kabemba Evans; Lefevre, Pierre; Dorny, P.; Marcotty, Tanguy; Phiri, Andrew M.; Phiri, I.K.; Gabriel, Sarah; Gyapong, Margaret (Public Library of Science, 2015-03-04)
    Taenia solium cysticercosis is a neglected parasitic zoonosis occurring in many developing countries. Socio-cultural determinants related to its control remain unclear. Studies in Africa have shown that the underuse of ...
  • Widespread reassortment contributes to antigenic shift in Bluetongue viruses from South Africa 
    Van Schalkwyk, Antoinette; Coetzee, Peter; Ebersohn, Karen; Von Teichman, Beate; Venter, Estelle (MDPI, 2023-07)
    Bluetongue (BT), a viral disease of ruminants, is endemic throughout South Africa, where outbreaks of different serotypes occur. The predominant serotypes can differ annually due to herd immunity provided by annual ...
  • Wildlife on the move : a hidden tuberculosis threat to conservation areas and game farms through introduction of untested animals 
    Hlokwe, Tiny Motlatso; De Klerk-Lorist, Lin Mari; Michel, Anita Luise (Wildlife Disease Association, 2016-10)
    In South Africa, African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) are one of the wildlife maintenance hosts for bovine tuberculosis (BTB) and play a key role in the spread of the disease to other wildlife species and potentially back ...
  • Wildlife tuberculosis in South African conservation areas: implications and challenges 
    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 ...
  • Wildlife-cattle interactions emerge as drivers of bovine tuberculosis in traditionally farmed cattle 
    Sichewo, Petronillah Rudo; Etter, Eric Marcel Charles; Michel, Anita Luise (Elsevier, 2020-01)
    Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle is recognized to be associated with several risk factors that include herd size, cattle movement, ownership of other domestic animals, confinement of cattle in enclosures at night, water ...