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Browsing 1998 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 65, 1998 by Issue Date
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Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Hering-Hagenbeck, S.F.B.N.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
Spauligodon timbavatiensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae) from the large intestine of Pachydactylus turneri (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the Northern Province (RSA) is described and illustrated. It is the fifth species in ...
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Anonymous; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
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Dreyer, K.; Fourie, L.J.; Kok, D.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
The study was conducted in a peri-urban agricultural system at Botshabelo, a city in the south-eastern
Free State. A questionnaire survey revealed that 88,5% of cattle farmers in the area experienced
problems related to ...
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Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Horak, Ivan Gerard; Zieger, U.; Cauldwell, A.E.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
Helminths and bot fly larvae were collected from 11 wild ungulate species on a game ranch in the
Central Province of Zambia. New host-parasite records are: Calicophoron sp. from defassa waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus ...
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Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Van Amstel, S.R.; Henton, Marijke M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
The clinical efficacy of enrofloxacin was tested in calves with experimentally induced pneumonic pasteurellosis.
A strain of Pasteurella haemolytica, biotype A, serotype 1 (P haemolytica A 1), which had
been isolated ...
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Bremer, C.W.; Viljoen, G.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
A reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), based on the gene encoding the NS2 protein of African horsesickness virus (AHSV), was developed for rapid serogroup-specific detection of AHSV. The specificity ...
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Khalil, L.F.; Mashego, S.N.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
Three different species of the genus Macrogyrodactylus Malmberg, 1957, collected from the gills and skin of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell , 1822) from the Middle Letaba Dam and Mokgoma-Matlala Dam in South Africa were ...
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Abu Elzein, E.M.E.; Aitchison, Henry; Al-Afaleq, A.I.; Al-Bashir, A.M.; Ibrahim, A.O.; Housawi, F.M.T.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
Four sentinel herds comprising cattle, sheep and goats were established at various localities in Saudi
Arabia. Maternal bluetongue antibodies were detected in all four sentinel herds but disappeared in
4- 6 months, ...
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Fitzgerald, S.L.; Greyling, J.M.; Bragg, R.R. (Robert Richard); Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
Twenty five freeze-dried isolates of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale were used for the determination of minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) against the antibiotic fosfomycin (Fosbac, produced by Bedson SA, consisting ...
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Njagi, O.N.; Ndarathi, C.M.; Nyaga, P.N.; Munga, L.K.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
A total of 17 head of cattle presenting with typical "Elephant skin disease" were isolated from the rest
of the herd within a beef ranch for further clinical observation.
On physical examination, all the animals had ...
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Schoeman, J.H.; De Vos, Valerius; Van Aswegen, G.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
Immunocytochemical methods were employed to demonstrate endocrine cells, containing peptides and
serotonin, in the gut of the impala. Cells immunoreactive to serotonin, somatostatin, gastrin, cholecystokinin,
glucagon, ...
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Turton, J.A.; Katsande, Tendai C.; Matingo, M.B.; Jorgensen, W.K.; Ushewokunze-Obatolu, U.; Dalgliesh, R.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
A total of 93 Bos taurus cattle was used in pen trials to compare vaccine stocks of Anaplasma centrale
from South Africa and Australia (which stock came from South Africa in 1934) in protecting against
three virulent ...
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Barnard, B.J.H.; Gerdes, Gertruida Hermanna; Meiswinkel, R.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
In December 1995 to March 1996 and the early summer of 1997 South Africa experienced above
average rainfall which favoured the occurrence of Culicoides transmitted diseases. During this period
several outbreaks of an ...
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Kappmeier, Karin; Nevill, E.M.; Bagnall, R.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
The history of tsetse flies and nagana (trypanosomosis) in South Africa, and especially in Zululand, is reviewed. Four valid tsetse fly species have been recorded from South Africa. Glossina morsitans morsitans disappeared ...
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Anonymous; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
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Vleggaar, Robert; Botha, C.J. (Christoffel Jacobus); Kellerman, T. Stephanus; Schultz, R.A. (Rowena Anitra); Erasmus, G.L.; Retief, E.P.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
Tylecodon ventricosus induced severe respiratory distress in two penned sheep without any electrocardiographic abnormalities being recorded. Based on the results it appears as if T. ventricosus predominantly induces the ...
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Bamhare, C.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
The main clinical and necropsy features of field and experimental cases of suspected cardiac glycoside
intoxication following ingestion and dosing of the plant Ornithogalum nanodes, are described. The
distribution of ...
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Nel, Louis Hendrik; Bingham, J.; Jacobs, Jeanette Antonio; Jaftha, Julian Bernard; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
Antigenic and nucleotide sequence analyses have shown that two distinct biotypes of rabies virus
are circulating in South Africa. One of these typically infects members of the family Canidae, while
the other comprises a ...
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Hove, T.; Sithole, N.; Munodzana, D.; Masaka, S.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
Transmission of a Babesia species to susceptible cattle by Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi ticks picked
off a sable which died of acute babesiosis is described. The parasite was initially isolated by feeding
R. e. evertsi ...
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Dreyer, K.; Fourie, L.J.; Kok, D.J.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand
(Published by the Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, 1998)
Relative resistance levels of cattle against tick infestations in the communal grazing area of Botshabelo
in the south-eastern Free State were determined. The objective was to establish whether differences
in resistance ...