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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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Masumu JM, Akoda K, van den Bossche P: 2010. Transmissibility, by Glossina morsitans morsitans, of Trypanosoma congolense strains during the acute and chronic phases of infection. Acta Tropica, 113, pp 195-198.

Matthee S, Horak IG, Van der Mescht L, Ueckermann EA, Radloff FGT: 2010. Ectoparasite diversity on rodents at De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province. African Zoology, 45 (2), pp 213-224, Full Text

Steckel J, Penrith ML, Henschel JR, Brandl R, Meyer J: 2010. A preliminary molecular phylogeny of the Namib Desert darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae). African Zoology, 45 (1) / April, pp 107-114.

Veenhof EZ, Rutten VPMG, van Noort R, Knol EF, Willemse T: 2010. Evaluation of T-cell activation in the duodenum of dogs with cutaneous food hypersensitivity. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 71 (4), pp 441-446.

Ruiz-Larranaga O, Garrido JM, Iriondo M, Manzano C, Molina E, Koets AP, Rutten VPMG, Juste RA, Estonba A: 2010. Genetic association between bovine NOD2 polymorphisms and infection by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Holstein-Friesian cattle. Animal Genetics, 41, pp 652-655.

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Wemmer S, Mashau C, Fehrsen J, van Wyngaardt W, du Plessis DH: 2010. Chicken scFvs and bivalent scFv-C_H fusions directed against HSP65 of Mycobacterium bovis. Biologicals, 38, pp 407-414, Full Text

Zivkovic Z, Esteves E, Almazan C, Daffre S, Nijhof AM, Kocan KM, Jongejan F, De la Fuente J: 2010. Differential expression of genes in salivary glands of male Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in response to infection with Anaplasma marginale. BMC Genomics, 11, pp 186-197, Full Text

Zivkovic Z, Torina A, Mitra R, Alongi A, Scimeca S, Kocan KM, Galindo RC, Almazan C, Blouin EF, Villar M, Nijhof AM, Mani R, La Barbera G, Caracappa S, Jongejan F, De la Fuente J: 2010. Subolesin expression in response to pathogen infection in ticks. BMC Immunology, 11, pp 7-18, Full Text

Nakao R, Stromdahl EY, Magona JW, Faburay B, Namangala B, Malele I, Inoue N, Geysen D, Kajino K, Jongejan F, Sugimoto C: 2010. Development of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) assays for rapid detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium. BMC Microbiology, 10, pp 296-307, Full Text

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Alexander KA, McNutt JW, Briggs A, Standers PE, Funston P, Hemson G, Keet D, van Vuuren M: 2010. Multi-host pathogens and carnivore management in southern Africa. Comparative Immunology Microbiology and infectious Diseases, 33 (3), pp 249-265, Full Text

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Alexander KA, Laver PN, Michel AL, Williams MC, Van Helden PD, Warren RM, Gey van Pittius NC: 2010. Novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Pathogen, M. mungi. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16 (8), pp 1296-1299, Full Text

Angkawanish T, Wajjwalku W, Sirimalaisuwan A, Mahasawangkul S, Kaewsakhorn T, Boonsri K, Rutten VPMG: 2010. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of domesticated Asian elephants, Thailand. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16 (12) / December, pp 1949-1951, Full Text

de Garine-Wichatitsky M, Caron A, Gomo C, Foggin C, Dutlow K, Pfukenyi D, Lane E, Le Bel S, Hofmeyr M, Hlokwe TM, Michel AL: 2010. Bovine tuberculosis in buffaloes, Southern Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16 (5) / May, pp 884-885, Full Text

Bouwknegt C, Van Rijn PA, Schipper JM, Hölzel D, Boonstra J, Nijhof AM, Van Rooij EMA, Jongejan F: 2010. Potential role of ticks as vectors of bluetongue virus. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 52, pp 183-192.

Apanaskevich DA, Horak IG: 2010. The genus Hyalomma. XI. Redescription of all parasitic stages of H. (Euhyalomma) asiaticum (Acari: Ixodidae) and notes on its biology. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 52, pp 207-220, Full Text

Schlotter YM, Riemers FM, Rutten VPMG, Knol EF, Willemse T: 2010. Enzymes involved in the conversion of arachidonic acid to eicosanoids in the skin of atopic dogs. Experimental Dermatology, 19, pp 317-319.

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Apanaskevich DA, Filippova NA, Horak IG: 2010. The genus Hyalomma Koch, 1844. X. Redescription of all parasitic stages of H. (Euhyalomma) scupense Schulze, 1919 (= H. detritum Schulze) (Acari: Ixodidae) and notes on its biology. Folia Parasitologica, 57 (1), pp 69-78, Full Text

Junker K, Lhermitte-Vallarino N, Barbuto M, Ineich I, Wanji S, Bain O: 2010. New species of Rhabdias (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Afrotropical anurans, including molecular evidence and notes on biology. Folia Parasitologica, 57 (1), pp 47-61, Full Text

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Ribeiro J, Mans BJ, Arca B: 2010. An insight into the sialome of blood-feeding Nematocera. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 40 (11), pp 767-784, Full Text

Thekisoe OMM, Rambritch NE, Nakao R, Bazie RS, Mbati PA, Namangala B, Malele I, Skilton RA, Jongejan F, Sugimoto C, Kawazu S-I, Inoue N: 2010. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays for detection of Theileria parva infections targeting the PIM and p150 genes. International Journal for Parasitology, 40 (1) / January, pp 55-61, Full Text

Nijhof AM, Balk JA, Postigo M, Rhebergen AM, Taoufik A, Jongejan F: 2010. Bm86 homologues and novel ATAQ proteins with multiple epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domains from hard and soft ticks. International Journal for Parasitology, 40, pp 1587-1597.

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Bosman A-M, Oosthuizen MC, Peirce MA, Venter EH, Penzhorn BL: 2010. Babesia lengau sp. Nov., a Novel Babesia species in Cheetah (Acinonyx jabatus, Schreber, 1775) populations in South Africa. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48 (8) / Aug, pp 2703-2708, Full Text

Bath GF, van Wyk JA, Malan FS: 2010. Targeted selective treatment of sheep using the Five Point Check©. Journal of Commonwealth Veterinary Association, 86, pp 269-374.

Ruiz-Larranaga O, Garrido JM, Iriondo M, Manzano C, Molina E, Montes I, Vazquez P, Koets AP, Rutten VPMG, Juste RA, Estonba A: 2010. SP110 as a novel susceptibility gene for Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection in cattle. Journal of Dairy Science, 93 (12), pp 5950-5958, Full Text

Ruiz-Larranaga O, Garrido JM, Manzano C, Iriondo M, Molina E, Gil A, Koets AP, Rutten VPMG, Juste RA, Estonba A: 2010. Identification of singe nucleotide polymorphisms in the bovine solute carrier family 11 member 1 (SLC11A1) gene and their association with infection by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. Journal of Dairy Science, 93, pp 1713-1721, Full Text

Kidanemariam A, Engelbrecht M, Picard JA: 2010. Retrospective study on the incidence of Salmonella isolations in animals in South Africa, 1996 to 2006. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 81 (1), pp 37-44, Full Text

Matthee S, Lovely C, Gaugler A, Beeker R, Venter HR, Horak IG: 2010. Ixodid ticks on domestic dogs in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and Namibia. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 81 (2), pp 126-128, Full Text

Roach JM, van Vuuren M, Picard JA: 2010. A serological survey of antibodies to Leptospira species in dogs in South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 81 (3), pp 156-159, Full Text

Schmidt T, Venter EH, Picard JA: 2010. Evaluation of PCR assays for the detection of Campylobacter fetus in bovine preputial scrapings and the identification of subspecies in South African field isolates. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 81 (2), pp 87-92, Full Text

Van der Merwe M, Michel AL: 2010. An investigation of the effects of secondary processing on Mycobacterium spp. In naturally infected game meat and organs. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 81 (3), pp 166-169, Full Text

Yusufmia SB, Collins NE, Nkuna R, Troskie M, van den Bossche P, Penzhorn BL: 2010. Occurrence of Theileria parva and other haemonprotozoa in cattle at the edge of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 81 (1), pp 45-49, Full Text

Jonker A, Picard JA: 2010. Antimicrobial susceptibility in thermophilic Campylobacter species isolated from pigs and chickens in South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 81 (4), pp 228-236.

Quan M, Lourens CW, MacLachlan NJ, Gardner IA, Guthrie AJ: 2010. Development and optimisation of a duplex real-time reverse transcription quantitative PCR assay targeting the VP7 and NS2 genes of African horse sickness virus. Journal of Virological Methods, (167), pp 45-52, Full Text

Adams H, van Vuuren M, Kania S, Bosman A-M, Keet DF, New J, Kennedy M: 2010. Sensitivity and specificity of a nested polymerase chain reaction for detection of lentivirus infection in lions (Panthera leo). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 41 (4), pp 608-615, Full Text

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Woma YT, van Vuuren M, Bosman A-M, Quan M, Oosthuizen MC, Bwala D G, Ibu JO, Ularamu H, Shamaki D: 2010. Genetic variant of canine distember virus from clinical cases in vaccinated dogs in South Africa. Nigerian Veterinary Journal, 31 (1), pp 14-25, Full Text

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Samkange A, Katsande TC, Tjipura-Zaire G, Crafford JE: 2010. Seroprevalence survey of Chamydophila abortus infection in breeding goats on commercial farms in the Otavi veterinary District, North Namibia. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 77 (1), pp 1-5, Full Text

Masoko P, Picard JA, Eloff JN: 2010. The use of a rat model to evaluate the in vivo toxicity and wound healing activity of selected Combretum and Terminalia (Combretaceae) species extracts. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 77 (1), pp 1-7, Full Text

Horak IG, Horak IG, Heyne H, Donkin EF: 2010. Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVIII. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic cats and wild felids in Southern Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 77 (1), pp 1-7, Full Text

De Matos CA, Sitoe C, Neves L, Nöthling JO, Horak IG: 2010. The comparative prevalence of five ixodid tick species infesting cattle and goats in Maputo Province, Mozambique. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 76 (2), pp 201-208, Full Text

Hasle G, Horak IG, Grieve G, Leinaas HP, Clarke F: 2010. Ticks collected from birds in the northern provinces of South Africa, 2004-2006. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 76 (2) / June, pp 167-175, Full Text

Horak IG, Nyangiwe N, De Matos CA, Neves L: 2010. Species composition and geographic distribution of ticks infesting cattle, goats and dogs in a temperate and in a subtropical region of south-east Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 76 (2) / June, pp 263-276, Full Text

Huchzermeyer FW, Wallace DB, Putterill JF, Gerdes GH: 2010. Identification and partial sequencing of a crocodile poxvirus associated with deeply penetrating skin lesions in farmed Nile crocodiles, Crocodylus niloticus. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 76 (2) / June, pp 311-316, Full Text

Ndlovu DN, Makaya PV, Penzhorn BL: 2010. Tick infestation, and udder and teat damage in selected cattle herds of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 76 (2) / June, pp 235-248, Full Text

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Almazan C, Lagunes R, Villar M, Canales M, Rosario-Cruz R, Jongejan F, De la Fuente J: 2010. Identification and characterization of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus candidate protective antigens for the control of cattle tick infestations. Parasitology Research, 106, pp 471-479.

Scoones I, Bishi A, Mapitse N, Moerane R, Penrith ML, Sibanda R, Thomson GR, Wolmer W: 2010. Foot-and-mouth disease and market access: challenges for the beef industry in southern Africa. Pastoralism: Research - Policy - Practice, 1 (2), pp 135-164, Full Text

Masoko P, Masoko P, Picard JA, Howard RL, Mampuru LJ, Eloff JN: 2010. In vivoeffect ofCombretumandTerminaliaspecies extracts on cutaneous wound healing in immunosuppressed rats. Pharmaceutical Biology, 48 (6) / June, pp 621-632.

Muraina IA, Aduadi AO, Mamman M, Kazeem HM, Picard JA, McGaw LJ, Eloff JN: 2010. Antimycoplasmal activity of some plant species from northern Nigeria compared to the currently used therapeutic agent. Pharmaceutical Biology, 48 (10), pp 1103-1107.

Delespaux V, Vitouley HS, Marcotty T, Speybroeck N, Berkvens D, Roy K, Geerts S, van den Bossche P: 2010. Chemosensitization of Trypanosoma congolense strains resistant to isometamidium chloride by tetracyclines and enrofloxacin. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4 (9), p. e828, Full Text

Koets AP, Santema WJ, Mertens H, Oostenrijk D, Keestra M, Overdijk M, Labouriau R, Franken P, Frijters A, Nielen M, Rutten VPMG: 2010. Susceptibility to paratuberculosis infection in cattle is associated with singe nucleotide polymorphisms in Toll-like receptor 2 which modulate immune responses against Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 93, pp 305-315, Full Text

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Annandale CH, Irons PC, Bagla VP, Osuagwuh UI, Venter EH: 2010. Sites of persistence of lumpy skin disease virus in the genital tract of experimentally infected bulls. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 45, pp 250-55, Full Text

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Pretorius A, Putterill JF, Tshikhudo NP, van Kleef M: 2010. Preparation and in vitro characterisation of Ehrlichia ruminantium plasmid DNA and proteins encapsulated into and DNA adsorbed onto biodegradable microparticles. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 1, pp 186-193.

Tuppurainen ESM, Stoltsz WH, Troskie M, Wallace DB, Oura CAL, Mellor PS, Coetzer JAW, Venter EH: 2010. A potential role for Ixodid (hard) tick vectors in the transmission of Lumpy Skin Disease virus in cattle. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, pp 1-12.

Vosloo W, Swanepoel SP, Bauman M, Botha B, Esterhuysen JJ, Boshoff CI, Keet DF, Dekker A: 2010. Experimental infection of Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) with SAT-1 and SAT-2 Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, pp 1-6.

Gers S, Vosloo W, Drew T, Lubisi AB, Pardini A, Williams MC: 2010. Experimental infection of common warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) and bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus) with classical Swine Fever Virus II: A comparative histopathological study. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Full Text

van den Bossche P, De La Rocque S, Hendrickx G, Boyer J: 2010. A changing environment and the epidemiology of tsetse-transmitted livestock trypanosomiasis. Trends in Parasitology, 26 (5), pp 236-243.

Cadmus SIB, Yakubu MK, Magaji AA, Jenkins AO, Van Soolingen D: 2010. Mycobacterium bovis, but also M. africanum present in raw milk of pastoral cattle in north-central Nigeria. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 42 (6), pp 1047-1048, Full Text

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Hoek A, Rutten VPMG, Van der Zee R, Davies CJ, Koets AP: 2010. Epitopes of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis 70 kDa heat-shock protein activate bovine helper T cells in outbred cattle. Vaccine, 28, pp 5910-5919.

Pretorius A, Liebenberg J, Louw E, Collins NE, Allsopp BA: 2010. Studies of a polymorphic Ehrlichia ruminantium gene for use as a component of a recombinant vaccine against heartwater. Vaccine, 28, pp 3531-3539.

Maas M, Van Rhijn I, Allsopp MTEP, Rutten VPMG: 2010. Lion (Panthera leo) and cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) IFN-g sequences. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 134, pp 296-298.

Steinbach F, Müller KE, Aasted B, Amadori M, Büttner M, Carter S, Charley B, Dominguez J, Fossum C, Fischer U, Goddeeris BM, Hopkins J, Kaspers B, Marti E, Ollier W, Saalmüller A, Rutten VPMG, Storset AK, Toman M: 2010. Summary of the third European Veterinary Immunology Workshop (EVIW), September 2009, Berlin, Germany. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 136, pp 350-356.

de Klerk LM, Michel AL, Bengis RG, Kriek NPJ, Godfroid JXL: 2010. BCG vaccination failed to protect yearling African buffaloes (Syncerus cafferMycobacterium bovis. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 137, pp 84-92.

Sebatjane SI, Pretorius A, Liebenberg J, Steyn H, van Kleef M: 2010. In vitro and in vivo evaluation of five low molecular weight proteins of Ehrlichia ruminantium as potential vaccine components. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 137, pp 217-225.

Michel AL, Müller B, Van Helden PD: 2010. Mycobacterium bovis at the animal-human interface: A problem, or not?. Veterinary Microbiology, 140, pp 371-381, Full Text

Jenkins AO, Venter EH, Hutamo K, Godfroid JXL: 2010. Comparison of the capillary and agarose electrophoresis based multiple locus VNTR (variable number of tandem repeats) analysis (MLVA) on Mycobacterium bovis isolates. Veterinary Microbiology, 145, pp 172-176.

Keet DF, Michel AL, Bengis RG, Becker PJ, Van Dyk DS, van Vuuren M, Rutten VPMG, Penzhorn BL: 2010. Intradermal tuberculin testing of wild African lions (Panthera leo) naturally exposed to infection with Mycobacterium bovis. Veterinary Microbiology, 144, pp 384-391.

Woma YT, van Vuuren M, Bosman A-M, Quan M, Oosthuizen MC: 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of the haemagglutinin gene of current wild-type canine distemper viruses from South Africa: Lineage Africa. Veterinary Microbiology, 143, pp 126-132.

Zorloni A, Penzhorn BL, Eloff JN: 2010. Extracts of Calpurnia aurea leaves from southern Ethiopia attract and immobilise or kill ticks. Veterinary Parasitology, 168, pp 160-164, Full Text

Allsopp BA: 2010. Natural history of Ehrlichia ruminantium. Veterinary Parasitology, 167, pp 123-135, Full Text

Bhoora R, Buss PE, Guthrie AJ, Penzhorn BL, Collins NE: 2010. Genetic diversity of piroplasms in plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) and Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) in South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, (174), pp 145-149.

Bhoora R, Quan M, Matjila PT, Zweygarth E, Guthrie AJ, Collins NE: 2010. Sequence heterogeneity in the equi merozoite antigen gene (ema-1) of Theileria equi and development of an ema-1-specific TaqMan MGBTM assay for the detection of T. equi. Veterinary Parasitology, 172, pp 33-45.

Bhoora R, Quan M, Zweygarth E, Guthrie AJ, Prinsloo SA, Collins NE: 2010. Sequence heterogeneity in the gene encoding the rhoptry associated protein-1 (RAP-1) of Babesia caballi isolates from South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 169, pp 279-288.

De la Fuente J, Kocan KM, Blouin EF, Zivkovic Z, Naranjo V, Almazan C, Esteves E, Jongejan F, Daffre S, Mangold AJ: 2010. Functional genomics and evolution of tick-Anaplasma interactions and vaccine development. Veterinary Parasitology, 167, pp 175-186.

Sibeko KP, Geysen D, Oosthuizen MC, Matthee CA, Troskie M, Potgieter FT, Coetzer JAW, Collins NE: 2010. Four p67 alleles identified in South African Theileria parva field samples. Veterinary Parasitology, 167, pp 244-254.

Bhoora R, Quan M, Franssen L, Butler CM, Van der Kolk JH, Guthrie AJ, Zweygarth E, Jongejan F, Collins NE: 2010. Development and evaluation of real-time PCR assays for the quantitative detection of Babesia caballi and Theileria equi infections in horses from South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 168, pp 201-211.

Wang L, He L, Fang R, Song Q, Tu P, Jenkins AO, Zhou Y, Zhao J: 2010. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for detection of Theileria sergenti infection targeting the p33 gene. Veterinary Parasitology, 171, pp 159-162.

Clift SJ, Penrith ML: 2010. Tissue and Cell Tropism of African Horse Sickness virus demonstrated by Immunoperoxidase Labeling in Natural and Experimental Infection in Horses in South Africa. Veterinary Pathology, 47 (4) / July, pp 690-697.

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Guglielmone AA, Robbins RG, Apanaskevich DA, Petney TN, Estrada-Pena A, Horak IG, Shao R, Barker SC: 2010. The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida of the world: a list of valid species names. Zootaxa, 2528, pp 1-28, Full Text