Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases
Boomker, JDF
BVSc, MSc(RAU), MMed Vet(Paras)(Pret), DVSc(Medunsa) - Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 529 8166
Fax number: 012 529 8312
E-mail address: joop.boomker@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Wildlife health and production
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
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.
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
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
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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