Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases
Collins, NE
PhD - Senior Lecturer
NRF Rating: C3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 529 8022
Fax number: 012 529 8312
E-mail address: nicola.collins@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Economically important diseases of livestock in the sub-Saharan region
Important conditions of companion animals in the sub-Saharan region
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
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
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.
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.
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.
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