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Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases

Penzhorn, BL

BVSc (Pret) BSc (Hons) (Pret) MAgric (Texas A&M) DSc (Natuurbeheer) (Pret) DipEVPC - Professor

NRF Rating: B3

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Telephone number: 012 529 8253
Fax number: 012 529 8312
E-mail address: banie.penzhorn@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Important conditions of companion animals in the sub-Saharan region

Wildlife health and production

Economically important diseases of livestock in the sub-Saharan region

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Matjila PT, Carcy B, Leisewitz AL, Schetters T, Jongejan F, Gorenflot A, Penzhorn BL: 2009. Preliminary evaluation of the BrEMA1 gene as a tool for associating Babesia rossi genotypes and clinical manifestation of canine babesiosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 47 (11) / Nov, pp 3586-3592, Full Text

Lampen F, Bhoora R, Collins NE, Penzhorn BL: 2009. Putative clinical piroplasmosis in a Burchell’s zebra (Equus quagga burchelli). Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 80 (4), pp 257-260, Full Text

Bhoora R, Franssen L, Oosthuizen MC, Guthrie AJ, Zweygarth E, Penzhorn BL, Jongejan F, Collins NE: 2009. Sequence heterogeneity in the 18S rRNA gene within Theileria equi and Babesia caballi from horses in South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 159, pp 112-120, Full Text

Oosthuizen MC, Allsopp BA, Troskie M, Collins NE, Penzhorn BL: 2009. Identification of novel Babesia and Theileria species in South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis, Linnaeus, 1758) and roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus, Desmarest 1804). Veterinary Parasitology, 163, pp 39-46, Full Text

 

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