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Browsing 1997 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 64, 1997 by Title
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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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Tembo, S.D.; Kiwanuka, A.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Significant increases in serum globulins (α₁ , α₂ , β and γ) were observed in mountain leopard tortoises (Geochelone pardalis) after they had been immunized with nymphal homogenates of Amblyomma marmoreum. There was a ...
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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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Laurenson, K.; Esterhuysen, J.; Stander, P.; Van Heerden, J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Aspects of rabies epidemiology were investigated in the Tsumkwe District, Namibia, during December 1993 and January 1994. A cross-sectional seroepidemiological survey for rabies antibodies was carried out in domestic (n = ...
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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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Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Huchzermeyer, Fritz W.; Henton, Marijke M.; Naude, T.W.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
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Pretorius, A.; Oelofsen, M.J.; Smith, M.S.; Van der Ryst, E.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Infectious diseases of wild animals are of increasing importance, both from an economic viewpoint and because several of these diseases are pathogenic to man. However, serosurveys to determine the circulation of infectious ...
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Anonymous; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
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Anonymous; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
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Kabre, G.B.; Petter, A.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Camallanus polypteri n. sp. is described from Polypterus bichir (type host), Synodontis schall and Clarias anguillaris in Lake Tingrela, Burkina Faso. It differs from the other African species of the subfamily Camallaninae ...
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Matsukawa, K.; Chiti, L.; Yoshima, M.; Sayer, P.D.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Visceral leishmaniosis was discovered in a male 12-
year-old Australian cattle dog in September 1994.
Canine leishmaniosis has not previously been reported
in Zambia.
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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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Williams, R.; Schoeman, M.; Van Wyk, A.; Roos, K.; Josemans, E.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
A two-graph Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis was done to determine the optimal cut-off value of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of antibodies to Wesselsbron disease (WSL) virus. ...
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Alexander, S.J.; McLaughlin, J.D.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
Examination of the helminth communities in 25 yellow-billed ducks (Anas undulata), 21 red-billed
ducks (Anas erythrorhyncha), ten Cape teal (Anas capensis) and seven Cape shovellers (Anas
smithii) that had overwintered ...
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Van den Bossche, Peter; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
A trial to control G. m. morsitans with the use of 980 odour-baited, insecticide-impregnated targets was conducted in a 300 km² area in the Eastern Province of Zambia between 1989 and 1991. The area is highly cultivated ...
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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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Titoy, G.A.P.; Van Rensburg, L.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1997)
A technique for the cryopreservation of third-stage larvae of Strongylus vulgaris is described. Infective
larvae of S. vulgaris were exsheathed in a 0,16% sodium hypochlorite solution and then transferred
into cryotubes ...
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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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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. ...