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Browsing Veterinary Tropical Diseases by Type "Dissertation"
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Nogwebela, Nomathamsanqa
(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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Sandengu, George Tapiwa
(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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Mpofu, Dumakude
(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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Henwood, Vincent Charl
(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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Smit, Andeliza
(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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Malan, Ros Catherine
(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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Shacklock, Caryn
(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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Mekonnen, Sileshi
(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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Weyer, Camilla Theresa
(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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Spargo, Reverend Moregood
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Cattle ticks from the genus Rhipicephalus are hematophagous ectoparasites of great
veterinary and economic importance. Currently, the main method for managing ticks
and tick-borne diseases is the application of chemical ...
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Wolfaard, Graeme
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Rangeland health plays an important role in increasing the connectivity/contact between wildlife, livestock and people. Communal rangelands throughout the savanna areas of South Africa are experiencing increasing magnitudes ...
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Keokilwe, Leruo Tego
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
Ostrich (Struthio camelus) chicks less than three months of age are observed to experience a high mortality rate of 30-40% that is often associated with enteritis. In the event of a disease outbreak mortality can reach ...
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Manyetu, Kramer
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
Animal diseases have always been one of the main constraints on animal production, especially in Africa where there are a variety of tropical and subtropical diseases. Knowledge of these diseases and the development of ...
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Spickett, Andrea
(University of Pretoria, 2010-03-12)
A field trial was conducted to test the anthelmintic effect of a single dose of 4g of copper oxide wire particles (COWP) in bolus form in indigenous goats belonging to small scale communal farmers in three areas in the ...
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Frank, Mary-Anne
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has diminished the effectiveness of many antibiotics used to treat human and animal infectious diseases. AMR in bacteria is considered one of the most important emerging threats to animal and ...
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Chiliza, Thamsanqa Emmanuel
(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-16)
In meeting the high demand for monoclonal antibodies, the chicken immunoglobulin system was exploited to generate recombinant antibodies against multiple target antigens. Following simultaneous immunisation of two chickens ...
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Geleta, Assefa Regassa
(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-23)
The main objective of the study was to investigate whether there were significant differences in prevalence of antibodies to Babesia bigemina and Babesia bovis between vaccinated and unvaccinated cattle in a tick-borne ...
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Harris, Penelope Grace
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
Worldwide there is a growing concern of the emergence and evolution of antimicrobial
resistance among bacterial pathogens, which poses a threat to human and animal health.
The extensive use and misuse of antimicrobials ...
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Jonker, Annelize
(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-10)
The thermophilic Campylobacters, Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli are found as commensals in the intestinal tract of healthy mammals and birds. Campylobacter jejuni is one of the leading causes of sporadic ...
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Blunt, Catherine Ann
(University of Pretoria, 2012-06-01)
Successful treatment of canine pyoderma has become increasingly difficult due to the development of antimicrobial resistance and recurrence of infection. The development and spread of antimicrobial resistance has major ...