| molecular detection of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens from ticks collected from ruminants in four south african provinces. | ticks carry and transmit a remarkable array of pathogens including bacteria, protozoa and viruses, which may be of veterinary and/or of medical significance. with little to no information regarding the presence of tick-borne zoonotic pathogens or their known vectors in southern africa, the aim of our study was to screen for anaplasma phagocytophilum, borrelia burgdorferi, coxiella burnetii, rickettsia species and ehrlichia ruminantium in ticks collected and identified from ruminants in the easte ... | 2015 | 26227797 |
| 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 |