Browsing 1979 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 46, 1979 by Issue Date

Browsing 1979 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 46, 1979 by Issue Date

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  • Further characterization of the t-s mutant F207 of bluetongue virus 
    Shipham, S.O.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    Temperature-shift experiments verified that the t-s lesion of BTV mutant F207 is expressed late in the replication-cycle, that is, at a stage when all virus components have already been synthesized. All viral polypeptides ...
  • Author index 
    Anonymous; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1979)
  • The immune response of horses to tetanus toxoid 
    Jansen, B.C.; Knoetze, P.C.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    An intramuscular injection of 8-16 Lf tetanus toxoid in water-in-oil emulsion protected adult horses against tetanus for at least 128 weeks. A booster dose of 8 Lf toxoid in aqueous solution protected them for a further ...
  • Lymph node pathology in Trypanosoma brucei-infected sheep 
    Barrowman, P.R.; Roos, J.A.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    The temporal sequence of morphological changes occurring in the prefemoral lymph nodes of sheep experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei was studied at weekly intervals during the course of infection. Histopathological ...
  • Trout mortalities as a result of Streptococcus infection 
    Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Imes, G.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Naude, T.W.; Schoonbee, H.J.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    Excessive mortalities were experienced in the bigger rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) at an efficiently managed trout farm. All tests for known toxins in the feed and water proved to be negative. A faecal Streptococcus which ...
  • African swine fever : pathogenicity and immunogenicity of two non-haemadsorbing viruses 
    Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Gainaru, M.D.; Van Dellen, A.F.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    The virulence of 2 non-haemadsorbing African swine fever virus isolates were compared with 2 haemadsorbing viruses. While 3 of these isolates usually produced acute death in pigs, 1 non-haemadsorbing virus caused either a ...
  • Some effects of temperature on the adults, eggs and pupae of Stomoxys calcitrans Linnaeus (Diptera : Muscidae) 
    Sutherland, B.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    Adults could only live and reproduce to their full capacity at temperatures between 20°C and 30°C. At 15°C the females laid no eggs, the adult life span was relatively short and the reproductive capacity of females kept ...
  • Studies on Haemonchus contortus. II. The effect of abomasal nematodes on subsequent challenge with H. contortus 
    Reinecke, R.K.; Snyman, H. Maria; Seaman, Helga; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    Fifty-thousand infective larvae of Trichostrongylus axei dosed to 7-9-month-old Merinos protected them against a subsequent challenge with 50 000 infective larvae of Haemonchus contortus. Protection varied with the period ...
  • Viruses isolated from Culicoides midges in South Africa during unsuccessful attempts to isolate bovine ephemeral fever virus 
    Theodoridis, A.; Nevill, E.M.; Els, H.J.; Boshoff, S.T.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    Five viruses, unrelated to bovine ephemeral fever virus (BEFV), were isolated from Culicoides biting-midges collected during the summer months of the years 1968-69 and 1969-70 near a cattle herd in which cases of BEF ...
  • Factors affecting the bluetongue virus neutralizing antibody response and the reaction between virus and antibody 
    Van der Walt, N.T.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    A study was made of different aspects of the bluetongue virus neutralizing antibody response and the reaction between the virus and antibody. Optimum neutralization was obtained in a 2 mM Tris-HCl buffer, pH 9,0, at a ...
  • An electron microscopic study of intra-erythrocytic stages of Babesia bovis in the brain capillaries of infected splenectomized calves 
    Potgieter, F.T.; Els, H.J.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M. C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    Splenectomized vaccine donor calves undergoing primary reactions to Babesia bovis infections may develop cerebral babesiosis which leads to death if not treated in time. A brain biopsy was performed on an artificially-infected ...
  • Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XII. Artificial transmission of nematodes from blesbok and impala to sheep, goats and cattle 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    Sheep were successfully infested artificially with the larvae of Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus axei, Trichostrongylus falculatus and Impalaja nudicollis, cultured from the faeces of blesbok naturally infested with ...
  • The effect of temperature on the frons width in males of Stomoxys calcitrans Linnaeus (Diptera : Muscidae) 
    Sutherland, B.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    Laboratory experiments established that males of Stomoxys calcitrans, raised at a high temperature (30°C), had frons widths that were very significantly smaller (P=0,01) than those of males raised at a lower temperature ...
  • Gastro-intestinal helminths of domestic dogs in the Republic of South Africa 
    Verster, Anna J.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    Of the gastro-intestinal helminths found in 1 063 dogs from different parts of the country, Dipylidium caninum, the most prevalent cestode, occurred in 19,7% of the animals. Echinococcus granulosus was present in 10 dogs, ...
  • Descriptions of the adults and pupa of Culicoides hildae n. sp. from the Republic of South Africa (Diptera : Ceratopogonidae) 
    Cornet, M.; Nevill, E.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    A new species of biting midge, Culicoides hildae, is described from males, females and pupal exuviae collected in the Orange Free State, Republic of South Africa.
  • Isolation and characterization of antibodies to Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin from hyperimmune horse serum 
    Worthington, R.W.; Mulders, M.S.G.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    Antibodies against epsilon toxin were isolated from hyperimmune horse serum by affinity chromatography. Purified epsilon prototoxin covalently bound to Affigel 202 was used as immunosorbent, and antibodies were eluted with ...
  • Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XIII. The seasonal incidence of adult ticks (Acarina : Ixodidae) on cattle in the northern Transvaal 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; Londt, J.G.H.; De Villiers, I.L.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    Ticks were collected over a period of 13 months, at approximately fortnightly intervals, from 6 Africaner oxen kept on the farm Nylsvley in the Naboomspruit District. The 8 species of Ixodidae collected were, in order of ...
  • Cooperia connochaeti sp. nov. (Nematoda, Trichostrongylidae) from the blue wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823) 
    Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Alves, Regina; Horak, Ivan Gerard; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    A new species of nematode, Cooperia connochaeti, was collected from cross-bred blue and black wildebeest at Krugersdorp (Transvaal), blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus (Burchell, 1823) from the Kruger National Park ...
  • The serological relationship of herpesvirus ovis to other herpesviruses and its possible involvement in the aetiology of jaagsiekte 
    Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Meyer-Scharrer, Elizabeth; De Villiers, Ethel-Michele; Broekman, J.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    Cross-neutralization studies showed that 3 different isolates of herpesvirus ovis from cell cultures derived from the lungs of sheep suffering from jaagsiekte were not only identical but were also related to a similar ...
  • Aerospora of an Eragrostis curvula pasture in South Africa 
    Van der Merwe, W.J.J.; Eicker, A.; Marasas, Walter F.O. (Walter Friedrich Otto); Kellerman, T. Stephanus; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    A qualitative and quantitative survey was made of the aerospora above an Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees pasture. The pasture, which lay adjacent to a field of Panicum coloratum L. where an outbreak of ovine photosensitivity ...