Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is one of the most successful ticks infesting cattle around the world. This highly-invasive species transmits cattle parasites that cause cattle fever leading to a high socio-economic ...
Mills, Kirby L.; Belant, Jerrold L.; Beukes, Maya; Droge, Egil; Everatt, Kristoffer T.; Fyumagwa, Robert; Green, David S.; Hayward, Matt W.; Holekamp, Kay E.; Radloff, F.G.T.; Spong, Goran; Suraci, Justin P.; Van der Weyde, Leanne K.; Wilmers, Christopher C.; Carter, Neil H.; Sanders, Nathan J.(Nature Research, 2023-10-17)
Wide-ranging carnivores experience tradeoffs between dynamic resource availabilities and
heterogeneous risks from humans, with consequences for their ecological function and
conservation outcomes. Yet, research investigating ...
Hoornweg, Tabitha E.; Schaftenaar, Willem; Rutten, Victor P.M.G; De Haan, Cornelis A.M.(MDPI, 2024-02)
Elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses (EEHVs), of which eleven (sub)species are currently distinguished, infect either Asian (Elephas maximus) or African elephants (Loxodonta species). While all adult elephants are ...
Van Schalkwyk, Antoinette; Kara, Pravesh Deepak; Last, Robert D.; Romito, Marco; Wallace, David Brian(MDPI, 2024-01)
Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) has recently undergone rapid spread, now being reported from more than 80 countries, affecting predominantly cattle and to a lesser extent, water buffalo. This poxvirus was previously ...
Makhubu, Fikile Nelly(University of Pretoria, 2021-07)
Soilborne pathogens are economically important, causing great losses in agricultural production globally. Nematodes, fungi, bacteria and viruses are microscopic, destructive pathogens which are extremely difficult to ...
Kadwa, Abdur Rahmaan(University of Pretoria, 2021-07)
Objective To ascertain the efficacy of a single circuit, in vitro extracorporeal membrane model at oxygenating blood and removing carbon dioxide (CO2) with ultra-low blood flow, in replicates either exposed to room air ...
Excess germ cells in normal and in pathological conditions are removed from testicular tissue by the mechanism of apoptosis. Studies on germ cell apoptosis in avian species are grossly lacking, and there are only a few ...
Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a debilitating disease affecting young wild and domestic canines. Canine parvovirus attacks rapidly dividing cells including intestinal epithelium, lymphoid tissue and bone marrow. The most common ...
Madzingira, Oscar(University of Pretoria, 2021-03)
This study assessed knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding brucellosis among cattle farmers (n=264), meat handlers (n=143) and medical professionals (n=124); estimated seroprevalence of Brucella infection in cattle ...
Manyenyeka, Musaemura(University of Pretoria, 2020-10)
Bovine theileriosis is a serious veterinary challenge that is responsible for high cattle mortalities and thus limiting cattle production and improvement in the smallholder farming sector of Zimbabwe (Lawrence, 1994). ...
Atkinson, Brogan Kim(University of Pretoria, 2021-03)
Background: Babesia rossi, the most virulent canine Babesia parasite, causes severe clinical disease and death in dogs in sub-Saharan Africa. Complications and multiple organ dysfunction seen with babesiosis are likely ...
Tsaxra, John B.; Abolnik, Celia; Kelly, Terra R.; Chengula, Augustino A.; Mushi, James R.; Msoffe, Peter L.M.; Muhairwa, Amandus P.; Phiri, Thandeka Precious; Jude, Rachel; Chouicha, Nadira; Mollel, Esther L.; Zhou, Huaijun; Gallardo, Rodrigo A.(Springer Nature, 2023-12)
Newcastle disease (ND) is among the most important poultry diseases worldwide. It is the major threat to poultry production
in Africa and causes major economic losses for both local and commercial chickens. To date, half ...
Ayodele, Omolade Akinboye(University of Pretoria, 2021-05)
Among cattle diseases, bovine mastitis remains a serious problem with financial implications to the farmer as it adversely affects milk production. Staphylococcus aureus and non-aureus staphylococcus (NAS) species are often ...
Alves, Joel Mnandi(University of Pretoria, 2021-05)
Objective To compare the immobilisation time and cardiopulmonary effects of zolazepam-tiletamine-medetomidine (ZM) and butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine (BAM) in captive leopards (Panthera pardus).
Study design ...
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious and widely distributed disease affecting cloven-hoofed animals. The exact role played by goats in the epidemiology of the Southern African Territories (SAT) serotypes is ...
Experimental protozoal infections can provide novel insights into the host’s response before presentation to the veterinarian. The aim of this study was to track endocrine variables longitudinally in an experimental Babesia ...
Trujillo, Jessie D.; Wilson, William C.; Craig, Anthony Francis; Van den Berg, Carien; Wang, Thomas; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Swanepoel, Robert; Morozov, Igor; Richt, Juergen A.(American Society for Microbiology, 2024-03)
Rift Valley Fever phlebovirus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic pathogen that causes major agricultural and public health problems in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is considered a potential agro-bioterrorism agent ...
Banda, Frank; Ludi, Anna B.; Wilsden, Ginette; Browning, Clare; Kangwa, Henry L.; Mooya, Lynnfield; Ngoma, Masuzyo; Muuka, Geoffrey M.; Mundia, Cornelius; Fandamu, Paul; Paton, David J.; King, Donald P.; Quan, Melvyn(MDPI, 2023-12-05)
The recent introduction of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus serotype O (O/EA-2
topotype) in Southern Africa has changed the epidemiology of the disease and vaccine requirements
of the region. Commercial and subsistence ...
May, Catherine Edith(University of Pretoria, 2020-10)
Contagious equine metritis (CEM) is a non-systemic, venereally-transmitted disease of horses caused by the bacterium, Taylorella equigenitalis. The second member of the genus, Taylorella asinigenitalis, is found in donkeys ...