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Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases

Economically important diseases of livestock in the sub-Saharan region - Research Output

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Maingi N, Munyua WK, Gichigi MN: 2002. Strategic use of moxidectin or closantel in combination with levamisole in the control of nematodes of sheep in the highlands of central Kenya. Acta Tropica, 84, pp 93-100.

van Wyk JA: 2002. Principles for the use of macrocyclic lactones to minimise selection for resistance. Australian Veterinary Journal, 80 (7) / Jul, pp 437-438.

Bekker CPJ, Bell-Sakyi L, Paxton EA, Martinez D, Bensaid A, Jongejan F: 2002. Transcriptional analysis of the major antigenic protein 1 multigene family of Cowdria ruminantium. Gene, 285, pp 193-201.

Getchell JK, Vatta AF, Motswatswe PW, Krecek RC, Moerane R, Pell AN, Tucker TW: 2002. Raising livestock in resource-poor communities of the North West Province of South Africa - a participatory rural appraisal study. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association/Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinêre Vereniging, 73 (4), pp 177-184.

Vatta AF, Krecek RC, van der Linde MJ, Motswatswe PW, Grimbeek RJ, van Wijk EF, Hansen JW: 2002. Haemonchus spp. in sheep farmed under resource-poor conditions in South Africa - effect on haematocrit, conjunctival mucous membrane colour and body condition. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association/Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinêre Vereniging, 73 (3), pp 119-123.

Faedo M, Krecek RC: 2002. Possible application of a nematophagous fungus as a biological control agent of parasitic nematodes on commercial sheep farms in South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association/Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinêre Vereniging, 73 (1), pp 31-35.

Bryson NR, Horak IG, Venter EH, Mahan SM, Simbi B, Peter TF: 2002. The prevalence of Cowdria ruminantium in free-living adult Amblyomma hebraeum collected at a communal grazing area and in 2 wildlife reserves in South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association/Tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinêre Vereniging, 73 (3), pp 131-132.

Vatta AF, Krecek RC: 2002. Amphistome infection of goats farmed under resource-poor conditions in South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 69, pp 327-329.

van Wyk JA, van Wyk L: 2002. Freezing of sheep faeces invalidates Hemonchus contortus faecal egg counts by the McMaster technique. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 69, pp 229-304.

Maingi N, Otieno RO, Gichohi VM, Weda EH: 2002. Strategic control of gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep in the highlands of central Kenya. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 69, pp 229-235.

Mekonnen S, Bryson NR, Fourie LJ, Peter RJ, Spickett AM, Taylor RJ, Strydom T, Horak IG: 2002. Acaricide resistance profiles of single-and multi-host ticks from communal and commercial farming areas in the Eastern Cape and North-West Provinces of South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 69, pp 99-105.

Matthee S, Krecek RC, Gibbons LM: 2002. Cylicocyclus asini n.sp. (Nematoda: Cyathostominae) from donkeys Equus asinus in South Africa. Systematic Parasitology, 51, pp 29-35.

van Wyk JA, Coles GC, Krecek RC: 2002. Can we slow the development of anthelmintic resistance? An electronic debate. Trends in Parasitology, 18, pp 336-337.

Bekker CPJ, de Vos S, Taoufik A, Sparagano OAE, Jongejan F: 2002. Simultaneous detection of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in ruminants and detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum ticks by reverse line blot hybridization. Veterinary Microbiology, 89, pp 223-238.

Vatta AF, Krecek RC, Letty BA, van der Linde MJ, Grimbeek RJ, de Villiers JF, Motswatswe PW, Molebiemang GS, Boshoff HM, Hansen JW: 2002. Incidence of Haemonchus spp. and effect on haematocrit and eye colour in goats farmed under resource-poor conditions in South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 103, pp 119-131.

Matjila PT, Penzhorn BL: 2002. Occurrence and diversity of bovine coccidia at three localities in South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 104, pp 93-102.

van Wyk JA, Bath GF: 2002. The FAMACHA© system for managing haemonchosis in sheep and goats by clinically identifying individual animals for treatment. Veterinary Research, 33, pp 509-529.

Maingi N, Otieno RO, Weda EH, Gichohi VM: 2002. Effects of three anthelmintic treatment regimes against Fasciola and nematodes on the performance of ewes and lambs on pasture in the highlands of Kenya. Veterinary Research Communications, 26, pp 543-552.

Ahmed J, Yin H, Schnittger L, Jongejan F: 2002. Ticks and tick-borne diseases in Asia with special emphasis on China. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde - Parasitology Research, 88, pp S51-S55.

 

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