Browsing Paraclinical Sciences by UP Author "Prozesky, Leon"

Browsing Paraclinical Sciences by UP Author "Prozesky, Leon"

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  • Diagnosis and prevalence of persistent infection with bovine viral diarrhoea virus in South African feedlot cattle 
    Meiring, Thelma; Prozesky, Leon; Du Preez, Eben R.; Verwoerd, Dirk J. (Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2011-08)
    Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) infection is an important viral infection affecting the cattle industry today. The prevalence of this infection in South African feedlots is unknown. Ear notch biopsies were collected ...
  • Eco-epidemiological and pathological features of wildlife mortality events related to cyanobacterial biointoxication in the Kruger National Park, South Africa 
    Bengis, Roy; Govender, Dhanashree (Danny); Lane, Emily; Myburgh, Jan G.; Oberholster, Paul Johan; Buss, Peter Erik; Prozesky, Leon; Dewald, Keet (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-10-31)
    Over the past decade, several clustered, multispecies, wildlife mortality events occurred in the vicinity of two man-made earthen dams in the southern and south central regions of the Kruger National Park, South Africa. ...
  • Gousiekte in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) 
    Lawrence, John A.; Foggin, Chris M.; Prozesky, Leon (South African Veterinary Association, 2010)
    Three African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) that died after capture and translocation from Mutirikwe Recreational Park in southern Zimbabwe showed macroscopic and microscopic lesions of cardiomyopathy compatible with a ...
  • Molasses as a possible cause of an ''endocrine disruptive syndrome'' in calves 
    Masgoret, M.S.; Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus); Myburgh, Jan G.; Naude, T.W.; Prozesky, Leon; Naidoo, Vinny; Van Wyk, J.H. (Amie); Pool, E.J.; Swan, Gerry E. (Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2009-06)
    During the mid 1990s a potentially serious, chronic syndrome was reported in well-managed beef and dairy herds from unrelated parts of South Africa. Farmers reported that it manifested as various combinations of decreased ...
  • A new perspective on the pathogenesis of chronic renal disease in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) 
    Mitchell, Emily P.; Prozesky, Leon; Lawrence, John A. (Public Library of Science, 2018-03-07)
    The sustainability of captive cheetah populations is limited by high mortality due to chronic renal disease. This necropsy study, conducted on 243 captive cheetahs from one institution, investigated the relationships ...
  • Optimal feeding systems for small scale dairy herds in the North-West Province, South Africa 
    Manzana, Nonzwakazi Patience; McCrindle, Cheryl Myra Ethelwyn; Sebei, Phokgedi Julius; Prozesky, Leon (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-07-09)
    Land redistribution was legislated in 1994; it was designed to resolve historical imbalances in land ownership in South Africa. Between 2002 and 2006, a longitudinal observational study was conducted with 15 purposively ...
  • The pathology of acute Nolletia gariepina poisoning of cattle 
    Du Plessis, Elizabeth C.; Prozesky, Leon; Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus) (South African Veterinary Association, 2011-08)
    Toxicity in cattle by the shrub Nolletia gariepina was induced experimentally by intraruminal administration of 3 g/kg dried, milled plant material as a single dose. The animals had to be starved for 24 hours before ...
  • Preliminary report on osteochondrosis in cattle in the north-western parts of South Africa 
    Prozesky, Leon; Neser, Johan; Meissner, H.H. (Heinz); Botha, Kenneth; Jacobs, Lubbe; Shepstone, Craig; Viljoen, Hannes; Koster, Hinner; De Brouwer, Chris; Van Zyl, Jan; Van der Veen, Gerjan (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-07-27)
    The north-western part of South Africa, in particular, is well known for mineral imbalances. Aphosphorosis, resulting in rickets and osteomalacia, received a lot of attention at the turn of the nineteenth century ...
  • Theileriosis (Cytauxzoonosis) in Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) : field exposure to infection and identification of potential vectors 
    Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Prozesky, Leon; Stoltsz, Wilhelm Heinrich (Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2012-04-20)
    Four hand-reared, naïve roan antelope, 4 months of age, were exposed to naturally infected pasture on a game farm in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, where roan are known to die from theileriosis. Various clinical ...
  • The toxicity of Senecio inaequidens DC. 
    Dimande, Alberto Francisco Paulo; Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus); Prozesky, Leon; Bekker, Lizette C.; Rosemann, G.M. (Gertruida Magdalena); Labuschagne, Leonie; Retief, E. (South African Veterinary Association, 2007-09)
    This study was designed to confirm the toxicity of a plant implicated in an outbreak of poisoning of stock in Frankfort, Free State Province, South Africa. Cows died acutely after being introduced into a camp, where an ...