10th Faculty Day, 1 October 1993 : programme and summaries

Abstract

Short communications / Kort mededelings: Development of a soft-tissue inflammation model in Thoroughbred horses / C.R. Short, A.J. Guthrie, G.E. Swan, M.S.G. Mulders, V.M. Killeen & J.P. Nurton -- The rapid and specific detection of Mycoplasma spp in poultry by the polymerase chain reaction / R.R. Bragg -- Preliminary report on the parasites of the Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) / L.C. van Nieuwenhuizen , A. Verster & R.A. Earle -- Vector-specific strains of Babesia canis in the ticks Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Haemaphysalis leachi in southern Africa / B.D. Lewis & B.L. Penzhorn -- The use of ketamine and medetomidine hydrochloride for the immobilization of African lions / D.G.A. Meltzer & S.F. Quandt -- The usefulness of blood ammonia levels in the diagnosis of liver disease in dogs and cats / F. Reyers, WL. Berry, A.L. Leisewitz, H. Schroeder, L. Jacobson, R. Lobetti & R. Milner -- The effect of Babesia canis induced haemolysis on the canine haemoglobin oxygen dissociation curve / J.H. Taywr, A.J. Guthrie, J. G. van der Walt, J. Janse van Rensburg & A.L. Leisewitz -- Water and electrolyte homeostasis in sheep without functional colons / R.A. Meintjes & H. Engelbrecht -- Effect of water balance on nitrogen retention in sheep / J.G. van der Walt, E.A. Boomker, R.A. Meintjes, WA. Schultheiss, M. Grabler & H. Engelbrecht -- Survey of the designs of racehorse stables in the Pretoria, Witwatersrand and Vereeniging area of South Africa / R.J. Lund, A.J. Guthrie & V.M. Killeen -- A prospective study comparing three methods of stabilising the stifle joint following cranial cruciate ligament rupture in dogs / G.L. Coetzee -- Pediculectomy for thoracolumbar spinal decompression in the Dachshund / A.M. Lubbe, R.M. Kirberger & F.J.M. Verstraete -- The use of computer-aided image analysis for the objective evaluation of equine endometrial biopsies / C. Gerstenberg & D.H. Volkmann.

Plakkate / Posters: Electron microscopic study of buffalo (Syncerus caffer) spermatozoa / D.J. Ackerman, A.J. Reinecke & H.J. Els -- Monitoring the nutritional status of the impala (Aepyceros melampus) / R. Grant, H.H. Meissner, W.A. Schultheiss & J. Wessels -- The use of a water soluble plastic resin to prepare large histological sections of endometrial biopsies for computer-aided image analysis / C. C. Havenga, C. Gerstenberg & D.H. Volkmann -- A comparison of nematode parasites of horses from two management schemes / R. C. Krecek, A.J. Guthrie & L. C. van Nieuwenhuizen -- The quality of freshly collected canine semen to its freezability / J.O. Nothling & C. -- The ultrastructure of retained cytoplasmic droplets in ostrich spermatozoa / J. T. Soley & H.J. Els -- Restriction fragment length polymorphism in cheetahs / J.A. Spencer -- Feline immunodeficiency virus in non-domestic felids in southern Africa / J.A. Spencer -- Case report: Rumen function failure despite availability of adequate supplementary feed / S.R. van Amstel, W.A. Schultheiss & A. Shakespeare -- Changes in blood clotting, blood calcium, blood protein, haematocrit and white cell counts in sheep with experimentally-induced heartwater / S.R. van Amstel, F. Reyers, E. Myburgh, G. Pretorius & P. Sacks -- Dark, firm and dry syndrome in feedlot cattle / J. G. van der Walt, H. Krogmann, . 26 J.H. Taylor, J. van Rensburg, M. Grabler & N. Engelbrecht -- The positive influence of horse-riding on a cerebral palsy child / E. van Dyk, L. Botha & A. Nel -- The detection of bluetongue virus nucleic acid using the PCR and in situ hybridization techniques / E.H. Venter, G.J. Viljoen, J.J. vanderLugt, H. Huismans & A.A. van Dijk -- Behavioural and endocrine correlates of conception m an asocial rodent / L.M. Westlin.