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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Brucella abortus, a major cause of bovine brucellosis, is a facultative intracellular, gram-negative pathogen that infects mammals by replicating inside phagocytic cells of the reticulo-endothelial system and in trophoblastic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Bovine brucellosis is a worldwide, zoonotic infection caused by Brucella species bacteria and characterised by abortions and retained placentae in cows and, to a lesser extent, orchitis in bulls. The disease is a zoonotic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The unique adaptation of the avian eye is reflected in its ocular anatomy. The ostrich and emu are commercially important species and a comparative study of the M. bulbi, lacrimal apparatus and their innervation would ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)There has been an increase in the herd prevalence of brucellosis in cattle in Gauteng, especially among smallholder herds. This study was undertaken to provide information on the distribution, nature and farm behavior of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)A risk assessment was conducted for Salmonella enteritidis (SE) in the broiler production chain of the Western Cape of South Africa, using a literature review, historical data analysis, microbiological sampling from abattoirs ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)South African farmers have struggled for many years with the loss of livestock on their farms due to predators such as black backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) and caracal (Caracal caracal). These farmers have been known to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The tragelaphine antelopes comprise a group of nine species, namely Tragelaphus eurycerus (bongo), Tragelaphus scriptus (bushbuck), Tragelaphus oryx (common eland), Tragelaphus derbianus (giant eland), Tragelaphus strepsiceros ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The dams' physiological status (gestational stages, lactation, and dry period) is crucial in utilising minerals. The mechanisms controlling the utilisation of minerals during pregnancy are inadequately understood. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-03-06)This study compared uncomplicated canine babesiosis (CB) with various grades of experimentally induced normovolaemic anaemia (EA) and the physiological state (controls) in the dog using Doppler variables of the abdominal ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Tabanidae (Diptera) is a diverse haematophagous fly family, known to transmit over 35 livestock pathogens both mechanically and biologically. Kruger National Park (KNP) (in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces), South Africa, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Ticks and tick borne diseases remain a huge threat to livestock productivity the world over. While several efforts have been made to control ticks, current control measures are still not adequate. Conventionally, tick ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Farmers in developing countries are faced with many diseases that limit the productivity of their animals, several of which are caused by tick infestations. To date, treatment of host animals with synthetic, chemical tick ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)A study was conducted (November 2012) on the communal dipping system in Mnisi, Mpumalanga Province of South Africa to detect levels of blue tick resistance to commonly used acaricides. The larvae obtained from engorged ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This project was conducted in order to ascertain the presence or absence of acaricide resistance in ticks in an area of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) where tick-borne diseases pose a real and dire threat to communal and commercial ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-29)Tick resistance to acaricides is an increasing problem in South Africa and poses a real economic threat to the livestock and veterinary pharmaceutical industries. New acaricides are extremely expensive to develop so the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)Wild animal capture has progressed over the years from trapping or physical capture, which was dangerous to both animal and man, to chemical immobilization. Opioids and butyrophenones are the most common classes of drugs ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-10-23)Heartwater is a serious limiting factor for sheep and goat production in the major endemic area of sub-Saharan Africa and therefore most knowledge, research and control methods originate from this region. Whilst the usual ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)African horse sickness (AHS) is a life-threatening disease of equids caused by African horse sickness virus (AHSV), a member of the genus Orbivirus in the family Reoviridae. The virus is transmitted by midges (Culicoides ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)African horse sickness (AHS) is a life threatening disease of equids caused by African horse sickness virus (AHSV), a member of the genus Orbivirus in the family Reoviridae. The virus is transmitted to horses by midges ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-03)Excess germ cells in normal and in pathological conditions are removed from testicular tissue by the mechanism of apoptosis. Studies on germ cell apoptosis in avian species are grossly lacking, and there are only a few ...
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