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Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases

Postgraduate Student Research Projects 2008

Dissertations/Theses: [11]

Matjila PT: Molecular detection and characterization of tick-borne pathogens of dogs (Prof BL Penzhorn, Prof F Jongejan, Prof AL Leisewitz)

Chitray M: Investigating potential factors affecting foot-and-mouth disease virus internalisation (Prof W Vosloo, F Maree)

De Matos CA: Species composition and geographic distribution of ticks infesting cattle, goats and dogs in Maputo Province, Mozambique (Prof IG Horak, L Neves, Dr NR Bryson)

Modibedi LG: Development of a single real-time RT-PCR method for the group specific identification of African horse-sickness virus and bluetongue virus (Dr JJO Koekemoer)

Modumo J: Determination of the minimum protective dose for a live attennated bluetong virus serotype 2 and 4 vaccine in sheep (Prof EH Venter)

Olds CL: The isolation and characterization of a Babesia bovis stock from outbreak on a farm in the Swartberg region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Prof AA Latif, Dr NE Collins)

Rakabe MM: Selection of chicken single-chain antibody fragments directed against recombinant VP7 for bluetonge virus (Dr J Fehrsen)

Sixholo J: Engineering recombinant chicken antibodies for improved characteristics (Dr J Fehrsen)

Thema N: Cellular immune response induced in vitro by secreted proteins of Ehrlichia ruminantium (Dr M van Kleef, A Pretorius)

Tshabe VE: Developing an immunological assay for African Horsesickness Virus using a recombinant VP2 subunit expressed in different Baculovirus systems (Dr JA Heath)

Wemmer S: Expression and engineering of recombinant antibodies directed against a heat-shock protein of Mycobacterium bovis (Dr J Fehrsen, Dr DH Du Plessis)

 

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