A5045698724- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Study of Mite Species
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Helminth infection and control
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
University of South Africa
2019-2024
Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
2019-2023
University of KwaZulu-Natal
2023
University of Pretoria
2013
Ticks are amongst the important ectoparasites where livestock concerned, as they adversely affect animals through bloodsucking. In tropical and subtropical countries, transmit pathogens such babesiosis, theileriosis, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis in cattle, causing a reduction production rate significant concomitant economic losses. 80% of cattle population across world, with an estimated loss USD 20–30 billion per year. South Africa, losses industry caused by ticks tick-borne diseases to...
Deciphering the interactions between ticks and their microbiome is key to revealing new insights on tick biology pathogen transmission. However, knowledge tick-borne diversity contribution drug resistance scarce in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), despite endemism of ticks. In this study, high-throughput 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing PICRUSt predictive function profiling were used characterize bacterial community structure associated antibiotic markers Amblyomma variegatum, A. hebraeum, Hyalomma...
Theileria parva is a protozoan parasite transmitted by the brown-eared ticks, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and zambeziensis . Buffaloes are parasite’s ancestral host, with cattle being most recent host. The has two transmission modes namely, cattle–cattle buffalo–cattle transmission. Cattle–cattle T. causes East Coast fever (ECF) January disease syndromes. Buffalo to Corridor disease. Knowledge on genetic diversity of South African populations will assist in determining its origin, evolution...
Heartwater is an economically important disease of livestock and some wild ruminants in Southern Africa. The study used retrospective laboratory data from Lephalale Veterinary Laboratory, Limpopo to establish the prevalence seasonal occurrence heartwater commercial farms Municipality between 2010 2022. A total 472 brain samples (cattle, goats, sheep) game carcasses brought for postmortem examination were subjected testing using Giemsa staining technique. overall was 34.1% (95% CI = 29.9-38.6,
Theileria parva are intracellular protozoal parasites responsible for three disease syndromes in cattle, namely East Coast fever (ECF), Corridor (CD) and Zimbabwean theileriosis. The increase reports of CD outbreaks recent years has raised questions about the probability adaptation buffalo-derived T. strains cattle herds adjacent to game reserves. A cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2016 December 2018 investigate extent occurrence infections CD-controlled area KwaZulu-Natal...