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Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases

Oosthuizen, MC

BSc (Agric), BSc (Agric) (Hons), MSc, PhD - Researcher

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Telephone number: (012) 529 8390
Fax number: (012) 529 8312
E-mail address: marinda.oosthuizen@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Wildlife health and production

Economically important diseases of livestock in the sub-Saharan region

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

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

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

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

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

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.

 

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