Publications

molecular detection of tick-borne protozoal and ehrlichial infections in domestic dogs in south africa.	a total of 1,138 blood specimens were collected over a 6-year period (2000-2006) from domestic dogs in south africa. specimens from domestic dogs were obtained from the onderstepoort veterinary academic hospital (ovah) in pretoria, the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (johannesburg, durban, east london and bloemfontein) and private practices from four provinces (gauteng, mpumalanga, kwazulu-natal and western cape). all specimens were screened for babesia, theileria, hepatozoon an ...	2008	18502588
preliminary evaluation of the brema1 gene as a tool for associating babesia rossi genotypes and clinical manifestation of canine babesiosis.	babesia rossi, an intraerythrocytic protozoan, causes a severe, often life-threatening disease of domestic dogs. dogs treated early for b. rossi infection usually recover from the disease, but dogs left untreated or treated at a later stage of infection seldom survive. dogs infected with b. rossi have varied clinical manifestations that can be categorized as uncomplicated (with a good prognosis) or complicated (with a poor prognosis). one hundred twenty-one blood samples were collected from dogs ...	2009	19741079