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Browsing 2003 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 70, 2003 by Issue Date
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Kumba, F.F.; Katjivena, H.; Kauta, G.; Lutaaya, E.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
As a more detailed continuation of a previous study, faecal samples for worm egg counts were collected per rectum from ten marked adult animals in selected flocks of goats, in each of six villages evenly spread out in the ...
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Magona, Joseph W.; Mayende, J.S.P.; Olaho-Mukani, W.; Jonsson, N.N.; Welburn, S.C.; Eisler, M.C.; Coleman, P.G.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
The clinical, parasitological and molecular diagnosis of bovine trypanosomosis were compared using samples from 250 zebu cattle exposed to natural trypanosome challenge in Uganda. Clinical examination, molecular and ...
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Nel, Louis Hendrik; Gayo, V.; Romito, M.; Solari, M.A.; Viljoen, Gerrit Johannes; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Bovine babesiosis is responsible for serious economic losses in Uruguay. Haemovaccines play an important role in disease prevention, but concern has been raised about their use. It is feared that the attenuated Babesia ...
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Groenewald, Hermanus B.; Ohale, L.O.C.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
A morphological study of the structures of the antebrachiocarpal (AC) joint of the cheetah was carried out by dissection of eight forelimbs obtained from four adult cheetahs culled from the Kruger National Park, Republic ...
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Estrada-Pena, Agustín; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Models predicting current habitat availability for four prominent tick species in Africa (Boophilus
decoloratus, Amblyomma hebraeum, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Hyalomma truncatum)
were constructed using remotely ...
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Horak, Ivan Gerard; Braack, L.E.O.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Gallivan, Gordon J.; De Vos, Valerius; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Ectoparasites were collected from impalas, Aepyceros melampus, at four localities within the Kruger National Park, namely Skukuza, in the Biyamiti region, Crocodile Bridge and Pafuri. Animals were also examined at Skukuza ...
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Huchzermeyer, Karl David August; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Infection with a faecal Streptococcus species belonging to Lancefield group D has been a major cause of mortalities on certain trout farms on the escarpment of the Mpumalanga Province in the Republic of South Africa. ...
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Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Watermeyer, Ryno; Putterill, John Fraser
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Setaria scalprum (Von Linstow, 1908) and Setaria saegeri (Le Van Hoa, 1961) are closely related filarid species that occur in the smaller antelope of Africa. Material previously coIlected from common duiker, Sylvicapra ...
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Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Van Rensburg, L.J.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Over a period of about 12 years, 30 abnormal Schistosoma mattheei cercariae were found among a total of approximately 2.8 million examined. Initially seven were recovered from about 1.02 million (0.0007 %), which were ...
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Snyman, Leendert D.; Schultz, R.A. (Rowena Anitra); Joubert, J.P.J.; Basson, Karin M.; Labuschagne, Leonie; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
Conditioned feed aversion was investigated as a means to prevent tulp (Homeria pallida) poisoning in cattle on tulp-infested grazing. Aversion treatment with a combination of epoxyscillirosidin and lithium chloride together ...
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Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Van Rensburg, L.J.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
A large Schistosoma mattheei ovum containing two miracidia was recovered from a squash preparation of the liver of an experimentally infected hamster. When observed, the miracidia were motile and facing in opposite directions.
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Simbi, B.H.; Peter, T.F.; Burridge, M.J.; Mahan, S.M.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
Detection of heartwater is not always easy especially because all the serological assays so far available either have poor sensitivity or specificity. The indirect MAP-1B ELISA has been reported to be the most specific ...
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Mugunieri, G.L.; Murilla, G.A .; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
A household survey was conducted in 21 villages of Kwale district, Kenya, to assess farmers' trypanocidal drug use characteristics for treatment of bovine trypanosomosis and their relationship to drug effectiveness. ...
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None; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
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Tonui, W.K.; Mpoke, S.S.; Orago, A.S.; Turco, S.J.; Mbati, P.A.; Mkoji, G.M.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
The efficacy of Leishmania donovani-derived lipophosphoglycan (LPG) plus Mycobacterium bovis
Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) as a vaccine candidate against visceral leishmaniosis in susceptible
BALB/c mouse and Syrian ...
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Soley, John Thomson; Putterill, John Fraser; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Published jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria., 2003)
The heads of nine 2.5 to 3-year-old Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) were obtained from a commercial farm where crocodiles are raised for their skins and meat. The animals from which these specimens originated were ...
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Matete, G.O.; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
Domestic dogs were screened for Trypanosoma brucei infection using the haematocrit centrifugation technique as part of routine active surveillance exercises in the Busia and Teso districts of Kenya.
The purpose was to ...
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Kakono, O.; Hove, T.; Mahan, S.; Geysen, Dirk; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
A total of 1 286 caprine serum samples collected from three communal land areas in Zimbabwe from March 1999 to February 2000 were tested for Ehrlichia ruminantium antibodies using the indirect MAP1-B enzyme-linked immunosorbent ...
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None; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
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Bragg, R.R. (Robert Richard); Plumstead, Peter; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2003)
A full continuous disinfection programme, consisting of disinfection during cleanout of poultry houses prior to placement of chickens, disinfection of the drinking water and spray disinfection of the birds during production ...