Development and evaluation of real-time PCR assays for the quantitative detection of Babesia caballi and Theileria equi infections in horses from South Africa

R Bhoora, M Quan, L Franssen, CM Butler… - Veterinary …, 2010 - Elsevier
A quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay using a TaqMan minor
groove binder (MGB™) probe was developed for the detection of Babesia caballi infection in …

A nested PCR assay exhibits enhanced sensitivity for detection of Theileria parva infections in bovine blood samples from carrier animals

DO Odongo, JD Sunter, HK Kiara, RA Skilton… - Parasitology …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Theileria parva causes East Coast fever, an economically important disease of
cattle in sub-Saharan Africa. We describe a nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR) assay …

Sequence heterogeneity in the equi merozoite antigen gene (ema-1) of Theileria equi and development of an ema-1-specific TaqMan MGB™ assay for the detection …

R Bhoora, M Quan, PT Matjila, E Zweygarth… - Veterinary …, 2010 - Elsevier
Although a quantitative real-time PCR assay (qPCR) assay for the detection of Theileria equi
has been developed and evaluated, it is possible that additional, as yet undetected 18S …

Development and optimisation of a duplex real-time reverse transcription quantitative PCR assay targeting the VP7 and NS2 genes of African horse sickness virus

M Quan, CW Lourens, NJ MacLachlan… - Journal of Virological …, 2010 - Elsevier
Nucleotide sequences of 52 South African isolates of African horse sickness virus (AHSV)
collected during 2004–2005 and including viruses of all nine AHSV serotypes, were used to …

Four p67 alleles identified in South African Theileria parva field samples

KP Sibeko, D Geysen, MC Oosthuizen, CA Matthee… - Veterinary …, 2010 - Elsevier
Previous studies characterizing the Theileria parva p67 gene in East Africa revealed two
alleles. Cattle-derived isolates associated with East Coast fever (ECF) have a 129bp …

Tick communities at the expanding wildlife/cattle interface in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: implications for Corridor disease

ER Smith, DM Parker - Journal of the South African Veterinary …, 2010 - journals.co.za
Corridor disease, transmitted by the brown ear tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus), is one
of Africa's most pathogenic tick-borne diseases for cattle. With a focus on this species, we …

[HTML][HTML] Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) en búfalo (Bubalus bubalis), en Cuba

D Obregón, JG Rodríguez Diego, E Roque… - Revista de Salud …, 2010 - scielo.sld.cu
Con el objetivo de estudiar la presencia de garrapatas en búfalos en Cuba, se muestrearon
242 búfalos en 8 unidades de producción. Se realizó conteo e identificación de garrapatas …

[图书][B] Immunization of roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) using in vitro cultured Theileria species (sable) schizonts

JA Benade - 2010 - search.proquest.com
Theileria species (sable) causes significant mortalities in roan (Hippotragus equinus), and to
a lesser extent, sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) yearly. Treatment of the condition and an …

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Parasitiformes: Ixodidae) in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in Cuba.

D Obregón, JG Rodríguez Diego, E Roque, Y Alemán - 2010 - cabidigitallibrary.org
In order to study the presence of ticks in buffalo, in Cuba, 242 animals from 8 farms were
sampled. Counting and identification of adult ticks from animals of both sexes and different …