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
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
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:
Govender D, Oosthuizen MC, Penzhorn BL: 2011. Piroplasm parasites of white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum in the Kruger National Park, and their relation to anaemia. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 82 (1), pp 36-40, Full Text
Krecek RC, Penzhorn BL, de Waal DT, Peter RJ, Prichard R, Sumption D: 2011. Origin and history to date of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) African foundation. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 82 (1), pp 6-7.
Penzhorn BL: 2011. Why is Southern African canine babesiosis so virulent? An evolutionary perspective. Parasites & Vectors, 4, pp 51-55, Full Text
Brothers PS, Collins NE, Oosthuizen MC, Bhoora R, Troskie M, Penzhorn BL: 2011. Occurrence of blood-borne tick-transmitted parasites in common tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) antelope in Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 183, pp 160-165, Full Text
Pfitzer S, Oosthuizen MC, Bosman A-M, Vorster I, Penzhorn BL: 2011. Tick-borne blood parasites in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii, Gray 1849) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 176, pp 126-131, Full Text
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