• Assessment of acute kidney injury in canine parvovirus infection : comparison of kidney injury biomarkers with routine renal functional parameters 

  Van den Berg, Marit Frederieke; Schoeman, Johan P.; Defauw, Pieter; Whitehead, Zandri; Breemersch, A.; Goethals, Klaartje; Daminet, Sylvie C.; Meyer, Evelyne (Elsevier, 2018-12)

  Dogs with naturally occurring canine parvovirus (CPV) infection are at risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI) due to several factors, including severe dehydration, hypotension and sepsis. Serum creatinine (sCr) and ...
• A novel Babesia sp. associated with clinical signs of babesiosis in domestic cats in South Africa 

  Bosman, Anna-Mari; Penzhorn, Barend Louis; Brayton, Kelly A.; Schoeman, Tanya; Oosthuizen, Marinda C. (BioMed Central, 2019-03-26)

  BACKGROUND : Feline babesiosis, sporadically reported from various countries, is of major clinical significance in South Africa, particularly in certain coastal areas. Babesia felis, B. leo, B. lengau and B. microti have ...
• A bilateral sinus cyst treated via a bilateral frontonasal bone flap in a standing horse 

  Robert, Mickael P.; Stemmet, Gideon P.; Smit, Yolandi (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-03-28)

  Bilateral paranasal sinus diseases are rarely reported in horses. Treatment using a bilateral frontonasal bone flap on a standing, regular-sized adult horse has not been described previously. A 13-year-old Thoroughbred ...
• Vitamin D status in dogs with babesiosis 

  Dvir, Eran; Rosa, Chantal T.; Handel, Ian; Mellanby, Richard J.; Schoeman, Johan P. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-03-28)

  Canine babesiosis is a virulent infection of dogs in South Africa caused principally by Babesia rossi. Hypovitaminosis D has been reported in a wide range of infectious diseases in humans and dogs, and low vitamin D ...
• Catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries in thoroughbred racehorses on racetracks in Gauteng- South Africa 

  Spargo, Keith E.; Rubio-Martinez, Luis M.; Wheeler, Dale P.; Fletcher, Lizelle; Carstens, Ann (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-02-28)

  The incidence and types of catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries in Thoroughbreds that resulted in euthanasia on selected racetracks in South Africa between 1998 and 2012 were investigated by an observational retrospective ...
• Contaminated feed-borne Bacillus cereus aggravates respiratory distress post avian influenza virus H9N2 infection by inducing pneumonia 

  Zhang, Qiang; Zuo, Zonghui; Guo, Yongxia; Zhang, Tianyuan; Han, Zhenhai; Huang, Shujian; Karama, Musafiri; Saleemi, Muhammad Kashif; Khan, Ahrar; He, Cheng (Nature Publishing Group, 2019-05-10)

  Avian influenza virus subtype H9N2 is identified in chickens with respiratory disease while Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) has been frequently isolated from chicken feed in China. However, the roles of co-infection with ...
• A clinico-pathological study of Babesia canis infection in dogs 

  Malherbe, Willem Daniel (University of Pretoria, 1968)

  This thesis presents a broad survey of all important aspects of Babesia canis infection in dogs. In view of its diverse symptomatology the disease has been comprehensively investigated with particular emphasis on the ...
• Development and analytical validation of a group-specific RT-qPCR assay for the detection of the Simbu serogroup orthobunyaviruses 

  Camarão, A.A.R.; Swanepoel, Robert; Boinas, F.; Quan, Melvyn (Elsevier, 2019-06)

  The Simbu serogroup within the genus Orthobunyavirus belongs to the family Peribunyaviridae and comprises 32 recognised three-segmented negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses, with a cosmopolitan distribution. This ...
• Nematodes found in Nile crocodiles in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, with redescriptions of Multicaecum agile (Wedl, 1861) (Heterocheilidae) and Camallanus kaapstaadi Southwell & Kirshner, 1937 (Camallanidae) 

  Junker, Kerstin; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Govender, Danny; Mutafchiev, Yasen (Springer, 2019-06)

  Sixteen Nile crocodiles were collected in the Kruger National Park, South Africa and vicinity during 2010 and 2011. A total of 11 nematode species representing six families were recovered. Heterocheilids were the dominant ...
• Bioassay-guided isolation and identification of gametocytocidal compounds from Artemisia afra (Asteraceae) 

  Moyo, Phanankosi; Kunyane, Phaladi; Selepe, Mamoalosi A.; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas; Niemand, Jandeli; Louw, Abraham Izak; Maharaj, Vinesh J.; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (BioMed Central, 2019-03-08)

  BACKGROUND : Optimal adoption of the malaria transmission-blocking strategy is currently limited by lack of safe and efficacious drugs. This has sparked the exploration of different sources of drugs in search of ...
• Antimicrobial resistance trends in Escherichia coli in South African poultry : 2009-2015 

  Theobald, Shannon; Etter, Eric Marcel Charles; Gerber, David; Abolnik, Celia (Mary Ann Liebert, 2019-05)

  Prolonged and widespread in-feed use of antimicrobials as either growth promoters or to treat bacterial infections in commercial poultry production contributed to the emergence of resistant bacterial strains globally. A ...
• Comparative proteomics identified immune response proteins involved in response to vaccination with heat-inactivated Mycobacterium bovis and mycobacterial challenge in cattle 

  Lopez, Vladimir; Van der Heijden, E.M.D.L. (Elisabeth); Villa, Margarita; Michel, Anita Luise; Alberdi, Pilar; Gortázar, Christian; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; De la Fuente, Jose (Elsevier, 2018-12)

  There is an imperative need for effective control of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) on a global scale and vaccination of cattle may prove to be pivotal in achieving this. The oral and parenteral use of a heat-inactivated ...
• Tick paralysis : solving an enigma 

  Pienaar, Ronel; Neitz, A.W.H. (Albert Walter Herman); Mans, Ben J. (Barend Johannes) (MDPI Publishing, 2018-05-14)

  In comparison to other arachnids, ticks are major vectors of disease, but less than 8% of the known species are capable of inducing paralysis, as compared to the ~99–100% arachnids that belong to venomous classes. When ...
• Toekoms van veeartsenykundige opleiding 

  Holm, D.E. (Dietmar Erik) (Plaas Publishing, 2018-01)

  Veeartsenykundige opleiding in Suid-Afrika is in ’n goeie plek, met die Fakulteit Veeartsenykunde van die Universiteit van Pretoria wat sy internasionale posisie die afgelope paar jaar aansienlik verbeter het. Die ...
• High production of LukMF’ in Staphylococcus aureus field strains is associated with clinical bovine mastitis 

  Hoekstra, Jurriaan; Rutten, Victor P.M.G.; Sommeling, Laura; Van Werven, Tine; Spaninks, Mirlin; Duim, Birgitta; Benedictus, Lindert; Koop, Gerrit (MDPI, 2018-05-15)

  Staphylococcus aureus, a major cause of bovine mastitis, produces a wide range of immune-evasion molecules. The bi-component leukocidin LukMF’ is a potent killer of bovine neutrophils in vitro. Since the role of LukMF’ ...
• A canine keratinocyte cell line expresses antimicrobial peptide and cytokine genes upon stimulation with bacteria, microbial ligands and recombinant cytokines 

  Chermprapai, Suttiwee; Broere, Femke; Schlotter, Yvette M.; Veldhuizen, Edwin J.A.; Rutten, Victor P.M.G. (Elsevier, 2018-12)

  Keratinocytes (KC) are the main cellular components of the stratum corneum that constitutes a solid physical skin barrier representing the first line of defense against pathogens. Moreover, KC are potent producers ...
• African perspectives : modern complexities of emerging, re-emerging, and endemic zoonoses 

  Muzemil, Abdulazeez; Fasanmi, Olubunmi Gabriel; Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo (Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2018-12)

  Recent events have shown that public health, animal health and national economies have been threatened, globally, by the increased occurrence of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (ErEIDs) [1]. Specifically, ...
• Computed tomographic findings in a Bluetick Coonhound with a longitudinal thoracic tracheal tear 

  Dancer, Sumari C.; Van der Zee, Johannes; Kirberger, Robert M. (Wiley, 2019)

  A 9‐year‐old intact male Bluetick Coonhound presented for progressive subcutaneous emphysema of 5 days’ duration due to a suspected tracheal tear. Cervical computed tomography (CT) and thoracic CT were performed after ...
• Identity of Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) muhsamae Santos Dias, 1954 (Acari: Ixodidae) and H. (R.) subterra Hoogstraal, El Kammah & Camicas, 1992, parasites of carnivores and rodents in eastern and southern Africa 

  Tomlinson, Jackson A.; Horak, Ivan Gerard; Apanaskevich, Dmitry A. (Springer, 2018-09)

  Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) muhsamae Santos Dias, 1954 (Acari: Ixodidae) and H. (R.) subterra Hoogstraal, El Kammah & Camicas, 1992, are redescribed based on males and females. Adults of H. muhsamae were mostly collected ...
• Faculty hosts swine environment day 

  Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2019-04-29)

  Every year on 1 March, National Pig Day is celebrated in the USA. In South Africa there is no such holiday but recently the Faculty of Veterinary Science, in conjunction with the SA Pork Producers’ Organisation (SAPPO), ...

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