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Browsing Research Articles (Paraclinical Sciences) by Title
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Kirberger, Robert M.; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan
(BioMed Central, 2017-11-06)
BACKGROUND : Cheetahs in captivity have a high prevalence of chronic renal diseases. We ultrasonographically
evaluated the renal volumes, a variety of renal dimensions, interarcuate artery resistive indices (RI) as well ...
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Henn, Danielle; LensinkI, Antonia V.; Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus)
(Public Library of Science, 2024-09-25)
Carboxylic ionophores are polyether antibiotics used in production animals as feed additives,
with a wide range of benefits. However, ionophore toxicosis often occurs as a result of
food mixing errors or extra-label use ...
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Famuyide, Ibukun Michael; Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas; McGaw, Lyndy Joy
(BioMed Central, 2020-09)
BACKGROUND: Antibiotics are commonly added to livestock feeds in sub-therapeutic doses as growth promoters
and for prophylaxis against pathogenic microbes, especially those implicated in diarrhoea. While this practice ...
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Adamu, Mathew; Mukandiwa, Lillian; Awouafack, Maurice D.; Ahmed, Aroke Shahid; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas; Naidoo, Vinny
(Elsevier, 2019-12)
Plant extracts used for the treatment of helminth infections in sheep are an alternative to chemical anthelmintic drugs. Previous studies have reported the anthelmintic activity of acetone leaf extracts of Leucosidea ...
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Netnou-Nkoana, Noluthando C.; Jaftha, Julian Bernard; Dibiloane, Mabjang A.; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas
(AOSIS Open Journals, 2015-01)
Legislation on plant breeders’ rights – the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, 1976 (Act No. 15 of 1976) – currently
is being reviewed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. This legislation provides for
farmers’ ...
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Fabregas, María C.; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore; Ganswindt, Andre; Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney
(Wiley, 2021-06)
The current biodiversity crisis calls for effective conservation measures. However, some measures may have unforeseen negative consequences on individual species. Herding, a management practice currently used in some ...
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Poore, Luke Alexander; Duncan, N.M. (Neil); Williams, June Heather
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2018-12-05)
A non-ossified unilateral subcutaneous fibroma was diagnosed in the distal femoral region of a 5-year-old Nooitgedacht mare. Histopathological examination of the excised mass revealed long interweaving bundles of semi-mature ...
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Masoko, Peter; Picard, J.A.; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas
(Agricultural Research Council, ARC-OVI and the University of Pretoria, 2010)
Wound healing is a fundamental response to tissue injury and several natural products have been shown to accelerate the healing process. The present study was undertaken to determine the safety and efficacy of the topical ...
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Nchu, Felix; Maniania, Nguya K.; Touré, A.; Hassanali, Ahmed; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas
(Elsevier, 2009-03)
Experiments were conducted to explore the use of a semiochemical bait to enhance exposure of Amblyomma variegatum Fabricius (Acari: Ixodidae) to different formulations of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae ...
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Mukandiwa, Lillian; Naidoo, Vinny; Katerere, D.R.
(Elsevier, 2016-12)
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE : Clausena anisata is used traditionally by various communities across Africa against pests such as mosquitoes, flies and weevils among others. Pests are a major cause of disease and production ...
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Botha, Francien Susanna; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas; Van Zyl, Erika A.; Msuntsha, Phumzile P.; Stevens, Cathy
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-04-11)
Lespedeza cuneata (poorman’s lucerne; sericea lespedeza), a tannin-rich perennial legume, was
offered as hay to dry Merino ewes in a confined feeding experiment to evaluate the effect on
the level of gastrointestinal ...
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Adawaren, Emmanuel Oluwasegun; Mukandiwa, Lillian; Njoya, Emmanuel Mfotie; Bekker, Lizette; Duncan, N.M. (Neil); Naidoo, Vinny
(Elsevier, 2018-09)
Diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) was responsible for the death of millions of vultures on the Asian subcontinent, following the consumption of diclofenac contaminated carcasses. The aim of this ...
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Shuping, D.S.S. (Daniel); Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas
(African Networks on Ethnomedicines, 2017)
BACKGROUND : Plant fungal pathogens play a crucial role in the profitability, quality and quantity of plant production.
These phytopathogens are persistent in avoiding plant defences causing diseases and quality losses ...
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Sako, Kgomotso; Janse van Rensburg, IIse; Clift, Sarah Jane; Naidoo, Vinny
(BioMed Central, 2017-08-22)
BACKGROUND : Spirocerca lupi is a nematode that parasitizes vertebrates in particular canids, by forming nodules in
the thoracic cavity specifically in the oesophagus. In 25% of Spirocerca infections of the domestic dog, ...
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Oberholster, Paul Johan; Botha, Anna-Maria
(Academic Journals, 2010-12)
In this study, we monitored the formation of cyanobacterial hyperscum and crust formation in Lake
Hartbeespoort using satellite images and ground monitoring. The hyperscum that formed near the
reservoir wall was characterised ...
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Rossitto, Paul V.; Collar, Carol; Payne, Mike; Cullor, Jim; Sullins, Jim; Di Renzo, Laura; Chang, Ting Fa Margherita; Iseppi, Luca; Sechi, Paola; Iulietto, Maria Francesca; Cenci-Goga, Beniamino T.
(Taylor and Francis, 2017-01-18)
California is the largest agricultural producer in the United States and local dairy industry produces
21.5% of the national milk supply. There are 1470 dairies, 1789 million dairy cows and a total
annual milk production ...
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Naidoo, Vinny; Taggart, M.A.; Duncan, Norman; Wolter, K.; Chipangura, John Kudakwashe; Green, R.E.; Galligan, T.H.
(Elsevier, 2018-01)
Veterinary medicines can be extremely damaging to the environment, as seen with the catastrophic declines in Gyps vulture in South Asia due to their secondary exposure to diclofenac in their primary food source. Not ...
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Oberholster, Paul Johan; Dabrowski, Jacqueline; Botha, Anna-Maria
(Schweizerbart, 2013-01-01)
The relationships between river and lake phosphorus sensitivity, environmental drivers and catchment characteristics within the upper Olifants River and Lake Loskop were studied over a period of four years to come up with ...
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Oberholster, Paul; Schoeman, Yolandi; Truter, Johannes Christoff; Botha, Anna-Maria
(MDPI, 2022-04-29)
The Grootspruit valley bottom wetland in South Africa, due to the impact of acid mine
drainage (AMD) from an abandoned coal mine, was severely degraded before ecologically engineered
interventions, as a passive treatment ...
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Selala, Mapurunyane Callies; Botha, Anna-Maria; De Klerk, L.P.; De Klerk, A.R.; Myburgh, Jan G.; Oberholster, Paul Johan
(Springer, 2014-07)
A 250 t sunflower oil spill in the Con Joubert Bird Sanctuary Wetland, South Africa, was the largest
global sunflower oil spill in a freshwater wetland to date. Since there was insufficient historical data for the ...