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Browsing 2003 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 70, 2003 by Title
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None; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
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Estrada-Pena, Agustín; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Models predicting current habitat availability for four prominent tick species in Africa (Boophilus
decoloratus, Amblyomma hebraeum, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Hyalomma truncatum)
were constructed using remotely ...
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Huchzermeyer, Karl David August; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Infection with a faecal Streptococcus species belonging to Lancefield group D has been a major cause of mortalities on certain trout farms on the escarpment of the Mpumalanga Province in the Republic of South Africa. ...
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Magona, Joseph W.; Mayende, J.S.P.; Olaho-Mukani, W.; Jonsson, N.N.; Welburn, S.C.; Eisler, M.C.; Coleman, P.G.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
The clinical, parasitological and molecular diagnosis of bovine trypanosomosis were compared using samples from 250 zebu cattle exposed to natural trypanosome challenge in Uganda. Clinical examination, molecular and ...
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Simbi, B.H.; Peter, T.F.; Burridge, M.J.; Mahan, S.M.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
Detection of heartwater is not always easy especially because all the serological assays so far available either have poor sensitivity or specificity. The indirect MAP-1B ELISA has been reported to be the most specific ...
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Marobela-Raborokgwe, C.; Nicholas, R.; Ayling, R.; Bashiruddin, J.B.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Four serological tests were compared in order to evaluate their efficacies in detecting antibodies to M. mycoides subspecies mycoides SC in cattle sera sampled in 1995 from herds affected with contagious bovine pleuropneumonia ...
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Snyman, Leendert D.; Schultz, R.A. (Rowena Anitra); Joubert, J.P.J.; Basson, Karin M.; Labuschagne, Leonie; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Conditioned feed aversion was investigated as a means to prevent tulp (Homeria pallida) poisoning in cattle on tulp-infested grazing. Aversion treatment with a combination of epoxyscillirosidin and lithium chloride together ...
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Bragg, R.R. (Robert Richard); Plumstead, Peter; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
A full continuous disinfection programme, consisting of disinfection during cleanout of poultry houses prior to placement of chickens, disinfection of the drinking water and spray disinfection of the birds during production ...
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Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Van Rensburg, L.J.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Over a period of about 12 years, 30 abnormal Schistosoma mattheei cercariae were found among a total of approximately 2.8 million examined. Initially seven were recovered from about 1.02 million (0.0007 %), which were ...
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Kakono, O.; Hove, T.; Mahan, S.; Geysen, Dirk; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
A total of 1 286 caprine serum samples collected from three communal land areas in Zimbabwe from March 1999 to February 2000 were tested for Ehrlichia ruminantium antibodies using the indirect MAP1-B enzyme-linked immunosorbent ...
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Mukaratirwa, S.; Nkulungo, E.; Matenga, E.; Bhebhe, E.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) and Balb C mice were experimentally infected with Trichinella zimbabwensis to determine the effect of host age in the distribution of adult stages in the small intestines. The hamsters ...
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Van Vuuren, Moritz; Stylianides, E.; Zuckerman, E.E.; Hardy, W.D. Jr.; Kania, Stephen
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using a puma lentivirus-derived synthetic peptide as coating antigen was evaluated as a diagnostic test for infection with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) or related ...
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Sanogo, Y.O.; Inokuma, H.; Parola, P.; Brouqui, P.; Davoust, B.; Camicas, J-L.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
A total of 27 ticks, comprising Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille) (n = 21), Haemaphysalis leachi (Andouin) (n = 4) and Haemaphysalis paraleachi (Camicas, Hoogstraal & EI Kammah) (n = 2) were recovered from two clinically ...
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Horak, Ivan Gerard; Fourie, L.J.; Beaucournu, J-C.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Fleas collected from the elephant shrews Elephantulus edwardii (A. Smith, 1839) in the Western Cape Province, Elephantulus myurus Thomas & Schwann, 1906 in Free State Province, and an Elephantulus of undetermined species ...
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Soley, John Thomson; Putterill, John Fraser; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
The heads of nine 2.5 to 3-year-old Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) were obtained from a commercial farm where crocodiles are raised for their skins and meat. The animals from which these specimens originated were ...
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Webb, E.C. (Edward Cottington); Ker, James A.; Bekker, P.A .; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
Memory is a property common to a diverse range of tissues. Cardiac memory has been demonstrated in the human, dog, rat and rabbit. This is a peculiar phenomenon reflected in the T wave of the electrocardiogram. The heart ...
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Zweygarth, Erich; Josemans, A.I.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
The Welgevonden stock of Ehrlichia ruminantium, aetiological agent of heartwater, was propagated in baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1) cells and Madin Darby bovine kidney (MDBK) cells. The ...
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Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Swanepoel, Robert; Williams, R.; Cohen, A.S.; Grobbelaar, Antoinette A.; Croft, J.E.; Gerdes, Gertruida Hermanna; Wright, Isabel M.; Van Dijk, A.A.; Smith, S.J.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (I-ELISA) for the detection of specific IgG immunoglobulins against Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) was validated in-house. A total of 3055 sera from sheep (n = 1 159), goats ...
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Sharma, S.P.; Baipoledi, E.K.; Nyange, J.F.C.; Tlagae, L.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
The prevalence of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii and Chlamydia psittaci was assessed in goats
with a history of abortion, stillbirth and neonatal mortality. Antibodies were detected in 540 (30%)
and 57 (3.2%) goats out ...
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Horak, Ivan Gerard; MacIvor, K.M. de F.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
At monthly intervals from February 1983 to January 1984 two Angora goats, two Boer goats, one grysbok, Raphicerus melanotis, one common duiker, Sylvicapra grimmia, one greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, and four scrub ...