The occurrence of Piroplasma pitheci in a vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops cloetei Roberts) in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorNeitz, W.O.
dc.contributor.editorDu Toit, P.J.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-13T13:08:58Z
dc.date.available2016-07-13T13:08:58Z
dc.date.created2016
dc.date.issued1937
dc.descriptionThe articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe occurrence of P. pitheci was recorded by Ross (1905) in several monkeys belonging to the genus Cercopithecus. The affected animals did not show any clinical symptoms apart from febrile reactions. Three years later the same preparations were re-examined by Nuttall and Graham-Smith, who stated that these parasites were of the P. bigeminum and P. canis type. Castellani and Chalmers (1908) described piroplasms in a monkey Mlacacus pileatus under the name P. cellii. A detailed account on the pathogenicity of P. pitheci in splenectomized and non-splenectomized monkeys belonging to the genus Cercopithecus and:Macacus is given by Kikuth (1927). His experiments showed that non-splenectomized monkeys did not suffer from the iufec:tion, whereas in splenectomized animals numerous parasites appeared which produced severe anaemia, loss in condition and in one case death. Furthermore, he was able to show that trypan blue caused the parasites to disappear from the peripheral blood. Schwetz (1933) described piroplasms resembling those described by Ross in two monkeys, one belonging to the genus Cercopithecus and the other to a species of Cercocoebus. Through the kindness of Dr. A. D. Thomas of this Institute the ·writer obtained blood and spleen smears from an apparently healthy vervet-monkey which was shot on the farm Rossbach in the district Zoutpansberg in the Transvaal.en_ZA
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dc.format.extent3 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNeitz, WO 1937, ‘The occurrence of Piroplasma pitheci in a vervet monkey ( Cercopithecus aethiops cloetei Roberts) in South Africa’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 31-33en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0330-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/55790
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherPretoria : Government Printeren_ZA
dc.rights©1937 ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science. University of Pretoria (original). ©2016 University of Pretoria. Department of Library Services (digital).en_ZA
dc.subjectPiroplasma pithecien_ZA
dc.subjectVervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)en_ZA
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.titleThe occurrence of Piroplasma pitheci in a vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops cloetei Roberts) in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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