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Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases

Horak, IG

DVSc(Pret), PhD(Natal), DVSc on publications (Pret) - Extraordinary Professor

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Telephone number: 012 529 8371
Fax number: 012 529 8312
E-mail address: ivan.horak@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Wildlife health and production

Important conditions of companion animals in the sub-Saharan region

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

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.

Apanaskevich DA, Horak IG: 2007. The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844. III. Redescription of the adults and larva of H. (Euhyalomma) impressum Koch , 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) with a first description of its nymph and notes on its biology. Folia Parasitologica, 54, pp 51-58.

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.

Olwoch J.M., Van Jaarsveld AS, Scholtz CH, Horak IG, Horak IG: 2007. Climate change and the genus Rhipicephalus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 45-72, Full Text

Apanaskevich DA, Horak IG, Camicas J-L: 2007. Redescription of Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) elliptica (Koch, 1844) an old taxon of the Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) leachi group from East and southern Africa, and of Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) leachi (Audouin, 1826) (Ixodida, Ixodidae). Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 181-208, 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

Nyangiwe N, Horak IG: 2007. Goats as alternative hosts of cattle ticks. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 74, pp 1-7, 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.

 

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