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  • Mortality in East African shorthorn zebu cattle under one year : predictors of infectious-disease mortality 
    Thumbi, Samuel Mwangi; Bronsvoort, Barend Mark de Clare; Kiara, Henry; Toye, Philip G.; Poole, Jane; Ndila, Mary; Conradie, Ilana; Jennings, Amy; Handel, Ian Graham; Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Hanotte, Olivier (BioMed Central, 2013-09-08)
    BACKGROUND: Infectious livestock diseases remain a major threat to attaining food security and are a source of economic and livelihood losses for people dependent on livestock for their livelihood. Knowledge of the ...
  • Mortality in virulent canine babesiosis is associated with a consumptive coagulopathy 
    Goddard, Amelia; Wiinberg, Bo; Schoeman, Johan P.; Kristensen, Annemarie T.; Kjelgaard-Hansen, Mads (Elsevier, 2013-05)
    The inflammatory response to infection can activate the coagulation system via complex interactions. If uncontrolled, this may lead to a consumptive coagulopathy, which has been identified as a major risk factor for poor ...
  • Mortality rates and survival analysis of a cohort of owned adult dogs and puppies in Hluvukani Bushbuckridge South Africa 
    Kolo, Francis Babaman (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    Rabies is an acute, fatal, progressive, incurable viral encephalitis affecting all warm-blooded animals, including humans. Dogs are the primary reservoir of rabies virus (RABV) in Africa for both humans and animals. Although ...
  • Mortality rates and survival analysis of owned, free-roaming dogs in a resource-limited community, Bushbuckridge, South Africa 
    Kolo, Francis Babaman; Conan, Anne; Henning, Alischa; Clift, Sarah Jane; Knobel, Darryn Leslie; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Dept. of Veterinary Tropical Diseases; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Dept. of Production Animal Studies; Ross University. School of Veterinary Medicine (Pretoria : University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2016-08-25)
    Canine rabies can be successfully controlled in dogs through mass vaccination. In populations of free-roaming dogs in resource-limited settings, the maintenance of herd immunity through vaccination is challenged by the ...
  • Mosquito community composition in South Africa and some neighboring countries 
    Cornel, Anthony J.; Lee, Yoosook; De Almeida, Antonio Paulo Gouveia; Johnson, Todd; Mouatcho, Joel Claude; Venter, Marietjie; De Jager, Christiaan; Braack, L.E.O. (BioMed Central, 2018)
    BACKGROUND : A century of studies have described particular aspects of relatively few mosquito species in southern Africa, mostly those species involved with disease transmission, specifically malaria and arboviruses. ...
  • Mosquito-borne arboviruses of African origin : review of key viruses and vectors 
    Braack, L.E.O.; De Almeida, Antonio Paulo Gouveia; Cornel, Anthony J.; Swanepoel, Robert; De Jager, Christiaan (BioMed Central, 2018-01-09)
    Key aspects of 36 mosquito-borne arboviruses indigenous to Africa are summarized, including lesser or poorly-known viruses which, like Zika, may have the potential to escape current sylvatic cycling to achieve greater ...
  • MOU between Faculty and Wildlife Ranching SA aimed at sustained services in diagnostic pathology of wildlife 
    Van Blerk, Chris; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science (2015-11-13)
    An MOU that was signed on 2 November between the Faculty of Veterinary Science and Wildlife Ranching South Africa (WRSA) will make a significant contribution to an extended capacity to service the wildlife industry in South ...
  • Mouthing of cattle with suspected foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) 
    Unknown; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Dept. of Veterinary Tropical Diseases (2013-12-11)
  • The Movebank system for studying global animal movement and demography 
    Kays, Roland; Davidson, Sarah C.; Berger, Matthias; Bohrer, Gil; Fiedler, Wolfgang; Flack, Andrea; Hirt, Julian; Hahn, Clemens; Gauggel, Dominik; Russell, Benedict; Kolzsch, Andrea; Lohr, Ashley; Partecke, Jesko; Quetting, Michael; Safi, Kamran; Scharf, Anne; Schneider, Gabriel; Lang, Ilona; Schaeuffelhut, Friedrich; Landwehr, Matthias; Storhas, Martin; Van Schalkwyk, Louis; Vinciguerra, Candace; Weinzierl, Rolf; Wikelski, Martin (Wiley, 2022-02)
    Quantifying movement and demographic events of free-ranging animals is fundamental to studying their ecology, evolution and conservation. Technological advances have led to an explosion in sensor-based methods for remotely ...
  • Moving cholera vaccines ahead of the epidemic curve 
    Memish, Ziad A.; Blumberg, Lucille; Al-Maani, Amal Saif; Baru, Rama; Dube, Eve; Gao, George F.; Jernigan, Daniel B.; Leo, Yee-Sin; Peiris, Joseph Sriyal Malik; Masud, Jakir Hossain B.; McVernon, Jodie; Nonvignon, Justice; Ogunsola, Folasade Tolulope; Reese, Helen; Safdar, Rana Muhammad; Ungchusak, Kumnuan; Wieler, Lothar H.; Heymann, David (Elsevier, 2024-01)
    No abstract available.
  • Mrs Kate Green, Murray and Kenneth Green 
    (2006-04-07)
    Photograph of Kate Green with her 2 boys, Kenneth and Murray
  • Mrs. King 
    Unknown (2006-09-21)
    Photograph of Mrs. King taken by Munro Studios, Pretoria.
  • Mucormycosis 
    Unknown; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Dept. of Paraclinical Sciences. Section of Pathology (2010-02-25)
    Images of post-mortem cases captured during 1984 - 1993. Departmental references to images uploaded with photo titles indicated the macroscopic lesion (PM) or microscopic slide (S), case number and year.
  • A multi-epitope DNA vaccine co-administered with monophosphoryl lipid A adjuvant provides protection against tick transmitted Ehrlichia ruminantium in sheep 
    Tshilwane, Selaelo Ivy; Thema, Nontobeko; Steyn, Helena C.; Van Kleef, Mirinda; Pretorius, Alri (Elsevier, 2019-07)
    Previously, a heartwater experimental DNA vaccine provided 100% protection following laboratory challenge with Ehrlichia ruminantium administered by needle but not against an E. ruminantium tick challenge in the field. A ...
  • Multi-loci gene sequencing and identification of bifidobacteria strains isolated from dairy and pharmaceutical sources in South Africa 
    Nyanzi, Richard; Jooste, Piet J.; Eloff, Jacobus Nicolaas (Taylor & Francis, 2016-01)
    The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of Bifidobacterium species reveals high interspecies sequence similarity in the range of 87.7–99.5%. This study illustrated the extent of superiority of a multigenic approach, involving ...
  • Multi-locus sequence typing of Ehrlichia ruminantium strains from geographically diverse origins and collected in Amblyomma variegatum from Uganda 
    Nakao, Ryo; Magona, Joseph W.; Zhou, Lijia; Jongejan, Frans; Sugimoto, Chihiro (BioMed Central, 2011-07-15)
    BACKGROUND: The rickettsial bacterium Ehrlichia ruminantium is the causative agent of heartwater in ruminants. A better understanding of the population genetics of its different strains is, however, needed for the development ...
  • A multi-species evaluation of digital wildlife monitoring using the Sigfox IoT network 
    Timm A., Wild; Van Schalkwyk, Louis; Viljoen, Pauli; Heine, George; Richter, Nina; Vorneweg, Bernd; Koblitz, Jens C.; Dechmann, Dina K. N.; Rogers, Will; Partecke, Jesko; Linek, Nils; Volkmer, Tamara; Gregersen, Troels; Havmøller, Rasmus W.; Morelle, Kevin; Daim, Andreas; Wiesner, Miriam C.; Wolter, Kerri; Fiedler, Wolfgang; Kays, Roland; Ezenwa, Ezenwa; Meboldt, Mirko; Wikelski, Martin (BioMed Central, 2023-03)
    Bio-telemetry from small tags attached to animals is one of the principal methods for studying the ecology and behaviour of wildlife. The field has constantly evolved over the last 80 years as technological improvement ...
  • Multimeric protein structures of African horsesickness virus and their use as antigen delivery systems 
    Maree, Francois Frederick (University of Pretoria, 2007-06-05)
    African horsesickness virus (AHSV) , a member of the genus Orbivirus in the family Reo viridae, is the aetiological agent of African horsesickness, a highly infectious non-contagious disease of equines. The AHSV virion is ...
  • Multimycotoxin analysis of South African Aspergillus clavatus isolates 
    Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus); Truter, Mariëtte; Sulyok, M. (Springer, 2018-05)
    Aspergillus clavatus poisoning is a neuromycotoxicosis of ruminants that occurs sporadically across the world after ingestion of infected feedstuffs. Although various toxic metabolites are synthesized by the fungus, it is ...
  • Multiple bone fractures 
    Van Schoor, Mirinda; University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Dept. of Companion Animal Clinical Studies (2010-11-05)
    PHOTOS 1-5: A fracture can be defined as a break (complete or incomplete) in the continuity of bone. Fractures may be caused by direct or indirect trauma to the bone, diseases that cause decalcification of bone or by ...