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Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases
Research articles in refereed specialist journals

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Select the first letter of the journal title from the alphabetical list.

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Akoda K, Harouna S, Marcotty T, De Deken R, van den Bossche P: 2008. Investigations on the transmissibility of Trypanosoma congolense by the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans during its development ina mammalian host. Acta Tropica, 107, pp 17-19, Full Text

de la Fuente J, Blouin EF, Manzano-Roman R, Naranjo V, Almazan C, Perez de la Lastra JM, Zivkovic Z, Massung RF, Jongejan F: 2008. Differential Expression of the tick protective antigen subolesin in Anaplasma marginale- and A. phagocytophilum-infected host cells. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1149, pp 27-35.

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Canales M, Perez de la Lastra JM, Naranjo V, Nijhof AM, Hope M, Jongejan F, de la Fuente J: 2008. Expression of recombinant Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, R. annulatus and R. decoloratus Bm86 orthologs as secreted proteins in Pichia pastoris. BMC Biotechnology, 8 (14), pp 1-12, Full Text

De la Fuente J, Maritz-Olivier C, Naranjo V, Ayoubi P, Nijhof AM, Almazan C, Canales M, Perez de la Lastra JM, Galindo RC, Blouin EF, Gortazar C, Jongejan F, Kocan KM: 2008. Evidence of the role of tick subolesin in gene expression. BMC Genomics, 9 / Aug, pp e1-16, Full Text

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Jassies-van der Lee A, Rutten VPMG, Van Kooten P, Van der Zee R, Willemse T: 2008. Intradermal injection of Hsp60 induces cytokine responses in canine atopic and healthy skin. Cell Stress & Chaperones, 13, pp 387-391, Full Text

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Rowlands RJ, Michaud V, Heath L, Hutchings G, Oura C, Vosloo W, Dwarka R, Onashvili T, Albina E, Dixon LK: 2008. African swine fever virus isolate, Georgis, 2007. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14 (2) / Dec, pp 1870-1874, Full Text

Apanaskevich DA, Horak IG: 2008. The genus Hyalomma. VI. Systematics of H. (Euhyalomma) trancatum and the closely related species, H. (E.) albiparmatum and H. (E.) nitidum (Acari: Ixodidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 44, pp 115-136, Full Text

Lynen GM, Zeman P, Bakuname C, Di Giulio G, Mtui P, Sanka P, Jongejan F: 2008. Shifts in the distributional ranges of Boophilus ticks in Tanzania: evidence that a parapatric boundary between Boophilus microplus and B. decoloratus follows climate gradients. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 44, pp 147-164.

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Looringh van Beeck FA, Zajonc DM, Moore PF, Schlotter YM, Broere F, Rutten VPMG, Willemse T, Van Rhijn I: 2008. Two canine CD1a proteins are differentially expressed in skin. Immunogenetics, 60, pp 315-324, Full Text

Bell S: 2008. Respiratory disease in sheep 1. Differential diagnosis and epidemiology. In Practice, 30 (4), pp 200-207, Full Text

Huttner M, Nakao M, Wassermann T, Siefert L, Boomker JDF, Dinkel A, Sako Y, Mackenstedt U, Romig T, Ito A: 2008. Genetic characterization and phylogenetic position of Echinococcus felidis Ortlepp, 1937 (Cestoda: Taeniidae) from the African lion. International Journal for Parasitology, 38, pp 861- 868.

Apanaskevich DA, Horak IG: 2008. The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844: V. Re-evaluation of the taxonomic rank of taxa comprising the H. (Euhyalomma) marginatum Koch complex of species (Acari: Ixodidae) with redescription of all parasitic stages and notes on biology. International Journal of Acarology, 34 (1), pp 13-42.

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Oosthuizen MC, Zweygarth E, Collins NE, Troskie M, Penzhorn BL: 2008. Identification of a novel Babesia sp. from a sable antelope (Hippotragus niger Harris, 1838). Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 46 (7), pp 2247-2251, Full Text

Botha CJ, Penrith ML: 2008. Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 119 / July, pp 549-558.

Quan M, van Vuuren M, Howell G, Groenewald D, Guthrie AJ: 2008. Molecular epidemiology of the African horse sickness virus S10 gene. Journal of General Virology, 89, pp 1159-1168.

Junker K, Davies OR, Jansen R, Crowe TM, Boomker JDF: 2008. Nematodes from Swainson’s spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii and an Orange River francolin Scleroptila levaillantoides in Free State Province, South Africa, with a description of Tetrameres swainsonii n. sp. (Nematoda: Tetrameridae). Journal of Helminthology, 82, pp 365-371, Full Text

Apanaskevich DA, Schuster AL, Horak IG: 2008. The genus Hyalomma: VII. Redescription of all parasitic stages of H. (Euhyalomma) dromedarii and H. (E.) schulzei (Acari: Ixodidae) a. Journal of Medical Entomology, 45 (5), pp 817-831.

Apanaskevich DA, Horak IG: 2008. Two new species of African Haemaphysalis ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), carnivore parasites of the H. (Rhipistoma) leachi group. Journal of Parasitology, 94 (3), pp 594-607.

Purchase C, Picard JA, McDonald R, Bisschop SPR: 2008. A comparison of the oral application and injection routes using the Onderstepoort Biological Products Fowl Typhoid vaccine, its safety, efficacy and duration of protection in commercial laying hens. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 79 (1), pp 39-43, Full Text

De Matos CA, Sitoe C, Neves L, Bryson NR, Horak IG: 2008. Ixodid ticks on dogs belonging to people in rural communities and villages in Maputo Province, Mozambique. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 75, pp 103-108, Full Text

Hove T, Mukandi R, Bere M, Horak IG, Latif AA: 2008. Ixodid ticks infesting domestic goats in communal land areas of Zimbabwe. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 79 (3), pp 116-120, Full Text

Ntondini Z, Van Dalen EMSP, Horak IG: 2008. The extent of acaricide resistance in 1-, 2- and 3-host ticks on communally grazed cattle in the eastern region of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 79 (3), pp 130-135, Full Text

Pretorius JA, Oosthuizen MC, van Vuuren M: 2008. Gammaherpesvirus carrier status of black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) in South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 79 (3), pp 136-141, Full Text

Sweers L, Kirberger RM, Leisewitz AL, Dormehl IC, Killian E, Naudé FSJ: 2008. The scintigraphic evaluation of the pulmonary perfusion pattern of dogs hospitalised with babesiosis. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 79 (2), pp 76-83, Full Text

Thompson BE, Latif AA, Oosthuizen MC, Troskie M, Penzhorn BL: 2008. Occurrence of Theileria parva infection in cattle on a farm in the Ladysmith district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 79 (1), pp 31-35, Full Text

Delespaux V, Dinka H, Masumu JM, van den Bossche P, Geerts S: 2008. Five-fold increase in Trypanosoma congolense isolates resistant to diminazene aceturate over a seven-year period in Eastern Zambia. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 11, pp 205-209, Full Text

Oguttu JW, Veary CM, Picard JA: 2008. Antimicrobial drug resistance of Escherichia coli isolated form poultry abattoir workers at risk and broilers on antimibrobials. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 79, pp 161-166, Full Text

Koekemoer JJO: 2008. Serotype-specific detection of African horsesickness virus by real-time PCR and the influence of genetic variations. Journal of Virological Methods, 154, pp 104-110, Full Text

Penzhorn BL, Oosthuizen MC, Bosman A-M, Kilian JW, Horak IG: 2008. Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) populations in Northwestern Namibia are apparently not infected with piroplasms. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 44 (4), pp 1032-1035, Full Text

Van Helden P, Gey van Pittius NC, Warren RM, Michel A, Hlokwe TM, Morar D, Godfroid JXL, du Plessis EC, Bengis RG: 2008. Pulmonary infection due to Mycobacterium goodii in a spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) from South Africa. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 44 (1), pp 151-154, Full Text

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Mamoudou A, Zoli A, Hamadama H, Bourdanne S, Abah S, Geerts S, Clausen P-H, Zessin K-H, Kyule M, van den Bossche P: 2008. Seasonal distribution and abundance of tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) in Faro and Deo Division of the Adamaoua Plateau in Cameroon. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 22, pp 32-36, Full Text

Van Rhijn I, Godfroid JXL, Michel A, Rutten VPMG: 2008. Bovine tuberculosis as a model for human tuberculosis: advantages over small animal models. Microbes and infection, 10, pp 711-715.

Van Engelen E, Breeveld-Dwarkasing VNA, Taverne MAM, Everts ME, Van der Weijden GC, Rutten VPMG: 2008. MMP-2 Expression precedes the final ripening process of the Bovine cervix. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 75, pp 1669-1677.

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Junker K, Bain O, Boomker JDF: 2008. Helminth parasites of Natal long-fingered bats, Miniopterus natalensis (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae), in South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 75, pp 261-265, Full Text

Junker K, Debusho LK, Boomker JDF: 2008. The helminth community of helmeted guineafowls, Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758), in the north of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 75, pp 225-235, Full Text

Ngeranwa JJN, Shompole SP, Venter EH, Wambugu A, Crafford JE, Penzhorn BL: 2008. Detection of Anaplasma antibodies in wildlife and domestic species in wildlife-livestock interface areas of Kenya by major surface protein 5 competitive inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 75, pp 199-205, Full Text

Nyangiwe N, Gummow B, Horak IG: 2008. The prevalence and distribution of Argas walkerae (Acari: Argasidae) in the eastern region of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 75, pp 83-86, Full Text

Salih D A, Julla II, Hassan S M, El Hussein A M, Jongejan F: 2008. Preliminary survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on cattle in Central Equatoria State, Southern Sudan. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 75, pp 47-53, Full Text

van Wyk JA: 2008. Production trials involving use of the FAMACHA© system for haemonchosis in sheep: Preliminary results. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 75, pp 331-345, Full Text

Phologane BS, Dwarka RM, Haydon DT, Gerber LJ, Vosloo W: 2008. Molecular characterization of SAT-2 foot-and-mouth disease virus isolates obtained from cattle during a four-month period in 2001 in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 75, pp 267-277, Full Text

Cloete M, Dungu B, Van Staden LI, Ismail-Cassim N, Vosloo W: 2008. Evaluation of different adjuvants for foot-and-mouth disease vaccine containing all the SAT serotypes. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 75, pp 17-31, Full Text

Luus-Powell WJ, Jooste A, Junker K: 2008. Pentastomid parasited in fish in the Olifants and Incomati River systems, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 75, pp 323-329, Full Text

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Leisewitz AL, Rockett KA, Kwiatkowski DP: 2008. BCG-malaria co-infection has paradoxical effects on C57BL/6 and A/J mouse strains. Parasite Immunology, 30, pp 1-12.

Marcotty T, Simukoko H, Berkvens D, Vercruysse J, Praet N, van den Bossche P: 2008. Evaluating the use of packed cell volume as an indicator of trypanosomal infections in cattle in eastern Zambia. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 87, pp 288-300.

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Marcotty T, Chaka G, Brandt J, Berkvens D, Thys E, Mulumba M, Mataa L, van den Bossche P: 2008. The transfer of East Coast fever immunisation to veterinary paraprofessionals in Zambia. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l Office International des Epizooties, 27 (3), pp 741-749.

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Ibironke AA, McCrindle CME, Fasina F O, Godfroid JXL: 2008. Evaluation of problems and possible solutions linked to the surveillance and control of bovine brucellosis in sub-Saharan Africa, with special emphasis on Nigeria. South African Journal of Botany, 44 (3) / Nov, pp 549-556.

Davies OR, Junker K, Jansen R, Crowe TM, Boomker JDF: 2008. Age- and sex-based variation in helminth infection of helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) with comments on Swainson’s spurfowl (Pternistis swainsonii) and Orange River francolin (Scleroptila levaillantoides). South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 38 (2), pp 163-170, Full Text

Junker K, Brooks DR, Boomker JDF: 2008. Proctocaecum gairhei n. sp. (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae: Acanthostominae) from Gavialis gangeticus (Gmelin) in Nepal and a revised cladogram of Proctocaecum Baugh, 1957. Systematic Parasitology, 71, pp 229-236, Full Text

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Babiuk SL, Bowden TR, Boyle DB, Wallace DB, Kitching RP: 2008. Capripoxviruses: An emerging worldwide threat to sheep, goats and cattle. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 55, pp 263-272, Full Text

Delespaux V, Geysen D, van den Bossche P, Geerts S: 2008. Molecular tools for the rapid detection of drug resistance in animal trypanosomes. Trends in Parasitology, 24 (5), pp 236-242, Full Text

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Pretorius A, van Kleef M, Collins NE, Tshikudo N, Louw E, Faber FE, Van Strijp MF, Allsopp BA: 2008. A heterologous prime/boost immunisation strategy protects against virulent E. ruminantium Welgevonden needle challenge but not against tick challenge. Vaccine, 26 (34), pp 4363-4371.

Weltan SM, Leisewitz AL, Goddard A: 2008. A case-controlled retrospective study of the causes and implications of moderate to severe leukocytosis in dogs in South Africa. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 37 (2), pp 164-172.

Faburay B, Jongejan F, Taoufik A, Ceesay A, Geysen D: 2008. Genetic diversity of Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum ticks and small ruminants in The Gambia determined by restriction fragment profile analysis. Veterinary Microbiology, 126, pp 189-199.

Meyers B, Schoeman JP, Goddard A, Picard JA: 2008. The bacteriology and antimicrobial susceptibility of infected and non-infected dog bite wounds: Fifty cases. Veterinary Microbiology, 127, pp 360-368, Full Text

Postigo M, Taoufik A, Bell-Sakyi L, Bekker CPJ, De Vries E, Morrison WI, Jongejan F: 2008. Host cell-specific protein expression in vitro in Ehrlichia ruminantium. Veterinary Microbiology, 128, pp 136-147.

Steyn HC, Pretorius A, McCrindle CME, Steinmann CML, van Kleef M: 2008. A quantitative real-time PCR assay for Ehrlichia ruminantium using pCS20. Veterinary Microbiology, 131 / Apr, pp 258-265, Full Text

Butler CM, Nijhof AM, Van der Kolk JH, De Haseth OB, Taoufik A, Jongejan F, Houwers DJ: 2008. Repeated high dose imidocarb dipropionate treatment did not eliminate Babesia caballi from naturally infected horses as determined by PCR-reverse line blot hybridization. Veterinary Parasitology, 151, pp 320-322.

Estrada-Pena A, Horak IG, Horak IG, Petney TN: 2008. Climate changes and suitability for the ticks Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma variegatum (Ixodidae) in Zimbabwe (1974 – 1999). Veterinary Parasitology, 151, pp 256-267, Full Text

Matjila PT, Leisewitz AL, Jongejan F, Penzhorn BL: 2008. Molecular detection of tick-borne protozoal and ehrlichial infections in domestic dogs in South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 155, pp 152-157.

Sibeko KP, Oosthuizen MC, Collins NE, Geysen D, Rambritch NE, Latif AA, Groeneveld HT, Potgieter FT, Coetzer JAW: 2008. Development and evaluation of a real-time polymerase chain reaction test for the detection of Theileria parva infections in Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and cattle. Veterinary Parasitology, 155, pp 37-48.

Matjila PT, Leisewitz AL, Oosthuizen MC, Jongejan F, Penzhorn BL: 2008. Detection of a Theileria species in dogs in South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 157, pp 34-40.

Matjila PT, Leisewitz AL, Jongejan F, Bertschinger HJ, Penzhorn BL: 2008. Molecular detection of Babesia rossi and Hepatozoon sp. in African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 157, pp 123-127.

MacLachlan NJ, Crafford JE, Vernau W, Gardner IA, Goddard A, Guthrie AJ, Venter EH: 2008. Experimental reproduction of severe bluetongue in sheep. Veterinary Pathology, 45, pp 310-315.

Butler CM, Nijhof AM, Jongejan F, Van der Kolk JH: 2008. Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection in horses in the Netherlands. Veterinary Record, 162, pp 216-218.