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Seroprevalence of brucellosis and Q-fever among cattle in high risk herds in the Bethlehem area, Free State, South Africa
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/77399 Seroprevalence of brucellosis and Q-fever among cattle in high risk herds in the Bethlehem area, Free State, South Africa Jonker, Annelize u28106700@tuks.co.za Crafford, Jan Ernst Du Plessis, Johannes Christoffel UCTD Veterinary science theses SDG-01 Veterinary science theses SDG-03 SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-01: No poverty Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2019. Foetal loss can be devastating to a cattle farmer. In the Free State province many commercial cattle farms contend with foetal loss due to abortion. The causes of most of these abortions are never diagnosed because of inappropriate samples submitted; diagnostics being too expensive or non-submission of samples due to ignorance. The aim of this study was to investigate the apparent seroprevalence of Brucella species and Coxiella burnetii in commercial cattle of five epidemiological units. The overall apparent seroprevalence in this study was 22% and 11% respectively for Brucella species and Coxiella burnetii antibodies. Although the presence of antibodies does not lead to a definitive diagnosis, it is now known that there are bacterial challenges in these commercial cattle, and this could form the basis of future studies. Improved education of the public as well as communication with the human health sector is necessary to effectively control brucellosis and Q-fever. Veterinary Tropical Diseases MSc Unrestricted 2020-12-21T09:53:35Z 2020-12-21T09:53:35Z 2020/09/30 2019 Dissertation Du Plessis, JC 2019, Seroprevalence of brucellosis and Q-fever among cattle in high risk herds in the Bethlehem area, Free State, South Africa, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77399> S2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77399 en © 2020 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Veterinary science theses SDG-01 Veterinary science theses SDG-03 SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-01: No poverty Seroprevalence of brucellosis and Q-fever among cattle in high risk herds in the Bethlehem area, Free State, South Africa |
| title | Seroprevalence of brucellosis and Q-fever among cattle in high risk herds in the Bethlehem area, Free State, South Africa |
| title_full | Seroprevalence of brucellosis and Q-fever among cattle in high risk herds in the Bethlehem area, Free State, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Seroprevalence of brucellosis and Q-fever among cattle in high risk herds in the Bethlehem area, Free State, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seroprevalence of brucellosis and Q-fever among cattle in high risk herds in the Bethlehem area, Free State, South Africa |
| title_short | Seroprevalence of brucellosis and Q-fever among cattle in high risk herds in the Bethlehem area, Free State, South Africa |
| title_sort | seroprevalence of brucellosis and q fever among cattle in high risk herds in the bethlehem area free state south africa |
| topic | UCTD Veterinary science theses SDG-01 Veterinary science theses SDG-03 SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-01: No poverty |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77399 |