| parasites of domestic and wild animals in south africa. l. ixodid ticks infesting horses and donkeys. | the aim of the study was to determine the species spectrum of ixodid ticks that infest horses and donkeys in south africa and to identify those species that act as vectors of disease to domestic livestock. ticks were collected opportunistically from 391 horses countrywide by their owners or grooms, or by veterinary students and staff at the faculty of veterinary science, university of pretoria. ticks were also collected from 76 donkeys in limpopo province, 2 in gauteng province and 1 in north we ... | 2017 | 28281774 |
| seroprevalence of ehrlichia ruminantium antibodies and its associated risk factors in indigenous goats of south africa. | the present study investigated the seroprevalence of antibodies to ehrlichia ruminantium and the associated risk factors in goats from five different farming provinces of south africa. sera collected from 686 goats of the commercial meat type (n=179), mohair type (n=9), non-descript indigenous goats from eastern cape (n=56), kwazulu-natal (n=209), limpopo (n=111), north west (n=61) and northern cape (n=11) provinces and a feral tankwa goat (n=50) were tested for the presence of immunoglobulin g ... | 2016 | 26829905 |