Browsing 1993 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 60, 1993 by Title

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  • Oral rabies vaccination of jackals : progress in Zimbabwe 
    Bingham, J.; Perry, B.D. (Brian D.), 1946-; King, A.A.; Schumacher, C.L.; Aubert, M.; Kappeler, A.; Foggin, Chris M.; Hill, F.W.G.; Aubert, A.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Work on the development of an oral vaccination system for jackals is underway at the Veterinary Laboratory (Diagnostics and Research Branch), Zimbabwe. It is anticipated that the system will be used to control the large ...
  • Osteology of the thoracic limb of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) 
    Smuts, M.M.S. (Malie Marie Sophie), 1933-; Bezuidenhout, A.J. (Abraham Johannes), 1942-; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    The forelimb bones of 8 elephants (7 adults, 1 juvenile) were studied. In addition, the bones of the digits were dissected and studied in situ in a mature specimen. The scapula, humerus and bones of the antebrachium ...
  • Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XXXII. Ixodid ticks on scrub hares in the Transvaal 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; Braack, L.E.O.; Penzhorn, Barend Louis; Spickett, Arthur M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    A total of 264 scrub hares (Lepus saxatilis) were examined for ixodid ticks at various localities in the Kruger National Park, eastern Transvaal Lowveld. Thirteen tick species were recovered from these hares. The seasonal ...
  • Parasites of South African freshwater fish. III. Rhabdochona (Rhabdochona) versterae n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) from the spot-tailed robber, Alestes imberi Peters 1852 
    Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Petter, A.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    A new species of Rhabdochona was recovered from the spot-tailed robber, Alestes imberi Peters 1852 in the Sabie River, Kruger National Park. It differs from its nearest relative, Rhabdochona moraveci Puylaert 1973 in that ...
  • Parasites of South African freshwater fish. IV. Description of Spirocamallanus daleneae n. sp. (Nematoda: Camallanidae) from Synodontis zambezensis Peters, 1852 (Mochokidae) with comments on Spirocamallanus spiralis (Baylis, 1923) 
    Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    During a survey of the parasites of fish in the Kruger National Park, a new species of Spirocamallanus Olson, 1952 was recovered from the small intestines of squeakers, Synodontis zambezensis Peters, 1952. The males of ...
  • Parasites of South African freshwater fish. V. Description of two new species of the genus Spinitectus Fourment, 1883 (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) 
    Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Spinitectus petterae n. sp. was recovered from catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) and Spinitectus zambezensis n. sp. from squeakers, Synodontis zambezensis Peters, 1852 in the Kruger National Park. The nematodes ...
  • Pathogenicity and chemotherapy of Plasmodium durae in experimentally infected domestic turkeys 
    Huchzermeyer, Fritz W.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Only 3 out of 8 South African isolates of Plasmodium durae used in 524 turkeys in 161 passages caused approximately 50% mortality, a further 3 produced approximately 10% mortality while 2 were found to be apathogenic. ...
  • Plasmid-encoded NAD independence in some South African isolates of Haemophilus paragallinarum 
    Verschoor, J.A. (Jan Adrianus), 1953-; Bragg, R.R. (Robert Richard); Coetzee, L.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Atypical Haemophilus paragallinarum have been isolated from both laying hens and broilers suffering from typical symptoms of infectious coryza in South Africa. Re-inoculation of these bacteria into SPF chickens resulted ...
  • Prevalence of antibodies against some equine viruses in zebra (Zebra burchelli) in the Kruger National Park, 1991-1992 
    Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Barnard, B.J.H.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    The presence of antibodies against equine encephalosis virus (EEV) and equid herpesvirus 1 and 4 in zebra in the Kruger National Park (KNP) was demonstrated. The ability of zebra to maintain immunity against EEV is ...
  • Rabies and bats in a rabies-endemic area of southern Africa : application of two commercial test kits for antigen and antibody detection 
    Oelofsen, M.J.; Smith, M.S.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    In southern Africa, isolates of rabies-related viruses (i.e. Duvenhage virus and Lagos bat virus) have been made from insectivorous and frugivorous bats. As no recent formal bat virus survey has been reported in southern ...
  • Rabies and wildlife : a conservation problem? 
    Macdonald, David W.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Understanding the behavioural ecology of wild mammals in rabies epizootics is a prerequisite to scientifically sound management of the disease. The principal vectors of wildlife rabies in a region tend to be abundant ...
  • Rabies eradication in Belgium by fox vaccination using vaccinia-rabies recombinant virus 
    Brochier, B.; Pastoret, P.P.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Oral immunization of foxes against rabies, by distributing vaccine-baits in the field, has been in progress since 1993 in the whole of the infected area of Belgium (10 000 km²). A vaccinia-rabies recombinant virus (VR-G) ...
  • Rabies in bat-eared foxes in South Africa 
    Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Meredith, C.D.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Rabies in bat-eared foxes was first recognized in South Africa in 1955 and is likely to have been derived from canine rabies introduced to South Africa in 1950. Since then it has become established in this species in the ...
  • Rabies in southern Africa 
    Swanepoel, Robert; Barnard, B.J.H.; Meredith, C.D.; Bishop, G.C.; Foggin, Chris M.; Hubschle, Otto J.B.; Bruckner, Gideon K.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    The first confirmed outbreak of rabies in Africa, believed to have followed the importation of an infected dog from England in 1892, occurred in the eastern Cape Province of South Africa, and was brought under control ...
  • Rabies in southern and eastern Africa : special issue : proceedings of a workshop held at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa, 3-5 May 1993 
    Anonymous; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); King, Arthur (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    The papers published in these proceedings were read at a rabies workshop held at Onderstepoort, South Africa on 3-5 May 1993 under the auspices of the Southern and Eastern African Rabies Group (SEARG). The major objectives ...
  • Rabies in the Masai Mara, Kenya : preliminary report 
    Alexander, K.A.; Smith, J.S.; Macharia, M.J.; King, A.A.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    A serosurvey of rabies antibodies among domestic dogs (Canis familiaris, n=178), spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta, n=72) and African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus, n=18) of the Masai Mara, Kenya, was carried out. Rabies ...
  • Rabies in wild and domestic carnivores of Africa : epidemiological and historical associations determined by limited sequence analysis 
    Smith, J.S.; Yager, P.A.; Orciari, L.A.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    Virus isolates from three important reservoirs for rabies in Africa (domestic dogs, jackals and yellow mongooses) were compared by their reaction with a panel of monoclonal antibodies directed to the nucleocapsid protein ...
  • Rabies virus antigenicity : an overview 
    Coulon, Patrice; Lafay, Florence; Flamand, Anne; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
  • The rabies virus genome : an overview 
    Tordo, Noel; Kouknetzoff, Anne; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    The replication strategy, genome organization and extent of variation within the genome of the genus Lyssavirus is briefly reviewed. Strategies used in the approach to genome studies are discussed.
  • Recombinant rabies vaccines : efficacy assessment in free-ranging animals 
    Rupprecht, Charles Edward; Hanlon, C.A.; Niezgoda, M.; Buchanan, J.R.; Diehl, D.; Koprowski, H.; Rabies in Southern and Eastern Africa. Workshop. (1993, Pretoria, South Africa); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1993)
    With the advancement of recombinant DNA techniques, a number of potent biologicals are available for the oral vaccination of free-ranging animals. Once oral immunogenicity and vaccine safety have been demonstrated, efficacy ...