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Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Sabeta C, Markotter W, Mohale DK, Shumba W, Wandeler AI, Nel LH: 2007. Mokola virus in domestic mammals, South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13 (9) / Sep, pp 1371-1373.

Madder M, Thys E, Geysen D, Baudoux C, Horak IG: 2007. Boophilus microplus ticks found in West Africa. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 43, pp 233-234.

Matthee S, Horak IG, Beaucournu JC, Durden LA, Ueckermann EA, McGeoch MA: 2007. Epifaunistic arthropod parasites of the four-striped mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Parasitology, 93 (1), pp 47-59.

Colwell DD, Otranto D, Horak IG: 2007. Comparative scanning electron micrososcopy of Gasterophilus third instars. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 21, pp 255-264.

Zhang L, Hu M, Jones A, Allsopp BA, Beveridge I, Schindler AR, Gasser RB: 2007. Characterization of Taenia madoquae and Taenia regis from carnivores in Kenya using genetic markers in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, and their relationships with other selected taeniids. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 21, pp 379-385, Full Text

Golezardy H, Horak IG: 2007. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from animals in three western, semi-arid nature reserves in South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 81-85, Full Text

Horak IG, Golezardy H, Uys AC: 2007. Ticks associated with the three largest wild ruminant species in southern Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 231-242, Full Text

Junker K, Boomker JDF: 2007. Helminths of guineafowls in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 265-280, Full Text

Junker K, Boomker JDF: 2007. A check list of the helminths of guineafowls (Numididae) and a host list of these parasites. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 315-337, Full Text

Junker K, Boomker JDF: 2007. Tetrameres numida n. sp. (Nematoda: Tetrameridae) from helmeted guineafowls, Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758), in South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 115-128, Full Text

Fyumagwa RD, Runyoro V, Horak IG, Hoare R: 2007. Ecology and control of ticks as disease vectors in wildlife of the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 37 (1), pp 79-90.

Shkap V, De Vos AJ, Zweygarth E, Jongejan F: 2007. Attenuated vaccines for tropical theileriosis, babesiosis and heartwater: The continuing necessity. Trends in Parasitology, 23 (9), pp 420-426.

Morar D, Tijhaar E, Negrea A, Hendriks J, Van Haarlem D, Godfroid JXL, Michel A, Rutten VPMG: 2007. Cloning, sequencing and expression of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) interferon-gamma (IFN-8) and the production of rhinoceros IFN-8 specific antibodies. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 115, pp 146-154.

Vosloo W, De Klerk LM, Boshoff CI, Botha B, Dwarka RM, Keet D, Haydon D: 2007. Characterisation of a SAT-1 outbreak of foot and mouth disease in captive African buffalo (Syncerus caffer): Clinical symptoms, genetic characterisation and phylogenetic comparison of outbreak isolates. Veterinary Microbiology, 120, pp 226-240, Full Text

Bosman A-M, Venter EH, Penzhorn BL: 2007. Occurrence of Babesia felis and Babesia leo in various wild felid species and domestic cats in South Africa, based on reverse line blot analysis. Veterinary Parasitology, 144, pp 33-38, Full Text

Sabeta CT, Mansfield KL, McElhinney LM, Fooks AR, Nel LH: 2007. Molecular epidemiology of rabies in bat-eared foxes (Otocyon megalotis) in South Africa. Virus Research, 129, pp 1-10.

 

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