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1978 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 45, 1978: Recent submissions

  • In memoriam 
    Steyn, P.J.J; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1978)
  • Subject index 
    De Kock, V.E.; Steyn, P.J.J; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1978)
  • Author index 
    De Kock, V.E.; Steyn, P.J.J; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1978)
  • Production of a chicken meat infusion broth suitable for the mass production of a Haemophilus gallinarum bacterin 
    Buys, S.B.; Steyn, P.J.J; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1978)
    A chicken meat infusion broth was prepared by various formulations and tested in 200ℓ volumes for their suitability to support the growth of Haemophilus gallinarum. The best yield (0, 1% packed cells, or 10⁹ colony-forming ...
  • Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. VIII. Helminths in pigs kept under semi-intensive conditions 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1978)
    The seasonal incidence of nematode infestations in pigs raised under semi-intensive conditions was determined by the monthly slaughter of 2-4 tracer pigs exposed to infestation in an earthern floored pen for periods of 1 ...
  • Bovine parafilariosis in southern Africa : a preliminary report 
    Carmichael, I.H.; Koster, Susan; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1978)
    A total of 32 042 cattle, slaughtered at the Pretoria, Johannesburg and Durban abattoirs, was examined for parafilariosis and as many animals as possible were traced to the farms from which they originated. The disease is ...
  • An attempt to treat the larval stage of Taenia multiceps and a résumé of its neural and extraneural distribution in sheep 
    Verster, Anna; Tustin, R.C.; Reinecke, R.K.; Steyn, P.J.J; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1978)
    Sheep were experimentally infested with the larval stage of Taenia multiceps. On Day 36 postinfestation 2 animals were treated intraperitoneally with mebendazole at 40 mg/kg body mass. Mature viable coenuri were present ...
  • Nutritional values of different blood diets expressed as reproductive potentials in adult Stomoxys calcitrans L. (Diptera : Muscidae) 
    Sutherland, B.; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1978)
    Experiments with Stomoxys calcitrans adults showed that different blood diets markedly affect the lifespan and reproductive potential of this species. When fed on blood from herbivores (cattle, sheep, goat, horse and donkey) ...
  • Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. VII. Helminths in pigs slaughtered at the Pretoria Municipal Abattoir 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1978)
    A total of 52 pigs slaughtered at the Pretoria Municipal Abattoir over a period of 1 year was examined for parasitic helminths. Twenty-six of these pigs were marketed by farmers and 26 by speculators. Of the pigs marketed ...
  • Amicarbalide : a therapeutic agent for anaplasmosis 
    Barrowman, P.R.; Coetzer, J.A.W.; Kellerman, T.S.; De Vos, A.J.; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1978)
    When administered subcutaneously in 2 equal daily doses at a total dosage rate of 20 mg/kg, amicarbalide was found to be an effective agent for controlling acute infections of Anaplasma marginate and A. centrale in intact ...
  • Effects of ⁶⁰Co irradiation on Amblyomma hebraeum Koch, 1844 (Acarina : Ixodidae) 
    Spickett, A.M.; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1978)
    The effects of ⁶⁰Co irradiation on Amblyomma hebraeum Koch, 1844 were studied by mating normal females to males irradiated to attain dosages of 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 kilorad. The males of all 5 groups were observed mating 7 ...
  • The activity of insect juvenile hormone mimics in larval Amblyomma hebraeum Koch (Acarina : Metastriata : Ixodidae) 
    Solomon, K.R.; Evans, Aileen A.; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1978)
    A total of 14 insect juvenile hormone mimics was tested for activity in Amblyomma hebraeum by exposing newly engorged larvae to filter paper impregnated with hormone mimics. The most active compounds used in this assay ...
  • Preliminary characterization of viruses isolated from cases of epididymitis and vaginitis in cattle 
    Theodoridis, A.; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1978)
    Twelve slow-growing virus isolates propagated in tissue culture from cattle with epididymitis and vaginitis were identified as herpes viruses by virtue of their biological, physicochemical and morphological characteristics. ...
  • Light and electron microscopical studies on canine encephalitozoonosis : cerebral vasculitis 
    Van Dellen, A.F.; Botha, W.S.; Warnes, W.E.J.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1978)
    Brain lesions in 2 natural cases of canine encephalitozoonosis were studied by light and electron microscopy. Granulomatous reactions, associated with small vessels and capillaries, partly originated from extensive perithelial ...
  • Surgical transfer of the cysticerci of Taenia hydatigena 
    Tustin, R.C.; Verster, Anna; Steyn, P.J.J; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1978)
    Unattached immature cysticerci of Taenia hydatigena were transferred surgically to the peritoneal cavities of 4 sheep. Mature infective cysticerci were recovered from the recipient sheep 3 and 5, 8 months later. A fully ...
  • Tumour regression in mice after treatment with extracts of the bone marrow from cattle harbouring tick-borne infections 
    King, A.C.; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1978)
    Complete regression of a transplantable fibrosarcoma of mice was induced in an average of 86% of animals receiving repeated subcutaneous injections of an extract of the bone marrow from cattle harbouring Babesia parasites. ...
  • The efficacy of various insecticides against the larvae of Lucilia cuprina (Wied.), the green blowfly of sheep. I. In vitro tests using a resistant and susceptible strain 
    Viljoen, J.H.; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1978)
    In order to determine the larvicidal action of different insecticides against both susceptible and resistant blowfly strains in the Republic of South Africa, an attempt was made to find a suitable in vitro method for ...
  • The pathology of an inherited lysosomal storage disorder of calves 
    Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Louw, T.A.T.; Steyn, P.J.J; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1978)
    The clinical symptoms, gross and histopathological, as well as the ultrastructural appearance of a condition in cross-bred Aberdeen Angus calves resembling the inherited lysosomal storage disease, α-mannosidosis, are ...
  • Observations on the effect of different methods of processing on the bacterial contaminants of bovine and ovine tripe 
    Van Der Made, H.N.; Van Staden, J.J.; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1978)
    A comparison was made of the multiplication of bacteria in specimens of tripe processed in different ways. There was little difference in this respect between commercial tripe as offered for purchase to the consumer and ...
  • Genetic incompatibility between Boophilus decoloratus (Koch, 1844) and Boophilus microplus (Canestrini, 1888) and hybrid sterility of Australian and South African Boophilus microplus (Acarina : Ixodidae) 
    Spickett, A.M.; Malan, J.R.; De Kock, V.E.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1978)
    Virgin females of both Boophilus decoloratus and Boophilus microplus, when mated with males of the other species, subsequently produced sterile eggs. Counts of spermiophore capsules in female seminal receptacles showed ...