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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-29)Tick resistance to acaricides is an increasing problem in South Africa and poses a real economic threat to the livestock and veterinary pharmaceutical industries. New acaricides are extremely expensive to develop so the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-23)The main objective of the study was to investigate whether there were significant differences in prevalence of antibodies to Babesia bigemina and Babesia bovis between vaccinated and unvaccinated cattle in a tick-borne ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-29)This thesis describes a two-component study undertaken in smallholder dairy systems of Central Kenya. One component characterized delivery systems for tick and tick-borne disease (TTBD) technologies including treatment ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-08)Lumpy skin disease (LSD), affecting cattle in Africa, Madagascar and the Middle East, is caused by a capripox virus that belongs to the family Poxviridae. The disease is of economical importance in endemic areas and the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-04-19)The main purpose of this work was to develop rapid and reliable techniques that will prove valuable in epidemiological studies of equine encephalosis virus (EEV), the detection and identification of the virus for the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-09)The objective of this project was to design tools for a diagnostic test that will prove valuable in the detection of tuberculosis in elephants and rhinoceros by using the cytokine IFNγ as an indicator of Mycobacterium bovis ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-23)Bovine babesiosis occurs worldwide and is one of the most costly tick-borne cattle diseases in the tropics. The Soutpansberg region of the Northern Province in South Africa is endemic for Babesia bigemina, but Babesia bovis ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2001)The rapid development and spread of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs is an increasing threat to human and animal health. Information on the prevalence of bacterial resistance to specific antimicrobial agents in ...
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The evaluation of a BCG vaccine against bovine tuberculosis in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) (University of Pretoria, 2006-03-08)To assist in the evaluation of BCG vaccination in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer), an infection model for Mycobacterium bovis was established, using an intratonsilar route of inoculation. Two groups of 11 buffaloes ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-09)Ulcerative balanoposthitis and vulvovaginitis is a disease characterized by erosion and ulceration of the glans penis and muco-cutaneous junction of the vulval lips of sheep. The disease was first recognized in South Africa ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-06-24)A twelve-month study was conducted at four communal grazing areas namely, Oakley, Cunningmore, Mkhuhlu and Ronaldsy in the Bushbuckridge region, Limpopo Province, South Africa. The main objective of the study was to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-29)A limited number of scientific publications dealing with aspects of BVDV infection have emanated from southern Africa. This study describes the isolation of BVD viruses, gene sequence analysis of the 5' non-translated ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-09)The economy of West African countries is dependent mainly on agriculture. Livestock production is a vital source of providing dietary protein for the rapidly growing human population and it is therefore important to define ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-03-02)Parasitic helminths, mainly nematodes, are the most important causes of diseases of sheep and goats in the relatively warmer climatic areas of Ethiopia. This thesis comprises five related studies on the gastro-intestinal ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-09)Anthrax is endemic in Luangwa National Park and the adjoining Game Management areas. The first official case of the disease was reported in 1922 in Luambe National Park. In 1987 a large-scale anthrax epidemic ravaged almost ...
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