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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Rationale: Viral diseases are important in the African context as they cause significant clinical disease in both wild and domestic animals, as well as in humans. Viral diseases make up a large proportion of emerging ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Fifteen lions from three captive/semi-captive establishments around Harare were captured for blood sampling. Routine health checks for viral diseases and other diseases of economic, public health or biodiversity conservation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-16)Viral protein seven (VP7) is a major core protein and a group-reactive antigen that can be used for the diagnosis of bluetongue virus. VP7 gene of bluetongue virus serotype 4 was expressed in E. coli. Using phage display ...
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Serological response to early vaccination against Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina in dairy calves (University of Pretoria, 2012-11-21)Calves infected with Babesia bovis or Babesia bigemina between 3 and 9 months of age can develop immunity without showing overt clinical signs. This transient immunity is not dependent on maternal immunity. After 9 months ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled parasite that has a wide range of hosts including humans. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to investigate T. gondii seroprevalence and associated risk factors in small ruminants, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Recent case reports have suggested an increase in cases where dogs have been affected by African horse sickness virus (AHSV). Contrary to historic findings, several cases have been reported where dogs became infected without ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Foetal loss can be devastating to a cattle farmer. In the Free State province many commercial cattle farms contend with foetal loss due to abortion. The causes of most of these abortions are never diagnosed because of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-10-09)Lumpy skin disease (LSD) and Rift Valley fever (RVF) are transboundary viral diseases occurring in Africa and the Middle East (e.g. Israel, Saudi Arabia and Yemen) with increasing potential for global spread. Although the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)A Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence survey was conducted in poultry flocks kept under different housing systems in Israel. The seroprevalence rates were 35.4 % (46/130) in battery-raised chicken egg-layers from Jerusalem ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-08-07)A total of 1076 sera from breeding goats were randomly collected from 24 different farms and tested with CHEKIT®-ELISA (Dr. Bommeli AG-IDEXX, Switzerland) for antibodies against Chlamydophila abortus. The farms were divided ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This study aimed at establishing the first cross‐sectional sero‐prevalence study of bovine brucellosis in the cattle population in Swaziland as well as technology transfer regarding the ELISA technique to allow an extended ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-05-05)Data generated by five years of FAMACHA© clinical evaluation trials on one farm, and two years of trials on a second farm in South Africa, where targeted selective treatment was applied to treat haemonchosis in sheep, was ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Animal diseases impact on livestock production and threaten food security through loss of animal protein. Additionally, disease impacts may cause major production losses by adding to the cost of livestock production through ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-10)Bovine theileriosis is a serious veterinary challenge that is responsible for high cattle mortalities and thus limiting cattle production and improvement in the smallholder farming sector of Zimbabwe (Lawrence, 1994). ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)It is estimated that free-roaming dogs comprise on average 75% of dog populations. Interactions between free-roaming dogs and wildlife occur across the globe but little is known about these interactions in the Lowveld ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The work presented here investigates a number of important components in the epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at the wildlife-livestock interface along the Kruger National Park (KNP) and its adjoining private ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Tick burden and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) in cattle have for centuries plagued most parts of southern Africa, hence the adoption of various tick control strategies. The most commonly used method of tick control has been ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-15)The primary objective of this study was to determine the species composition of ticks that infest domestic animals in Maputo Province and their geographic distributions. To this end a total of 145 cattle, 129 goats, 132 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Tabanidae, commonly known as horse-flies, is a large family of important pollinators, generally believed to be among the most important brachycerans (Diptera: Brachycera). In addition to their importance in the ecosystem, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This study was conducted to determine the composition of ticks and tick-borne pathogens, circulating in livestock in Tchicala-Tcholoanga Municipality, Huambo Province, Angola. Samples were collected from cattle, goats, ...
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