Browsing 1985 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 52, 1985 by Title

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  • Addition of rabbit serum to EMJH medium improves isolation of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo 
    Te Brugge, Lesley A.; Louw, H.N.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1985)
    The addition of 2 % pooled rabbit serum to semi-solid commercial EMJH medium with EMJH enrichment and 0,5 mg of 5-fluorouracil per ml was found to enhance the growth rate and success of isolation of Leptospira interrogans ...
  • Arthropods and helminths in springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) at Benfontein, Kimberley 
    De Villiers, I.L.; Liversidge, R.; Reinecke, R.K.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1985)
    From July 1979 - December 1980, 48 springbok were culled for a parasite survey at Benfontein. Lice were the dominant parasites and reached a peak in September. Damalinia antidorcus, Linognathus antidorcitis, Linognathus ...
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    Bigalke, R.D. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1985)
  • Biotechnology, viral oncogenesis and jaagsiekte 
    Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    A brief description is given of the discovery of retroviral and cellular oncogenes and of their putative role in oncogenesis. Attempts to apply the biotechnological techniques that were so successful in the study of other ...
  • Bovine leukaemia virus and enzootic bovine leukosis 
    Couez, D.; Burny, A.; Cleuter, Y.; Bruck, C.; Deschamps, J.; Gregoire, D.; Ghysdael, J.; Kettmann, R.; Mammerickx, M.; Marbaix, G.; Portetelle, D.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    Infection of bovines with bovine leukaemia virus (BLV) manifests itself in either of two ways: 30-70% of carriers develop persistent lymphocytosis (PL), with the viral genome integrated at a large number of different sites ...
  • Buffalo in the northern Natal game parks show no serological evidence of infection with foot-and-mouth disease virus 
    Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Esterhuysen, J.J.; Flamand, J.R.B.; Bengis, Roy G.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1985)
    A total of 594 sera collected from buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Game Reserve complex, Ndumu Game Reserve and the eastern shores of Lake St Lucia were examined for antibody to SAT 1, 2 and 3 types of ...
  • Chemotherapy of experimental Besnoitia besnoiti infection in rabbits 
    Shkap, Varda; De Waal, D.T.; Potgieter, Fred T.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    Rabbits were infected with a bovine strain of Besnoitia besnoiti parasites derived from VERO cell cultures. Oxytetracycline*, given at 30 mg/kg i.m. simultaneously with infection, prevented the development of orchitis. The ...
  • The distribution and hosts of Rhipicephalus glabroscutatum 
    MacIvor, K.M.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1985)
    Three domestic and 12 wild species of ungulate have been recorded as hosts of Rhipicephalus glabroscutatum. The major site of attachment for larvae, nymphs and adults is around the hooves and on the lower legs. This tick ...
  • The effect of arsenical dips on Parafilaria bovicola in artificially infected cattle in South Africa 
    Nevill, E.M.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    The possible adverse effect of arsenical tick control dips on Parafilaria bovicola infections was investigated in 48 artificially infected cattle. A treatment group of 24 cattle was dipped in a plunge dip containing 1600 ...
  • The effect of stress on udder health of dairy cows 
    Giesecke, W.H.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    The appropriate literature has been reviewed for the purpose of defining the phenomenon of stress in lactating dairy cattle, establishing a baseline concept of lactation stress and emphasizing the most significant aspects ...
  • The efficacy of hyperimmune serum in the treatment of sweating sickness 
    Oberem, P.T.; Van Amstel, S.R.; Matthee, O.; Bezuidenhout, J. Dürr; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    Natural and experimental cases of sweating sickness were treated using a hyperimmune serum as specific treatment and hyperimmune serum combined with symptomatic and supportive treatment based on the clinico-pathological ...
  • Enrichment of a fraction toxic to guinea-pigs from Pachystigma pygmaeum (Schltr.) Robyns 
    Verschoor, J.A. (Jan Adrianus), 1953-; Patterton, H.G.; Potgieter, D.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    Pachystigma pygmaeum is one of several species of rubiaceous plants which cause delayed heart failure among ruminants after their ingestion at relatively high doses. Using guinea-pigs for toxicity determinations, we were ...
  • The epidemiology and control of gastrointestinal nematode infestation of sheep and cattle in South Africa. I. The historic role of Onderstepoort and a short discussion of present research priorities 
    Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    The research activities of the Veterinary Research Institute, Onderstepoort, from its inception in 1908 until recent times are reviewed in this first article of a series on nematode epidemiology of sheep and cattle. While ...
  • The epidemiology of African swine fever: the role of free-living hosts in Africa 
    Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    The known distribution of African swine fever (ASF) virus in Africa is reviewed in relation to the distributions of its free-living hosts as are the infection rates of these species in different localities in southern ...
  • The epidemiology of infectious diseases of livestock 
    Murphy, F.A.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    From the time of the first modern studies of infectious diseases, by Koch, Pasteur, Theiler and their colleagues, it has been clear that laboratory investigation must be complemented by epidemiologic investigation. The ...
  • The epidemiology of Parafilaria bovicola in the Transvaal Bushveld of South Africa 
    Nevill, E.M.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    A total of 20 375 flies collected off cattle on 12 farms over 36 months were identified and examined for 3rd stage P. bovicola. The 3 vector species accounted for 64,1 % of the flies collected and were the only fly species ...
  • The epizootiology and control of heartwater and other tick-borne diseases of cattle in South Africa 
    Bezuidenhout, J. Dürr; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    The history of the main bovine tick-borne diseases occurring in South Africa and the role Onderstepoort played in their identification and control is briefly reviewed. The present attitudes regarding the control of tickborne ...
  • An experimental mycotoxicosis in sheep and goats caused by Drechslera campanulata, a fungal pathogen of green oats 
    Marasas, Walter F.O. (Walter Friedrich Otto); Collett, M.G.; Van der Westhuizen, G.C.A.; Schneider, D.J.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    Field outbreaks of a syndrome of unknown aetiology associated with the grazing of green oats (Avena sativa) in the south-western Cape Province were characterized by diarrhoea, photosensitivity and death in goats and by ...
  • Heartwater in Angora goats. II. A pathological study of artificially infected, treated and untreated goats 
    Prozesky, Leon; Du Plessis, J.L.; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1985)
    Pathological lesions in untreated Angora goats infected with the Ball₃ strain of Cowdria ruminantium corresponded with those previously reported. A severe nephrosis was the most prominent pathological lesion in the animals ...
  • Hepatogenous photosensitivity diseases in South Africa 
    Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Kellerman, T. Stephanus; Bigalke, R.D. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1985)
    Various hepatogenous photosensitivity diseases of ruminants in South Africa, caused by plants, fungi and an alga, are described. Information is given on botanical, mycological, toxicological, clinical and pathological ...