Browsing 1987 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 54, 1987 by Issue Date

Browsing 1987 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 54, 1987 by Issue Date

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  • Heartwater in hosts other than domestic ruminants 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Oberem, P.T.; Bezuidenhout, J. Dürr; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    The importance of further research on the susceptibility of wild hosts to Cowdria ruminantium infection is discussed. The literature is surveyed and an attempt is made to divide the various species described into susceptible ...
  • Some wild hosts of the Karoo paralysis tick, Ixodes rubicundus Neumann, 1904 (Acari : Ixodidae) 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; Moolman, L.C.; Fourie, L.J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    A variety of mammal and bird species in the Mountain Zebra National Park, eastern Cape Province, were examined for Ixodes rubicundus. In addition, caracal (Felis caracal) from the park and its vicinity as well as from the ...
  • Broiler pulmonary hypertension syndrome. II. The direct measurement of right ventricular and pulmonary artery pressures in the closed chest domestic fowl 
    Guthrie, Alan John; Huchzermeyer, Fritz W.; Cilliers, J.A.; Killeen, Valerie M.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    A technique for the catheterisation of the right ventricle and pulmonary artery of the domestic fowl is described. Mean peak systolic, minimum diastolic and mean pressures measured in the right ventricle and pulmonary ...
  • Production of a macrophage chemotactic factor by cultured jaagsiekte tumour cells 
    Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Myer, M.S.; Garnett, H.M.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    The increase of alveolar macrophages in jaagsiekte sheep lungs is not caused by excessive surfactant production but is due to a chemotactic factor secreted by the tumour cells. This factor has a molecular mass in the region ...
  • The infection and treatment method of vaccination against heartwater 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Van der Merwe, Lente; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    The history of vaccination techniques against heartwater and the development of the infection and treatment method are reviewed briefly. Present techniques and their shortcomings are defined and possible areas of improvement ...
  • The demonstration of the K-antigen of Campylobacter fetus venerealis using a microtitre agglutination test 
    Van der Walt, Martha L.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Using specific antisera prepared against heat-treated and untreated cells in a microtitre system, 7 strains of Campylobacter fetus venerealis were examined for the presence of K-antigen. The technique was effective ...
  • Specific immunity in farm animals to heartwater 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Stewart, C.G.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    The duration of immunity to heartwater normally varies from 6 months to 4 years. In Angora goats it may be difficult to produce a specific immune response with vaccination. Humoral immunity does not appear to play a role ...
  • The clinical pathology and pathophysiology of heartwater : a review 
    Guthrie, Alan John; Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Van Amstel, S.R.; Reyers, Fred; Oberem, P.T.; Killeen, Valerie M.; Matthee, O.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    This paper reviews the available literature on the clinical pathology and pathophysiology of heartwater and makes comparisons with unpublished results obtained from a recent study in experimentally-induced heartwater in ...
  • The tick vectors of Cowdria ruminantium (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae, genus Amblyomma) and their distribution 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Walker, Jane B.; Olwage, A.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Twelve species of Amblyomma are presently known to be capable of transmitting Cowdria ruminantium. Of these A. variegatum is the most important and widely distributed vector in Africa. It has also extended its range ...
  • The control of Parafilaria bovicola transmission in South Africa 
    Nevill, E.M.; Wilkins, C.A.; Zakrisson, G.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Ivermectin treatment of all cattle on a badly infected farm failed to interrupt the transmission of P. bovicola, even though ovipositional blood spots were drastically reduced in numbers for an entire summer season following ...
  • The identification of factors capable of reversing the core-mediated inhibition of the bluetongue virus transcriptase 
    Huismans, H. (Henk), 1942-; Van Dijk, A.A.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    The in vitro transcription reaction of bluetongue virus (BTV) is characterized by a core-mediated, temperature-dependent inhibition at high core concentrations and temperatures (Van Dijk & Huismans, 1980; Huismans, Van ...
  • Development of a prophylactic regime using Terramycin/LA to assist in the introduction of susceptible cattle into heartwater endemic areas of Africa 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Purnell, R.E.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    As a result of a personal survey in 1982, interviewing veterinarians from Louis Trichardt to Uitenhage, it was concluded that bovine heartwater is currently regarded as the most serious tick-borne disease problem in South ...
  • Genetic resistance of Guadeloupe native goats to heartwater 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Matheron, G.; Barre, N.; Camus, E.; Gogue, J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    The resistance rate of different populations of the same breed of creole Guadeloupean goats to Cowdria ruiminatium infection varied greatly depending on the previous heartwater history of each population. After experimental ...
  • Some avian and mammalian hosts of Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma marmoreum (Acari : Ixodidae) 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); MacIvor, K.M. de F.; Petney, T.N.; De Vos, Valerius; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Large numbers of birds, wild mammals and domestic stock from a variety of localities within the Republic of South Africa were examined for infestation with the ixodid ticks Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma marmoreum. Every ...
  • The pathogenesis of heartwater 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Du Plessis, J.L.; Malan, Letitia; Kowalski, Z.E.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Hypotheses on the pathogenesis of heartwater, which have been published so far, are briefly reviewed. Attempts were made at counteracting the effects of vaso-active substances released by mast cells by treating mice infected ...
  • The taxonomic status of the causative agent of heartwater 
    Scott, G.R.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    A fresh pragmatic classification of the rickettsias has been derived by applying the simplest techniques of numerical taxonomy. One order, the Rickettsiales, containing 3 families, the Rickettsiaceae, Phagosomaphilaceae, and ...
  • Parasites in sheep grazing on Kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) pastures in the winter rainfall region 
    Reinecke, R.K.; Kirkpatrick, R.; Swart, Lydia; Kriel, Anna M.D.; Frank, F.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Regular worm counts were done post-mortem on sheep that had grazed on Kikuyu pastures at the Elsenburg Research Station near Stellenbosch, a winter rainfall region. Major species were Trichostrongylus colubriformis, ...
  • The use of electro-encephalography and brain biopsy in the clinical diagnosis of heartwater 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Van Amstel, S.R.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Both electro-encephalography and brain biopsy were examined as possible aids in the confirmation of a clinical diagnosis of heartwater in field cases. Results showed that electro-encephalographic changes associated with ...
  • The control of heartwater by means of tick control 
    Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa); Bezuidenhout, J. Dürr; Bigalke, R.D.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Two main methods are currently being used by farmers in the heartwater regions to control this disease in cattle and other stock, namely strategic control of ticks and total control of ticks. Some farmers make successful ...
  • Two field strains of Haemonchus contortus resistant to refoxanide 
    Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Malan, F.S.; Gerber, H.M.; Alves, Regina M.R.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1987)
    Two field strains of Haemonchus contortus, one from Pretoria on the Highveld and the other from White River in the Lowveld of the Transvaal, showed pronounced resistance to rafoxanide at a dosage rate of 7,5 mg/kg live ...