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Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases

Economically important diseases of livestock in the sub-Saharan region - Research Output

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Bekker CPJ, Postigo M, Taoufik A, Bell-Sakyi L, Ferraz C, Martinez D, Jongejan F: 2005. Transcription analysis of the major antigenic protein 1 multigene family of three in vitro-cultured Ehrlichia ruminantium isolates. Journal of Bacteriology, 187 (14), pp 4782-4791.

Kubi C, Van den Abbeele J, Dorny P, Coosemans M, Marcotty T, van den Bossche P: 2005. Ability of trypanosome-infected Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) to acquire an infection with a second trypanosome species. Journal of Medical Entomology, 42 (6), pp 1035-1038.

Kidanemariam A, Gouws JJ, van Vuuren M, Gummow B: 2005. In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides large colony and Arcanobacterium pyogenes isolated from clinical cases of ulcerative balanitis and vulvitis in Dorper sheep in South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association-Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging, 76 (4), pp 204-208.

Rikhotso O, Stoltsz WH, Bryson NR, Sommerville JEM: 2005. The impact of 2 dipping systems on endemic stability to bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis in cattle in 4 communally grazed areas in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association-Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging, 76 (4), pp 217-223.

Kidanemariam A, Gouws JJ, van Vuuren M, Gummow B: 2005. Ulcerative balanitis and vulvitis of Dorper sheep in South Africa: a study on its aetiology and clinical features. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association-Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging, 76 (4), pp 197-203.

Esterhuizen J, Kappmeier Green K, Marcotty T, van den Bossche P: 2005. Abundance and distribution of the tsetse flies, Glossina austeni and G. brevipalpis, in different habitats in South Africa. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 19, pp 367-371.

Horak IG: 2005. Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVI. Oestrid fly larvae of sheep, goats, springbok and black wildebeest in the Eastern Cape Province. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 72 (4), pp 315-320.

Uys AC, Horak IG: 2005. Ticks on crested francolins, Francolinus sephaena, and on the vegetation on a farm in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 72 (4), pp 339-343.

Durand DT, Boshoff HM, Michael LM, Krecek RC: 2005. Survey of nematophagous fungi in South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 72, pp 185-187.

Tuppurainen ESM, Venter EH, Coetzer JAW: 2005. The detection of lumpy skin disease virus in samples of experimentally infected cattle using different diagnostic techniques. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 72, pp 153-164.

Collins NE, Liebenberg J, De Villiers EP, Brayton KA, Louw E, Pretorius A, Faber FE, Van Heerden H, Josemans AI, Van Kleef M, Steyn H, van Strijp MF, Zweygarth E, Jongejan F, Maillard JC, Berthier D, Botha M, Joubert F, Corton CH, Thomson NR, Allsopp MTEP, Allsopp BA: 2005. The genome of the heartwater agent Ehrlichia ruminantium contains multiple tandem repeats of actively variable copy number. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102 (3) / Jan, pp 838-843.

Bath GF, van Wyk JA, Pettey KP: 2005. Control measures for some important and unusual goat diseases in southern Africa. Small Ruminant Research, 60, pp 127-140.

Irons PC, Tuppurainen ESM, Venter EH: 2005. Excretion of lumpy skin disease virus in bull semen. Theriogenology, 63, pp 1290-1297.

Zweygarth E, Josemans AI, van Strijp MF, Lopez-Rebollar LM, Van Kleef M, Allsopp BA: 2005. An attenuated Ehrlichia ruminantium (Welgevonden stock) vaccine protects small ruminants against virulent heartwater challenge. Vaccine, 23, pp 1695-1702.

Peter RJ, van den Bossche P, Penzhorn BL, Sharp B: 2005. Tick, fly, and mosquito control - Lessons from the past, solutions for the future. Veterinary Parasitology, 132, pp 205-215.

 

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