Occurrence of tick-borne haemoparasites in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

dc.contributor.advisorOosthuizen, Marinda C.en
dc.contributor.advisorPenzhorn, Barend Louisen
dc.contributor.emailchui4@telkomsa.neten
dc.contributor.postgraduatePfitzer, Silke
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-06T14:06:22Z
dc.date.available2010-03-12en
dc.date.available2013-09-06T14:06:22Z
dc.date.created2009-11-27en
dc.date.issued2010-03-12en
dc.date.submitted2010-03-03en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MSc (Veterinary Tropical Diseases))--University of Pretoria, 2009.en
dc.description.abstractA total of 143 blood samples of nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) from two regions in South Africa were tested for the presence of tick-borne haemoparasites by means of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse line blot (RLB) hybridisation. While most blood samples taken in EDTA blood turned out negative for the presence of haemoparasites, the majority of blood samples collected on Whatman® filter paper contained several different haemoparasites, often in combination. Samples from the Eastern Cape Province as well as from KwaZulu- Natal turned out positive. Prevalent haemoparasites were Theileria sp. (kudu), T. buffeli, T. bicornis, Theileria sp. (sable), T. taurotragi, Ehrlichia sp. Omatjenne, Anaplasma bovis and A. marginale. This serves as the first report of T. buffeli, T. sp. (kudu), T. bicornis, T. taurotragi, Ehrlichia sp. Omatjenne, A. marginale and A. bovis in nyala. Copyrighten
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dc.description.departmentVeterinary Tropical Diseasesen
dc.identifier.citationPfitzer, S 2009, Occurrence of tick-borne haemoparasites in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, MSc (Veterinary Tropical Diseases) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22952 >en
dc.identifier.otherE10/36/gmen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03032010-141016/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/22952
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2009, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectKwaZulu-Natal (KZN)en
dc.subjectTragelaphus angasiien
dc.subjectTick-borne haemoparasitesen
dc.subjectEastern Cape Province, South Africaen
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.titleOccurrence of tick-borne haemoparasites in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Province, South Africaen
dc.typeDissertationen

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