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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Veterinary Tropical Diseases) by Issue Date
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(University of Pretoria, 1958)No abstract available
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(University of Pretoria, 1984)The five viruses used in this study were isolated from cattle. An additional virus was recovered from a pool of biting midges, (Culicaides spp). The six viruses shared common group specific antigens in the cross-complement ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1987)Afrikaans: Die patogenese en patologie van die hemostatiese versteuringe is deur middel van hematologiese, histochemiese, lig- en transmissie-elektronmikroskopiese metodes in 2 groepe varke besmet of met virulente heem ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2001)The rapid development and spread of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs is an increasing threat to human and animal health. Information on the prevalence of bacterial resistance to specific antimicrobial agents in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004-11-11)A novel clinical assay for the assessment and subsequent treatment of Haemonchus infection in sheep to slow down the development of anthelmintic resistance – the FAMACHA
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-09-17)The project was undertaken to establish the normal intestinal flora of healthy cheetahs and to produce a species-specific probiotic for use in juvenile cheetahs in captivity to improve weight gain and reduce diarrhoea. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-02-15)Productivity of grey rhebok and mountain reedbuck was studied at Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve (eastern Free State) between September 1999 and May 2002. Within a study area of 550 ha, all herds of grey rhebok and all ...
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The evaluation of a BCG vaccine against bovine tuberculosis in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) (University of Pretoria, 2006-03-08)To assist in the evaluation of BCG vaccination in African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer), an infection model for Mycobacterium bovis was established, using an intratonsilar route of inoculation. Two groups of 11 buffaloes ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-08)Lumpy skin disease (LSD), affecting cattle in Africa, Madagascar and the Middle East, is caused by a capripox virus that belongs to the family Poxviridae. The disease is of economical importance in endemic areas and the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-09)Anthrax is endemic in Luangwa National Park and the adjoining Game Management areas. The first official case of the disease was reported in 1922 in Luambe National Park. In 1987 a large-scale anthrax epidemic ravaged almost ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-09)The economy of West African countries is dependent mainly on agriculture. Livestock production is a vital source of providing dietary protein for the rapidly growing human population and it is therefore important to define ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-09)Ulcerative balanoposthitis and vulvovaginitis is a disease characterized by erosion and ulceration of the glans penis and muco-cutaneous junction of the vulval lips of sheep. The disease was first recognized in South Africa ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-09)The objective of this project was to design tools for a diagnostic test that will prove valuable in the detection of tuberculosis in elephants and rhinoceros by using the cytokine IFNγ as an indicator of Mycobacterium bovis ...
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(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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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-23)Bovine babesiosis occurs worldwide and is one of the most costly tick-borne cattle diseases in the tropics. The Soutpansberg region of the Northern Province in South Africa is endemic for Babesia bigemina, but Babesia bovis ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-29)Respiratory disease complex is a major cause of mortality and economic losses in the commercial broiler industry. In 1991 a previously unidentified bacterium associated with respiratory disease and cranial cellulitis was ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-29)This thesis describes a two-component study undertaken in smallholder dairy systems of Central Kenya. One component characterized delivery systems for tick and tick-borne disease (TTBD) technologies including treatment ...
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(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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(University of Pretoria, 2006-03-29)A limited number of scientific publications dealing with aspects of BVDV infection have emanated from southern Africa. This study describes the isolation of BVD viruses, gene sequence analysis of the 5' non-translated ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-04-19)The main purpose of this work was to develop rapid and reliable techniques that will prove valuable in epidemiological studies of equine encephalosis virus (EEV), the detection and identification of the virus for the ...
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