Publications

blood meal identification in the cryptic species anopheles gambiae and anopheles coluzzii using maldi-tof ms.	matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (maldi-tof ms) has recently emerged in entomology as a technique to identify arthropods and their blood meal source. in this study, female anopheles gambiae were fed on five host blood sources: ocelot (leopardus pardalis), binturong (arctictis binturong), springbok (antidorcas marsupialis), jaguar (panthera onca) and hamadryas baboon (papio hamadryas), while anopheles coluzzii were fed on three hosts: dromedary (camelus ...	2018	30052501
changes in the physico-chemical attributes through processing of salami made from blesbok (damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), eland (taurotragus oryx), fallow deer (dama dama), springbok (antidorcas marsupialis) and black wildebeest (connochaetes gnou) in comparison to pork.	drying kinetics and changes in proximate composition, ph, salt content, water activity (aw) and lipid oxidation through processing of salami made using five different game meat species were evaluated and compared to pork. eight batches of salami from each species were made and sampled for analysis throughout processing. processing time was a significant factor on all measured attributes whilst species affected (p ≤ .05) ph and moisture but not drying kinetics. black wildebeest meat exhibited hig ...	2018	30138886
the prevalence of non-o157:h7 shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli (stec) in namibian game meat.	large game animals play an important role as carriers and transmitters of o157:h7 and non-o157:h7 shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli (stec) in nature. fresh meat obtained from game animals has been identified as an important source of food-borne stec infections. the aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of the top 6 non-o157 stec strains (serogroups o26, o45, o103, o111, o121, and o145) in namibian game meat based on testing for stx, eae, and o-group-specific genes. meat samples fr ...	2018	30574994
wild antelope skeletal muscle antioxidant enzyme activities do not correlate with muscle fibre type or oxidative metabolism.	wild antelope are some of the fastest land animals in the world, presenting with high oxidative and glycolytic skeletal muscle metabolism. however, no study has investigated their muscle antioxidant capacity, and may assist in understanding their physical ability and certain pathophysiological manifestations, such as capture myopathy. therefore, the primary aim of this study was to determine the antioxidant activities superoxide dismutase (sod), catalase (cat) and glutathione reductase (gr), as ...	2020	31862242
differentiation of south african game meat using near-infrared (nir) spectroscopy and hierarchical modelling.	near-infrared (nir) spectroscopy, combined with multivariate data analysis techniques, was used to rapidly differentiate between south african game species, irrespective of the treatment (fresh or previously frozen) or the muscle type. these individual classes (fresh; previously frozen; muscle type) were also determined per species, using hierarchical modelling. spectra were collected with a portable handheld spectrophotometer in the 908-1676-nm range. with partial least squares discriminant ana ...	2020	32316308
review of the global distribution and hosts of the economically important fish parasitic isopod genus ceratothoa (isopoda: cymothoidae), including the description of ceratothoa springbok n. sp. from south africa.	fish parasites from the isopod family cymothoidae have, in recent years, received increased global attention due to both their ecological and economic importance. this is particularly true for the buccal inhabiting genus ceratothoa dana, 1852, whose members have been implicated in negatively impacting the health of both farmed and wild-caught fishes. as research on this group increases, so does our understanding of their host specificity and distribution. the aims of this paper were thus to revi ...	2020	32750362
equid alphaherpesvirus 9 outbreak associated with mortality in a group of grevy's zebra (equus grevyi) housed in a mixed-species exhibit.	a herd of seven captive-born grevy's zebras (equus grevyi) experienced an outbreak of nasal discharge and sneezing. clinical signs, including lethargy and anorexia, were severe and acute in three animals, including a 16-mo-old male that died within 48 h. treatment of two severely affected zebras included valacyclovir (40 mg/kg po), meloxicam (0.6 mg/kg im/po), and cefquinome (2.5 mg/kg im q48h). an adult female improved rapidly, and clinical signs resolved within 48 h of treatment. administratio ...	2021	34130425