Browsing South African National Veterinary Repository by Subject "Schistosoma mattheei"

Browsing South African National Veterinary Repository by Subject "Schistosoma mattheei"

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  • Description and classification of abnormal cercariae of Schistosoma mattheei and a method of concentration and collection 
    Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Van Rensburg, L.J.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik (Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
    Over a period of about 12 years, 30 abnormal Schistosoma mattheei cercariae were found among a total of approximately 2.8 million examined. Initially seven were recovered from about 1.02 million (0.0007 %), which were ...
  • Schistosoma mattheei - an ovum containing twin miracidia 
    Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Van Rensburg, L.J.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik (Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
    A large Schistosoma mattheei ovum containing two miracidia was recovered from a squash preparation of the liver of an experimentally infected hamster. When observed, the miracidia were motile and facing in opposite directions.
  • Schistosoma mattheei infection in cattle: the course of the intestinal syndrome, and an estimate of the lethal dose of cercariae 
    Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Van Rensburg, L.J.; Heitmann, L.P.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
    Three groups of young oxen were infected percutaneously with cercariae of Schistosoma mattheei. Three of five oxen infected with 248 cercariae/kg mass died or were killed in extremis 58-70 d after infection, a fourth ...