Faculty of Veterinary Science
Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases
van Vuuren, M
BVSc MMed Vet(Micro)(Pret) - Associate Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 529 8329
Fax number: 012 529 8312
E-mail address: moritz.vvuuren@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Wildlife disease
Electron microscopy of animal viruses
Economically important diseases of livestock in the sub-Saharan region
Wildlife health and production
Veterinar public health and environmental safety
Important conditions of companion animals in the sub-Saharan region
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Crafford JE, Guthrie AJ, van Vuuren M, Mertens PPC, Burroughs JN, Howell PG, Hamblin C: 2003. A group-specific, indirect sandwich ELISA for the detection of equine encephalosis virus antigen. Journal of Virological Methods, 112, pp 129-135.
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.
Kabongo P, Baule C, van Vuuren M: 2003. Molecular analysis of bovine viral diarrhoea virus isolates from South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 70, pp 273-279.
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.
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