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Browsing 1997 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 64, 1997 by Issue Date
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Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Clinical, virological and serological responses were investigated in five pregnant donkey mares after
experimental exposure to the South African asinine-94 strain of equine arteritis virus (EAV), and the
duration of ...
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Alexander, S.; McLaughlin, J.D.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Thirty-four species of gastrointestinal helminths were found in 25 Anas undulata, 21 Anas erythrorhyncha,
ten Anas capensis and seven Anas smithii collected at Barberspan, South Africa. Excluding
four new taxa, 11 new ...
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Barnard, B.J.H.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Twenty-four species of South African wild animals were tested for the presence of antibodies against
the viruses of 16 common diseases of domestic animals. Positive results were obtained for African
horsesickness, equine ...
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Henton, Marijke M.; Engelbrecht, M.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
This retrospective study was based on 674 cases of colibacillosis in pigs submitted to the diagnostic bacteriology laboratory of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI) over the 20-year period ranging from 1971-1991. ...
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Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Van Rensburg, L.J.; Heitmann, L.P.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Three groups of young oxen were infected percutaneously with cercariae of Schistosoma mattheei. Three of five oxen infected with 248 cercariae/kg mass died or were killed in extremis 58-70 d after infection, a fourth ...
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Verschoor, J.A. (Jan Adrianus), 1953-; Bragg, R.R. (Robert Richard); Coetzee, L.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Haemophilus paragallinarum causes infectious coryza in poultry, and a panel of monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) were established, which detect surface antigens of this bacterium. It was postulated that these Mabs could be used ...
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Michel, Anita Luise; Van der Lugt, Jaco J.; Bengis, Roy G.; De Vos, Valerius; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
In situ hybridization was performed on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded lung sections from eight
blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) calves to investigate the role of this organ in the excretion
of alcelaphine herpes ...
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Gitau, T.; Mbiuki, S.M.; McDermott, J.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Digital health and conformation were assessed in 216 dairy cattle on 78 randomly selected small-scale
farms. For each cow, gait was assessed and the digits examined in detail. Hoof measurements
(angle and length of the ...
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Anonymous; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
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Alexander, S.J.; McLaughlin, J.D.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
A literature survey revealed that 72 helminth species, including 14 known only to the generic level, had
been reported from the digestive or respiratory tracts of 28 species of Anatidae in Africa. Most of the
digeneans ...
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Titoy, G.A.P.; Van Rensburg, L.J.; Van Strijp, M.F.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Sheathed infective larvae of Oesophagostomum radiatum were successfully cryopreserved by
the use of a procedure developed for hookworms. The survival rate, as assessed by motility, was
57,9% after 42 d of cryopreservation.
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Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Horak, Ivan Gerard; Booyse, Dirk G.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
A total of 145 scrub hares from three localities in the Kruger National Park were examined for helminths: 124 at Skukuza, 15 at Shingwedzi, and three each at Pretoriuskop and Pafuri. Trichostrongylus deflexus was the most ...
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Dreyer, K.; Fourie, L.J.; Kok, D.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
The possible use of chickens as predators of livestock ticks was studied. Chickens were allowed to
scavenge for 3 h among tick-infested cattle in a typical township backyard during the milking period.
Boophilus decoloratus, ...
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Linhart, S.B.; Baer, G.M.; Balderas Torres, J.M.; Engeman, R.M.; Collins, E.F.; Meslin, F.X.; Schumacher, C.L.; El-Taweel, A.H.; Wlodkowski, J.C.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Protocols for evaluating oral rabies vaccine baits for domestic dogs were field tested in central Mexico,
after which dog-food manufacturers and suppliers to the pet-food industry were advised as to potential
ingredients ...
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Brayton, Kelly A.; Bothma, G.C.; Vogel, S.W.; Allsopp, B.A.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
A simple and inexpensive particle-bombardment device, the OPgun™, was constructed for the
delivery of DNA into animal tissues. This device is based on the particle-inflow gun first described
for plant-cell transfection. ...
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Avarzed, A.; De Waal, D.T.; Igarashi, I.; Saito, A.; Oyamada, T.; Toyoda, Y.; Suzuki, N.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Antigen for the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) was routinely prepared from infected erythrocytes from horses experimentally infected with Babesia equi and Babesia caballi. With the successful
establishment of ...
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Venter, Gert Johannes; Nevill, E.M.; Van der Linde, T.C. De K.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Pretoria : Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Seasonal abundance and parity in Culicoides populations, in the vicinity of livestock, were determined
at seven sites in five different climatic regions with 220 V down-draught blacklight-traps. In
418 collections made ...
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Odendaal, M.W.; Morris, S.; Du Preez, E.; Aitchison, Henry; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
A multivalent vaccine consisting of inactivated bovine herpes virus-1 (BHV-1 ). also known as infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus (IBR) , para-influenza type-3 virus (PIȝ) and the leukotoxin of Pasteurella haemolytica ...
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Fourie, H.J.; Van Amelsfoort, A.F.; Michael, L.M.; Putterill, John Fraser; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
A scanning electron-microscope examination of the scolex of Houttuynia struthionis, a cestode of ostriches,
was undertaken in order to study its surface structure. The scolex differs from those of other
subfamilies in ...
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Meiswinkel, R.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
In December 1993, a light-trap survey was made of the Culicoides found at eight horse stables and dairies in the sandy dune field west of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. While it was notable that Culicoides numbers were low ...