8th Faculty Day, 26 September 1991 : programme and summaries

Abstract

Short communications / Kort mededelings: Student evaluation: How many questions are enough? / F. Reyers -- An in vitro comparison of two techniques for substituting a ruptured cranial cruciate ligament in the dog / G.L. Coetzee -- The histological nature of epulides in the do / F.J.M. Verstraete, A.J. Ligthelm & A. Weber -- Telemetric determination of in vivo electrical activity and motility of the equine myometrium / D.H. Volkmann, A.J. Guthrie, H. Kundig, H.J. Bertschinger & K. Zerobin -- Modifications to a method for the cryopreservation of stallion semen in 0,5 ml straws / M.L. Schulmann, D.H. Volkmann & M. W. Langridge-- The effect of hemicastration on selected semen parameters in SA Mutton Merinos / G.P. Staley & D.R. Volkmann-- Social suppression of reproduction in female Naked Mole Rats / L.M. Westlin, J. U.M. Jarvis & N. C. Bennet -- Evaluation of probe technology for the detection of Salmonella spp. in poultry feed ingredients / R.R. Bragg -- Is the Cheetah immunodeficient? / J.A. Spencer -- The detection of Bluetongue virus by the in situ hybridization technique / E.H. Venter & J.J. van der Lugt -- Construction of a standard oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve for thoroughbred horse blood / A.I. Guthrie, J. Taylor, R. Meintjes & J.G. van der Walt / Die effek van narkose en chirurgie op plasmakortisol in perde / G.F. Stegmann -- The effect of endogenously produced carbon monoxide on the oxygen status of dogs infected with Babesia canis / J.H. Taylor, A.I. Guthrie & A. Liesewitz -- Effect of dehydration on the volumes of body-fluid compartments in horses / J. Sneddon, J.G. van der Walt& G. Mitchell -- A quantitative study of filamentous microorganisms on Cyathostomes in Hartmann's Mountain Zebra / R. C. Krecek, E. Hill & H.J. Els -- Comparative pathology of anthrax in free-living game / N.P.J. Kriek & V de Vos.

Posters / Plakkate: Sedative-analgesic action and cardiopulmonary effects of the a2-agonist medetomidine in wild dogs -- Suspected cycad (Cycas Revoluta) intoxication in dogs – Effects of dehydration and rehydration on plasma vasopressin and aldosterone levels in horses -- The intermediate hosts of Taenia spp infesting lions in the Republic of South Africa -- The seasonal abundance of oribatid mites on an irrigated pasture -- Identification of some haemoprotozoa from lions -- Flea populations on scrub hares (Lepus saxatilis) in the Eastern Transvaal Lowveld and the Eastern Cape Province -- Antibody response to canine distemper vaccine in wild dogs -- The effects of a long-acting corticosteroid and prostaglandin E2 on lymphocyte blast transformation in the cow -- The occurrence of feline immunodeficiency virus in South Africa -- Decline in maternal immunity and vaccine response in cheetah cubs.