Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases
Oosthuizen, MC
BSc (Agric) BSc (Agric) (Hons) MSc PhD - Senior Lecturer
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: (012) 529 8390
Fax number: (012) 529 8312
E-mail address: marinda.oosthuizen@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
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
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
Chaisi ME, Sibeko KP, Collins NE, Potgieter FT, Oosthuizen MC: 2011. Identification of Theileria parva and Theileria sp. (buffalo) 18S rRNA gene sequence variants in the African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in southern Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 182, pp 150-162, 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
Sibeko KP, Collins NE, Oosthuizen MC, Troskie M, Potgieter FT, Coetzer JAW, Geysen D: 2011. Analyses of genes encoding Theileria parva p104 and polymorphic immunodominant molecule (PIM) reveal evidence of the presence of cattle-type alleles in the South African T.parva population. Veterinary Parasitology, 181, pp 120-130, Full Text
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