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Browsing Paraclinical Sciences by Supervisor "Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus)"
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-08-13)Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are one of the most significant groups of plant toxins in the world and are an important cause of poisoning in livestock, resulting in significant financial and production losses each year ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The aim of this study was to investigate if a vaccine can be developed against epoxyscillirosidine, to prevent yellow tulp poisoning in livestock. Moraea pallida Bak. (yellow tulp) poisoning is the most important cardiac ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Trace elements are involved in a variety of biochemical processes essential to life and are required in minute amounts. There are no data available on the use of handheld X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry to determine ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Cardiac glycosides are often found within plants and can be classified as either cardenolides or bufadienolides depending on their structure. Cardenolide-containing plants are seldom eaten by livestock and of little ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Cyanobacteria or blue green algae are known for their extensive and highly visible blooms in rivers or dams. One of the most important cyanobacteria is Microcystis aeruginosa which can synthesize various microcystins ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-12-15)The objective of this study was to evaluate the suspected endocrine disruptive effect of molasses included in cattle feed. During the mid 1990's a potentially serious, chronic syndrome was reported in well-managed beef and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-08)The first recorded outbreak of nephrotoxicosis induced by the shrub Nolletia gariepina is reported. The outbreaks occurred in cattle in the Kalahari sandveld of South Africa. The toxicosis was experimentally reproduced, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-07-27)Given the drawbacks associated with the use of antibiotics as feed additives and the imminent banning of its use in the European Union, the aim of this project was to develop an extract that could be used as an alternative ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Vermeersiekte or ‘vomiting disease’ is an economically important disease of ruminants following ingestion of Geigeria species in South Africa. Sheep are more susceptible and poisoning is characterised by stiffness, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-07)Trials were performed in sheep and rats to elucidate the pathogenesis of the myocardial lesions in gousiekte. In the first trial the macro- and lightmicroscopical lesions and myofibre morphometrical changes were studied ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-01-05)The aim of this study was to investigate the mode of action of pavetamine on rat cardiomyocytes. Pavetamine is the causative agent of gousiekte (“quick-disease”), a disease of ruminants characterized by acute heart failure ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-06-27)Worldwide, pesticides are applied to protect crops against insects, fungi and other parasites. Without these chemicals it would not be possible to produce sufficient food to satisfy the demand of an ever-increasing world ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-06-30)This study was designed to confirm the toxicity of a plant implicated in an outbreak in Frankfort, Free State Province, Republic of South Africa. Cows died acutely after being introduced into a camp, where an abundant, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-09-14)The role of plants in the treatment of disease and enhancement of production in animals in South African rural communities is poorly documented. Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) methods were employed to describe the use of ...
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