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Browsing 1999 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 66, 1999 by Issue Date
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Groenewald, Hermanus B.; Soley, John Thomson; Bezuidenhout, A.J. (Abraham Johannes), 1942-; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
An accurate description of the number, location and relative position of the air sacs and their diverticula
in the ostrich is essential for a better understanding of the pathogenesis of air sacculitis in this
bird. The ...
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Bingham, J.; Foggin, Chris M.; Wandeler, A.I. (Alexander I.); Hill, F.W.G.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
The epidemiology of rabies in Canis adustus (the side-striped jackal) and Canis mesomelas (the black-backed jackal) in Zimbabwe is described using data collected from 1950-1996. Cases in the two species made up 25,2% of ...
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Kappmeier, Karin; Nevill, E.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
The components of the synthetic ox-odour used in Zimbabwe against Glossina pallidipes and G. m. morsitans were evaluated for the attraction of G. brevipalpis and G. austeni in South Africa. The Zimbabwe mixture (Zim-mix), ...
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Anonymous; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
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Waweru, J.G.; Kanyari, P.W.N.; Mwangi, D.M.; Ngatia, T.A.; Nansen, P.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
Twelve Red Masai and 12 Dorper sheep aged between 6 and 9 months, were acquired from a flukefree area and sheep of each breed divided into two equal groups of six. Each animal in one group of each breed was experimentally ...
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Fehrsen, Jeanni; Collins, Nicola E.; Allsopp, Basil A.; Brayton, Kelly A.; De Villiers, E.P.; Nxomani, C.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
A Cowdria ruminantium genomic library was constructed in a cosmid vector to serve as a source of
easily accessible and pure C. ruminantium DNA for molecular genetic studies. The cosmid library
contained 846 clones which ...
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Njiro, S.M.; Kofi-Tsekpo, M.W.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
lmmunopotentiating agents are useful in enhancing resistance to infections in individuals whose immunocompetence
is compromised for one reason or another.
Because of the very wide spectrum of infectious and non·infectious ...
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Bingham, J.; Foggin, Chris M.; Wandeler, A.I. (Alexander I.); Hill, F.W.G.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
The epidemiology of rabies in dogs in Zimbabwe is described using data from 1950, when rabies was
re-introduced after a 37 -year absence, to 1996. Dogs constituted 45,7% of all laboratory-confirmed
rabies cases and were ...
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Aloo, P.A.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
The parasites of 541 largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, were studied over a period of 12 months.
The results showed that the bass from Lake Naivasha are paratenic hosts of Contracaecum sp. larva
and final hosts for ...
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Katsande, Tendai C.; More, S.J.; Bock, R.E.; Mabikacheche, L.; Molloy, J.B.; Ncube, C.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
The geographical distribution of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina antibodies in communal herds
in northern and eastern Zimbabwe was determined using the ELISA technique. The animals in different
herds in the study ...
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Odendaal, M.W.; Ellis, Charlotte Elizabeth; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
The optimal production of P. haemolytica leukotoxin in the culture supernatant of a fluid medium is
dependent on a number of factors. The leukotoxin has to be produced by using a strain that is known
for its ability to ...
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Dreyer, K.; Fourie, L.J.; Kok, D.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
Twelve Bonsmara tracer calves (aged 6-12 months) were used to monitor helminth infections in the
communal farming system of Botshabelo in the Free State. One calf was slaughtered each month
from December 1995 to November ...
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Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus); Schultz, R.A. (Rowena Anitra); Van der Lugt, Jaco J.; Retief, E.; Labuschagne, Leonie; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
The plant Nierembergia hippomanica var. violacea has been incriminated in field outbreaks of neurotoxicity
in calves in the Free State Province. Hepatotoxicity and electrocardiogram (ECG) deviations
were induced in a ...
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Kappmeier, Karin; Nevill, E.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
The most effective odour attractant for G. brevipalpis Newstead, namely a combination of octenol released at c. 9,1 mg/h, 4-methyl phenol released at c. 15,5 mg/h and acetone released at c. 350 mg/h, when used together ...
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Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
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Horak, Ivan Gerard; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
Individual calves, exposed to infestation for 14 d on dry-land Kikuyu grass pastures on the coast near Alexandria, were slaughtered at approximately monthly intervals over a period of 2 years and examined for ticks. Although ...
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Kappmeier, Karin; Nevill, E.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
Studies on the attractiveness of various coloured targets for Glossina brevipalpis and G. austeni in
South Africa showed black and pthalogen blue (p.blue) combinations to be the most effective for both
species. A 2 m ...
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Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Pienaar, J.G.; Basson, P.A.; Du Plessis, J.L.; Collins, H.M.; Naude, T.W.; Boyazoglu, P.A.; Reyers, Fred; Pienaar, W.L.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
Unusual clinical and pathological observations in the field in goats and sheep suffering from Strongyloides
papillosus infection prompted experimental work on this parasite. Goats were infected percutaneously
with either ...
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Maree, Sarita; Du Plessis, D.H.; Van Wyngaardt, Wouter; Romito, M.; Du Plessis, M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
An indirect sandwich ELISA that can detect as little as 8 ng of African horsesickness virus (AHSV)
was developed. Viral antigen was captured from suspension using an immobilized monoclonal antibody
specific for an epitope ...
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Theron, Jacques; Allsopp, Basil A.; Allsopp, M.T.E.P.; Coetzee, M.L.; Dunsterville, M.T.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1999)
The polymerase chain reaction and oligonucleotide probing were used to detect Theileria and Cowdria species in DNA extracted from blood and ticks recovered from 24 African buffalo during a game capture operation in the ...