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Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Skinner JD, Harrington H: 2003. Mate choice in Sika deer (Cervus nippon Temminck 1838): Who chooses whom?. Irish Veterinary Journal, 56 (12) / Dec, pp 616-617.

Nijhof AM, Penzhorn BL, Lynen GM, Mollel JO, Morkel P, Bekker CPJ, Jongejan F: 2003. Babesia bicornis sp. nov. and Theileria bicornis sp. nov: Tick-borne parasites associated with mortality in the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41 (5) / May, pp 2249-2254.

Joel Fellis K, Negovetich NJ, Esch GW, Horak IG, Boomker JDF: 2003. Patterns of association, nestedness, and species co-occurrence of helminth parasites in the greater kudu,Tragelaphus trepsiceros, in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, and the Etosha National Park, Namibia. Journal of Parasitology, 89 (5), pp 899-907.

Kennedy M, Kania S, Stylianides E, Bertschinger HJ, Keet D, van Vuuren M: 2003. Detectionof feline coronavirus infection in Southern African nondomestic felids. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 39 (3), pp 529-535.

Ostrowski S, van Vuuren M, Lenain DM, Durand A: 2003. A serologic survey of wild felids from Central West Saudi Arabia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 39 (3), pp 696-701.

Venter EH, van Vuuren M, Carstens J, Van der Walt ML, Nieuwoudt B, Steyn H, Kriek NPJ: 2003. A molecular epidemiologic investigation ofSalmonella from a meat source to the feces of captive cheetah(Acinonyx jabatus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 34 (1), pp 76-81.

Taylor WA, Skinner JD: 2003. Activity patterns, home ranges and burrow use of aardvarks (Orycteropus afer) in the Karoo. Journal of Zoology, 261, pp 291-297.

Boomker JDF, Durette-Desset M-C: 2003. Parasites of South African wildlife. XVII.Ostertagia triquetra n. sp. (Nematoda: Trichostrongylina) from the grey rhebuck,Pelea capreolus (Forster, 1970). Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 70, pp 37-41.

Horak IG, Gallivan GJ, Braack LEO, Boomker JDF, de Vos V: 2003. Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLI. Arthropod parasites of impalas,Aepyceros melampus, in the Kruger National Park. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 70, pp 131-163.

Macivor KMd, Horak IG: 2003. Ixodid ticks of Angora and Boer goats, grysbok, common duikers, kudus and scrub hares in Valley Bushveld in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 70, pp 113-120.

van Vuuren M, Stylianides E, Kania SA, Zuckerman EE, Hardy Jnr WD: 2003. Evaluation of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of feline lentivirus-reactive antibodies in wild felids, employing a puma lentivirus-derived synthetic peptide antigen. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 70, pp 1-6.

Junker K, Boomker JDF, Riley J: 2003. Redescription ofDiesingia megastoma (Diesing, 1836) Sambon, 1922, a pentastomid parasite from the South American terrapinHydromedusa tectifera Cope. Systematic Parasitology, 56, pp 211-218.

Hunter LTB, Skinner JD: 2003. Do male cheetahsacinonyx jubatus commit infanticide?. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 58 (1), pp 79-82.

Mitchell G, Skinner JD: 2003. On the origin, evolution and phylogeny of giraffesGiraffa camelopardalis. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 58 (1), pp 51-73.

 

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