Oberem, P.T.Van Amstel, S.R.Matthee, O.Bezuidenhout, J. DürrBigalke, R.D.2015-04-142015-04-1420141985Oberem, PT, Van Amstel, SR, Matthee, O & Bezuidenhout, JD 1985, 'The efficacy of hyperimmune serum in the treatment of sweating sickness’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 283-287.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44387The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.Natural and experimental cases of sweating sickness were treated using a hyperimmune serum as specific treatment and hyperimmune serum combined with symptomatic and supportive treatment based on the clinico-pathological changes observed in cases of sweating sickness. The treatment regimens were found to be highly effective in pigs and sheep as well as in calves, although recovery in the latter species was slower.en©ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle