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Browsing 2003 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 70, 2003 by Title
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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 ...
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Tonui, W.K.; Mpoke, S.S.; Orago, A.S.; Turco, S.J.; Mbati, P.A.; Mkoji, G.M.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
The efficacy of Leishmania donovani-derived lipophosphoglycan (LPG) plus Mycobacterium bovis
Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) as a vaccine candidate against visceral leishmaniosis in susceptible
BALB/c mouse and Syrian ...
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Van Vuuren, Moritz; Kabongo, N.; Baule, C.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
The presence of bovine viral diarrhoea virus in South Africa has been confirmed by several serological
surveys. However, little is known about its biological properties. Twenty five isolates obtained
by isolation in ...
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Groenewald, Hermanus B.; Ohale, L.O.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)
A morphological study of the structures of the antebrachiocarpal (AC) joint of the cheetah was carried out by dissection of eight forelimbs obtained from four adult cheetahs culled from the Kruger National Park, Republic ...
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Matete, G.O.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
Domestic dogs were screened for Trypanosoma brucei infection using the haematocrit centrifugation technique as part of routine active surveillance exercises in the Busia and Teso districts of Kenya.
The purpose was to ...
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Horak, Ivan Gerard; Braack, L.E.O.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Gallivan, Gordon J.; De Vos, Valerius; 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)
Ectoparasites were collected from impalas, Aepyceros melampus, at four localities within the Kruger National Park, namely Skukuza, in the Biyamiti region, Crocodile Bridge and Pafuri. Animals were also examined at Skukuza ...
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Horak, Ivan Gerard; 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 for periods ranging from 9 to 25 consecutive months between three and four Merino yearling-sheep and two Merino lambs on three farms in Eastern Cape Thornveld, and two Dorper yearling-sheep on a farm ...
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Horak, Ivan Gerard; Matthee, Sonja; 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)
Ticks were collected at monthly intervals for 16 consecutive months from individual dogs by their owners in or close to the town of Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province. They were also collected for 27 consecutive months ...
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Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Durette-Desset, M-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)
Re-examination of Teladorsagia hamata (Monnig, 1932) Durette-Desset, 1989 reported from grey rhebuck, Pelea capreoIus (Forster, 1790) proved it to be a new species of Ostertagia Ransom, 1907. The new species, for which the ...