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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  • 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 ...
  • The use of frequency diagrams in the survey of resistance to pesticides in ticks in southern Africa 
    Solomon, K.R.; Baker, Maureen K.; Heyne, Heloise; Van Kleef, Jacqueline; Steyn, P.J.J.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C. (Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1979)
    A method whereby resistance data can be analysed by means of frequency distributions is described. This method established that Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and R. evertsi evertsi show either little or only developing ...
  • 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)
  • Comparative efficacy of six Brucella vaccines in guinea-pigs 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; 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)
    Immunity assays in guinea-pigs based on spleen mass: body mass ratios showed that live vaccines were markedly more effective than inactivated oil adjuvant vaccines in providing protection against challenge with 5 000 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Production and application of a live Salmonella gallinarum vaccine 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Buys, S.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)
    The production and application of a freeze-dried Salmonella gallinarum vaccine are described in this report. The vaccine is stable when kept at 4 °C and a single injection elicits a good immunity for 2 months, though its ...
  • The experimental transmission of Parafilaria bovicola to cattle in South Africa using Musca species (subgenus Eumusca) as intermediate hosts 
    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)
    In controlled experiments in an insect-free stable, cattle became infected with Parafilaria bovicola when Musca lusoria, infected with the larvae of this worm, were allowed to feed on a fresh skin incision, and when infective ...
  • Micromorphology of the skin (epidermis, dermis, subcutis) of the dog 
    Schwarz, R.; Le Roux, J.M.W.; Schaller, R.; Neurand, K.; 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)
    Grossly, the skin of the dog is characterized by varying thicknesses, density of the hair coat and the implantation angle of the hairs. Multiple folds varying in shape are formed by the epidermis and the papillary layer ...
  • 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 ...
  • The isolation and cultivation of calf rotavirus in the Republic of South Africa 
    Theodoridis, A.; Els, H.J.; Prozesky, Leon.; 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)
    Calf rotavirus was cultivated and propagated in tissue culture from faeces of 3-week-old calves suffering from severe diarrhoea. Criteria for viral involvement were: production of cytopathic effects in primary foetal calf ...
  • The haemocytology and histology of the haemopoietic organs of South African fresh water fish. I. The haemopoietic organs of Clarias gariepinus and Sarotherodon mossambicus 
    Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; 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 haemopoietic organs of the catfish, Clarias gariepinus, and the Mozambique bream, Sarotherodon mossambicus, were studied. In both species the primary haemopoietic organs are the pronephros, the mesonephros and the ...
  • Wesselsbron disease : a cause of congenital porencephaly and cerebellar hypoplasia in calves 
    Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Theodoridis, A.; Herr, S.; Kritzinger, L.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)
    Fifteen pregnant cows were inoculated subcutaneously and intravenously between 101-147 days of gestation with the wild-type Wesselsbron disease virus. In addition, 2 foetuses were injected directly through the uterine wall ...
  • The role played by wildlife in the epizootiology of rabies in South Africa and South-West Africa 
    Barnard, B.J.H.; 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 role played by wildlife in the perpetuation of rabies is discussed in the light of information obtained during a routine examination of specimens at the Veterinary Research Institute, Onderstepoort, during the 10-year ...
  • Genetic and physiological characterization of temperature-sensitive mutants of bluetongue virus 
    Shipham, S.O.; De la Rey, Marlene; 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)
    Complementation studies were carried out, using temperature-sensitive (t-s) mutants of bluetongue virus (BTV). The results proved to be inconclusive as only low indices of complementation were obtained. No discrepancy was ...
  • A bioassay method for the pheromone(s) of the bont tick Amblyomma hebraeum Koch 
    Brill, J.H.; Solomon, K.R.; 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 bioassay was developed which enabled the detection of the pheromones of the boot tick (Amblyomma hebraeum Koch) within 2 hours with a reproducibility of 82 ± 13%. Dried, solvent extracted ticks were glued onto the shaved ...
  • Scanning electron microscopy aided observations on and therapy of teat canal infections 
    Du Preez, J.H.; 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 examination of teat canal swabs established that 51 teat canals out of 68 quarters of machine milked cows were colonized by Staphylococcus aureus. Only 31 of these quarters yielded milk from which S. aureus could be ...