Browsing 1980 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 47, 1980 by Issue Date

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Browsing 1980 Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Volume 47, 1980 by Issue Date

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  • Benzimidazole-resistant Haemonchus contortus-the effect of cryopreservation on the resistance of Successive generations 
    Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Gerber, H.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Infective larvae (L3) of a strain of benzimidazole-resistant Haemonchus contortus were stored in the gas phase of liquid nitrogen, thawed and used to infest worm-free sheep from which, in turn, larvae were cultured, frozen ...
  • The aetiology of ram epididymitis 
    Jansen, B.C.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : Government Printer, 1980)
    A wide variety of organisms from the environment invade the preputial cavity of rams. Various of these organisms can be isolated from the deeper parts of the male genital tract, and especially from the accessory glands. ...
  • A description of the immature stages of Kirkioestrus minutus (Rodhain & Bequaert, 1915) (Diptera : oestridae), and the life cycle and seasonal prevalence of this fly in blue wildebeest 
    Horak, Ivan Gerard; De Vos, Valerius; Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Steyn, P.J.J; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : Government Printer., 1980)
    Descriptions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd instar larvae and the puparium of Kirkioestrus minutus are given. First instar larvae, which have not previously been described, can be distinguished from other oestrid larvae by the ...
  • Survival and development of larvae of the common nematodes of ruminants after long-term cryopreservation and investigation of different routes of infestation 
    Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Gerber, H.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Exsheathed infective larvae (L3) of 16 species of nematodes were tested for infectivity in either sheep or cattle after they had been frozen and stored in 0,09% NaCl solution in the gas phase of liquid nitrogen for periods ...
  • A field strain of Haemonchus contortus showing slight resistance to rafoxanide 
    Van Wyk, Jan Aucamp; Gerber, H.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    A field strain of H. contortus, already resistant to benzimidazole anthelmintics, was also found to be slightly resistant to rafoxanide. This is apparently the first report of resistance to rafoxanide in a field strain of ...
  • The use of faecal analyses to estimate the phosphorus intake by grazing sheep. II. The repeatability of the technique and the influence of varying the phosphorus intake 
    Belonje, P.C.; Van den Berg, A.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Analyses of rectal faeces of sheep for phosphorus, calcium and magnesium may be useful to indicate the mineral status of the herbage being consumed. A number of sheep should be used for each pasture, but this would entail ...
  • A survey of the mosquito and Culicoides faunas at two localities in the Karoo region of South Africa with some observations on bionomics 
    Jupp, P.G.; McIntosh, B.M.; Nevill, E.M.; Steyn, P.J.J; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    The mosquito and Culicoides faunas were surveyed at Bethulie and Luckhoff in the arid Karoo region, southern Orange Free State, to determine which species occurred, their relative prevalence and the effects of rainfall. ...
  • Glucose turnover, tolerance and insulin response in wethers, ewes and pregnant ewes in the fed and fasted state 
    Procos, J.; Labuschagne, F.J.; Van der Walt, J.G.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Glucose turnover parameters were obtained in fed and fasted wethers, ewes and pregnant ewes in their 2nd and 3rd trimesters, using a jugular bolus injection of D-glucose-2-³H. Fasting significantly (P<0,05) reduced glucose ...
  • Lesions resulting from inoculation of porcine foetuses with porcine parvovirus 
    Prozesky, Leon; Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Gainaru, M.D.; Herr, S.; Kritzinger, L.J.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    In utero inoculation of 15 sows at various stages of gestation with a local strain of porcine parvovirus (PPV) resulted in resorption, abortion or the birth of weak, dead, or mummified foetuses. Histopathological lesions ...
  • The pathology of bacterial infection of the genitalia in rams 
    Jansen, B.C.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    Details are given of the macroscopic and histopathological changes brought about by infection of the genitalia of rams by bacteria other than Brucella ovis. Lesions of the vesiculae seminales and ampullae are described ...
  • Studies on the physiopathology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the horse. III. The intrathoracic pressure 
    Littlejohn, A.; Bowles, Felicity; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Walker, Jane B.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    The intrathoracic pressure was determined by direct intrapleural cannulation in 17 clinically normal horses and 14 horses with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There were significant differences between the ...
  • Effective immunization of lambs against enterotoxaemia 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    In contrast to adult sheep, 2- to 3-month-old lambs do not respond well to a single injection of Clostridium perfringens Type D oil adjuvant epsilon toxoid. This unresponsiveness can be overcome, however, by administering ...
  • The haemocytology and histology of the haemopoietic organs of South African freshwater fish. II. Erythrocytes and thrombocytes of Clarias gariepinus and Sarotherodon mossambicus 
    Boomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    This paper describes the light-microscopic appearance of both the erythrocytes and the thrombocytes and their developmental stages of catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and Mozambique bream (Sarotherodon mossambicus). Apart from ...
  • Lack of cross-immunity among Pasteurella multocida Type A strains 
    Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Pienaar, Lorraine; Vermeulen, Aletta S.M.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    Active and passive protection studies in mice using sheep antisera revealed that the immunological relationship among Pasteurella multocida Type A strains could not be correlated with their serological relationship as ...
  • Studies on the physiopathology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in horses. I. Clinical signs 
    Littlejohn, A.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Twenty cases of chronic cough originating in the lung and associated with loss of performance were clinically examined. The physical signs observed were compared with those observed in a control series of 38 clinically ...
  • Photosensitivity in South Africa. II. The experimental production of the ovine hepatogenous photosensitivity disease geeldikkop (Tribulosis ovis) by the simultaneous ingestion of Tribulus terrestris plants and cultures of Pithomyces chartarum containing the mycotoxin sporidesmin 
    Bath, Gareth F.; Kellerman, T. Stephanus; Van der Westhuizen, G.C.A.; Coetzer, Jacobus A.W.; Roux, Cecilia; Marasas, Walter F.O. (Walter Friedrich Otto); Minne, J.A.; Basson, P.A.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Pretoria : The Government Printer, 1980)
    The mycoflora of toxic pastures were surveyed during a number of outbreaks of ovine hepatogenous photosensitivity in South Africa. Pure cultures of several isolates were dosed to sheep, but only those of Pithomyces chartarum ...
  • The use of faecal analyses to estimate the phosphorus intake by grazing Sheep. I. The use of pool instead of individual samples 
    Belonje, P.C.; Van den Berg, A.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Analyses of rectal faeces of sheep for phosphorus, calcium and magnesium may be useful to indicate the mineral status of the herbage being consumed. A number of sheep should be used for each pasture, but this would entail ...
  • Antibody to porcine parvovirus in warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) 
    Thomson, G.R. (Gavin); Peenze, I.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Haemagglutination inhibiting antibody to porcine parvovirus was shown to be widespread in all but one of the warthog populations sampled from South Africa and Zimbabwe Rhodesia. In some instances titres as high as ≥1 /20 ...
  • The temperature preferences of the motile stages of Stomoxys calcitrans Linnaeus (Diptera : muscidae) 
    Sutherland, B.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    When adult Stomoxys calcitrans were exposed to a temperature gradient, 66% of them selected temperatures between 20,1 and 32,5°C. The larval stages preferred temperatures between 19,5 and 33,2°C. Although the differences ...
  • Studies on neonatal calf diarrhoea caused by rotavirus : transmission of the disease and attempted vaccination of colostrum-deprived calves 
    Prozesky, Leon; Theodoridis, A.; Els, H.J.; Steyn, P.J.J.; Bigalke, R.D.; Cameron, Colin McKenzie; Gilchrist, Frances M.C.; Morren, A.J.; Verster, Anna J.M.; Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand; Walker, Jane B. (Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria., 1980)
    Mild to severe scouring could be produced in colostrum-deprived calves with tissue culture adapted rota virus and faecal material from field cases of calf diarrhoea. The faeces of experimentally infected calves contained ...