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

  • Method of production of and antibody response to an oil adjuvant Bacteroides nodosus bacterin 
    Fuls, W.J.P.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; 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 procedure is described for the production of a highly concentrated Bacteroides nodosus bacterin. An oil adjuvant bacterin which elicited the best antibody response in rabbits produced a response in sheep which lasted for ...
  • Recovery of nematodes from ruminants by migration from gastro-intestinal ingesta and mucosa gelled in agar : preliminary report 
    Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Gerber, H.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. (The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1978)
    When gastro-intestinal ingesta and mucosa containing larvae or adult Haemonchus contortus, Ostertagia circumcincta, Trichostrongylus colubriformis, Strongyloides papillosus, Nematodirus spathiger, Gaigeria pachyscelis, ...
  • The suitability of various types of dung and vegetable matter as larval breeding media for Stomoxys calcitrans L. (Diptera : Muscidae) 
    Sutherland, 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)
    The dung of 7 species of domestic animals, 4 plant materials, standard larval breeding medium and 3 mixtures of some of these materials were evaluated as breeding media for Stomoxys calcitrans larvae. S. calcitrans could ...
  • Volatile fatty acid metabolism in sheep. 3. Diurnal variation in the contribution of ruminal propionic acid production to the whole body glucose turnover of Merino sheep fed lucerne hay twice daily 
    Van der Walt, J.G.; 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)
    Three phases of the diurnal feeding cycle, namely, a pre-feeding phase (-2-0 h), a maximum fermentation (2-4 h) phase and a basal fermentation (8-10 h) phase, were chosen for investigation into the contribution of ruminal ...
  • Proteins and free amino acids in the salivary secretion and hemolymph of the tick Amblyomma hebraeum 
    Neitz, Albert Walter Herman; Howell, C.J.; Potgieter, D.J.J.; Bezuidenhout, J. Dürr; 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)
    Electrophoretic and chromatographic separations of the salivary secretion of Amblyomma hebraeum showed a less complex protein pattern than that of Ornithodoros savignyi. A hyaluronidase active component was isolated. The ...
  • Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. VI. Helminths in calves on irrigated pastures on the Transvaal Highveld 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; Louw, J.P.; 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)
    Sets of tracer calves, which were exposed for 2 months on irrigated pasture and then slaughtered, provided evidence of the extent of seasonal helminth infestation. Haemonchus spp. were the most abundant nematodes, the ...
  • Immunogenicity and pathogenicity of three South African strains of Babesia bovis in Bos indicus cattle 
    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)
    A strain of Babesia bovis, which has been routinely used in the locally produced babesiosis vaccine for two decades and maintained by needle passage, was of low virulence and therefore safe, but it induced poor protection ...
  • Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa .XI. Helminths in cattle on natural pastures in the Northern Transvaal 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; 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)
    After being exposed to infestation for 4 or 6 weeks, pairs of tracer calves were slaughtered to determine the seasonal incidence of helminth infestation in cattle on natural pasture. \ Haemonchus placei was recovered from ...
  • An investigation into possible methods of assessing the intake of calcium and phosphorus by grazing sheep 
    Belonje, P.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. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1978)
    A study was made, over a period of 29 weeks, of the interrelationship between calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) levels while monitoring those of magnesium (Mg) in ovine bone, soft tissues, faeces, urine and rumen fluid as ...
  • Therapy of bovine mastitis : the intramammary tissue compatibility of mastitis remedies administered intracisternally to cows 
    Giesecke, W.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. (The Government Printer, Pretoria, 1978)
    Eight different mastitis remedies were administered intracisternally on a rotational basis to the 48 quarters of 12 mastitis negative cows. The resulting intramammary reactions were monitored by determining the Somatic ...
  • Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. X. Helminths in impala 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; 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)
    Two to four impala in the Nylsvley Nature Reserve were culled each month from February 1975- February 1976. Two trematode species, 1 cestode species and 13 species of nematodes were recovered from these antelope. Of ...
  • Wesselsbron disease. Pathological, haematological and clinical studies in natural cases and experimentally infected new-born lambs 
    Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Theodoridis, A.; Van Heerden, Anneline; 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)
    This is a report on the clinical signs of Wesselsbron disease in 37 lambs and the pathology of 4 natural and 12 experimental cases. Generally the symptoms were ill-defined. At autopsy 13 of the 14 lambs revealed a mild to ...
  • The serological and immunological relationship of type strains A and D of Pasteurella multocida to field isolates from sheep 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Engelbrecht, Maria M.; Vermeulen, Aletta S.M.; 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)
    Investigations with antisera prepared in rabbits and sheep and active immunity experiments in mice showed that strains of Pasteurella multocida which, according to the haemagglutination test, are serologically related, do ...
  • Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. V. Helminths in sheep on dryland pasture on the Transvaal Highveld 
    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 helminth infestation on a farm in the Transvaal Highveld was determined by the slaughter of tracer lambs exposed on pasture for periods of approximately 6 weeks. Haemonchus contortus, the most ...
  • Observations on the pathology of canine microsporidiosis 
    McCully, R.M.; Van Dellen, A.F.; Basson, P.A.; Lawrence, 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)
    The available literature on canine microsporidiosis indicates that this disease, primarily of young dogs, is a distinct clinicopathological entity. It has been confused with canine distemper and rabies, and must be ...
  • The micromorphology of the apocrine glands of the intermandibular region of the steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) 
    Cohen, Marlene; Gerneke, W.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)
    The histological structure of the newly-discovered intermandibular glandular region in male and female steenbok is described. This region consists of enlarged sebaceous and apocrine glands which secrete a substance used ...
  • The micromorphology of the glands of the infra-orbital cutaneous sinus of the steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) 
    Gerneke, W.H.; Cohen, Marlene; 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 infra-orbital cutaneous sinus produces a black secretion which is the combined secretion of melanaceous, branched, alveolar, sebaceous and enlarged, coiled apocrine glands. The micromorphology of these glands is described ...
  • Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. IX. Helminths in blesbok 
    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)
    Four blesbok culled in the Rietvlei Nature Reserve during May 1972 were each infested with Trichostrongylus axei and /mpalaia nudicollis. Some of these animals also harboured Haemonchus bedfordi, Haemonchus contortus, ...