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Faculty Day, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, 23 August 2018 : research overview

dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science
dc.contributor.editorVan Blerk, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-17T10:36:05Z
dc.date.available2018-09-17T10:36:05Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-23
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical referencesen_ZA
dc.descriptionAbstracts of the oral and poster presentations delivered at the 2018 Faculty Day held at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.en_ZA
dc.descriptionOrganising Committee: Dr Amelia Goddard (Chairperson), Prof Vinny Naidoo, Prof Gerhard Steenkamp, Ms Esther Visser, Ms Fransie Lottering, Ms Alet Wannenburg, Ms Rene Abernethy, Mr Chris van Blerken_ZA
dc.descriptionScientific Committee: Prof Gerhard Steenkamp (Chairperson), Prof Peter Thompson, Dr Adrian Tordiffe, Dr Christine Steyn, Dr Nicola Collinsen_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes a list of scientific, peer-refereed articles, published in 2017, of which a member or student of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, was an authoren_ZA
dc.description.abstractOral presentations: Topography and splanchnology of the lungs in the African lion (Panthera leo) / Marais C.A., Crole M.R. -- Comparison of thoracic radiological changes with computed tomography in dogs suffering from blunt trauma / Dancer S.C., Le Roux C., Kirberger R.M. -- Ovarian function and anti-Müllerian hormone following immunocontraceptive vaccination of mares using native and recombinant zona pellucida vaccines with non-Freund’s adjuvants / Nolan M.B., Bertschinger H.J., Crampton M., Schulman M.L. -- Investigating the anti-adherence mechanism of bioactive South African Myrtaceae plants against diarrhoeagenic enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) limiting pig production using a Caco-2 cell model / Famuyide I.M., Aro A.O., Abubakar R.H., Fasina F.O., Eloff J.N., McGaw L.J. -- Isolation of Brucella melitensis biovars 2 and 3 from slaughter cattle in South Africa / Kolo F.B., Adesiyun A.A., Katsande T.C., Fasina F.O., Van Heerden H. -- Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle and communal resource-constrained farmers living at the wildlife-livestock-human interface in South Africa / Sichewo P.R., Etter E., Michel A.L. -- The acute phase response in healthy and injured southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) / Hooijberg E.H., Cray C., Steenkamp G., Buss P., Goddard A., Miller M. -- Validation of an indirect immunoperoxidase test for rabies virus in domestic and wildlife species in South Africa / Janse van Rensburg D.D., Sabeta C.T., Fosgate G.T., Clift S.J. -- The effects of elevated concentrations of KCl in the feed of laying hens / Cornelius S.T., Naidoo V. -- A novel approach for antigenic vaccine matching of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) viruses / Sirdar M.M., Fosgate G.T., Gummow B., Shileyi B., Mutowembwa B., Lazarus D.D., Blignaut B., Heath L.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractPoster presentations: 1. A flow cytometric assessment of selected splenic cell populations of dogs that died of natural Babesia rossi infections / Celliers A., Pazzi P., Rautenbach Y., Leisewitz A.L. -- 2. Neutrophil myeloperoxidase index in dogs with babesiosis / Celliers A., Hooijberg E.H., Christopher M.M., Rautenbach Y., Goddard A. -- 3. Leptospirosis in slaughter livestock in Gauteng province, South Africa: Isolation, serological and molecular studies / Dogonyaro B.B., Van Heerden H., Wunder Jr E.A., Ko A.I., Casanovas-Massana A., Potts A.D., Lötter C., Katsande C., Fasina F.O., Kolo F.B., Adesiyun A.A. -- 4. Isolated flavones from Loxostylis alata have anti-influenza potential / Gado D.A., Mehrbod P., Abdalla M.A., Ahmed A.S., Ehlers M., McGaw L.J. -- 5. In vitro cytotoxicity induced by different cardiac glycosides / Henn D., Venter A., Botha C.J. -- 6. The chronicles of the captive African penguin: Bravery or desensitization towards natural and environmental stressors? / Holdstock C., Scheun J., Ganswindt A. -- 7. Molecular characterisation of vaccine candidates from Anaplasma marginale strains in South Africa / Hove P., Brayton K.A., Oosthiuzen M.C., Mtshali M.S., Collins N.E. -- 8. Epoxyscillirosidine induced cytotoxicity and ultrastructural changes in a rat embryonic cardiomyocyte (H9c2) cell line / Isa H.I., Ferreira G.C.H., Crafford J.E., Botha C.J. -- 9. Raising antibodies against epoxyscillirosidine, the toxic principle contained in Moraea pallida Bak. (Iridaceae), in rabbits / Isa H.I., Ferreira G.C.H., Crafford J.E., Botha C.J. -- 10. Tick-borne haemoparasite occurrence in eastern rock sengi (Elephantulus myurus) in South Africa / Jacobs R., Bastos A., Troskie M., Medger K., Oosthuizen M. -- 11. Soluble expression of Bacillus anthracis protective antigen in Escherichia coli and characterisation of its biological activity / Jauro S., Ndumnego O.C., Beyer W., Van Heerden H. -- 12. Plants used in ethnoveterinary medicine to treat prevalent livestock diseases in the Mnisi community, Mpumalanga province, South Africa / Khunoana E.T., Arnot L.F., McGaw L.J. -- 13. Bacterial blood microbiome of rodents captured from a human/livestock/wildlife interface in Bushbuckridge, South Africa / Kolo A.O., Gall C.A., Wentzel J.M., Kolo F.B., Van Heerden H., Collins N.E., Brayton K.A., Oosthuizen M.C. -- 14. In silico screening of the Theileria parva proteome for identification proteins responsible for transformation of infected host lymphocytes / Komani N., Liebenberg J., Sibeko-Matjila K. -- 15. Spatial analysis of anthrax outbreaks and cases in Lesotho between 2005–2016 / Lepheana R.J., Oguttu J.W., Qekwana N.D. -- 16. Prevalence of cysticercosis in cattle and pigs slaughtered in Gauteng abattoirs / Mabogoane N.F., Tsotetsi-Khambule A.M., Adesiyun A.A. -- 17 Tick-borne disease dynamics in calves at the wildlife-livestock interface in the Mnisi community area, Mpumalanga province, South Africa / Makgabo S.M., Biggs L., Brayton K.A., Oosthuizen M.C., Collins N.E. -- 18. Preliminary screening of selected South African medicinal plants for the control of root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne incognita /Makhubu F.N., McGaw L.J., Khosa M.C. -- 19. Screening of host proteins that interact with Rift Valley fever virus glycoproteins using a yeast two hybrid system / Maluleke M.R., Venter E.H., Mans B. -- 20. Prevalence and characterization of Salmonella spp. in beef abattoirs, beef and beef products in Gauteng / Manqele A., Adesiyun A.A., Madoroba E., Thompson P.N. -- 21. Prevalence of Q-fever in South Africa: A review of diagnostic laboratory data at the Agricultural Research Council – Onderstepoort Veterinary Research from 2007–2009 / Mangena M.L., Gcebe N., Thompson P.N., Adesiyun A.A. -- 22. Species composition and the role of horse-flies in pathogen transmission in south-eastern KNP (Diptera: Tabanidae) / Mazibuko X., Snyman L., Smit A., Lempereur L., Neves L. -- 23. Comparison of decontamination methods for the primary isolation of Mycobacterium spp. from milk / Mazwi D., Michel A.L. -- 24. Prevalence and characterisation of Salmonella species from chickens sold in informal poultry markets in Gauteng, South Africa / Mokgophi M.T., Gcebe N., Thompson P.N., Adesiyun A.A. -- 25. Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of coagulase positive Staphylococcus species from milk samples submitted to the Onderstepoort Faculty of Veterinary Science / Mphahlele M.P., Petzer I.M., Oguttu J.W., Qekwana D.N. -- 26. Evaluation of the effectiveness of pulse oximetry at different attachment sites to detect hypoxaemia in immobilized impala (Aepyceros melampus) / Mtetwa T.K., Zeiler G., Laubscher L., Pfitzer S., Meyer L.C.R. -- 27. Diversity of the sporozoite antigen gene p67 in Theileria parva field isolates from cattle and buffalo in southern and eastern Africa / Mukolwe L.D., Odongo D.O., Sibeko K.P. -- 28. Antimicrobial use practices and resistance in indicator bacteria in communal cattle in the Mnisi community, Mpumalanga / Mupfunya C., Naidoo V., Qekwana N. -- 29. Pathology in dogs that died following natural infection by African horse sickness virus / O’Dell N., Williams J.H., Clift S.J., Steyl J.C.A. -- 30. Pathology and tissue tropism of natural Rift Valley fever virus infection in sheep / Odendaal L., Clift S.J., Fosgate G.T., Davis A.S. -- 31. The in vitro antibacterial activity of Ficus exasperata leaf extracts against Campylobacter and Escherichia coli relevant in poultry infections / Olawuwo O.S., Aro A.O., Omokhua A.G., Eloff J.N., McGaw L.J. -- 32. Antimycobacterial activity and toxicity screening of two southern Africa alien invasive plants / Omokhua A.G., Madikizela B., Van Staden J., McGaw L.J. -- 33. Biological activities of selected South African plants used traditionally to treat inflammation and helminth infection/ Ondua M., Njoya E.M., Abdalla M.A., McGaw L.J. -- 34. Histology of the female reproductive tract of the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) / Penfold M.J., Soley J., Hartman M.J. -- 35. Prevalence of Campylobacter species from chickens sold in informal poultry markets in Gauteng, South Africa / Phosa M., Morar-Leather D., Adesiyun A.A. -- 36. In vitro activity of Psychotria zombamontana and its potential use as a poultry feed additive / Querl B.M., McGaw L.J., Kritzinger Q. -- 37. A survey of selected pathogens of economic concern within the principle cultivated Tilapia (Oreochromis spp) producing regions of South Africa for the period 2017–2018 / Taylor G.D., Scarfe A.D., Huchzemeyer K.D., Steyl J.C.A. -- 38. Endemic circulation of Rift Valley fever virus in far northern KwaZulu-Natal / Van den Bergh C., Venter E.H., Swanepoel R., Thompson P.N. -- 39. Evaluation of two newly developed lateral-flow immunochromatographic assays for the detection of Mycobacterium bovis infections in domestic cattle (Bos taurus) and African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) / Van der Heijden E.M.D.L., Singh M., Rutten V.P.M.G., Michel A.L. -- 40. Adaptation of SAT2 foot-and-mouth disease viruses in cattle and goats / Van der Merwe D., Van Heerden J., Heath L., Fosgate G.T., Blignaut B. -- 41. Long bone fractures in impala (Aepyceros melampus): A classification system and review of 62 fractures / Van Heerden F., Hartman M.J., Kirberger R.M.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianab2018en_ZA
dc.format.extent64 pages : illustrationsen_ZA
dc.format.mediumPDFen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/66582
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherPretoria : University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Scienceen_ZA
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dc.rights© 2018 University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Scienceen_ZA
dc.subjectResearch communicationen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.titleFaculty Day, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, 23 August 2018 : research overviewen_ZA
dc.title.alternativeFaculty Day 2018en_ZA
dc.title.alternativeFaculty Day, 23 August 2018 : research overviewen_ZA
dc.typeEventen_ZA
dc.typeTexten_ZA

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