Graduates

2013

Registered
2008-2012

Country
Malawi

Research project
Serology with regards to bovine brucellosis diagnosis.

Study leader
Dr H van Heerden

Ms Elizabeth (E M) Debeila
MSc (Veterinary Science)

Registered
2009-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
Occurence of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Kruger National Park and Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in South Africa

Study leader
Dr M Oosthuizen
Dr N Collins
Dr T Matjila

Registered
2011-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
Control of Mycoplasma crocodilli infection in farmed crocodiles.

Registered
2010-2012

Country
Botswana

Research project
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex-specific antigens for use in serodiagnosis of bovine tuberculosis.

Study leader
Dr J Fehrsen
Prof A Michel

Country
South Africa

Study leader
Prof A Latif
Dr BJ Mans
Prof BL Penzhorn

Registered
2010-2012

Country
Zambia

Research project
New castle disease and its effects on the livelihood of the poor peasant poultry farmer in Mansa District, Luapula Province, Zambia.

Registered
2008-2012

Country
Zambia

Research project
An epidemiological study of human tapeworm infections in the Eastern Province of Zambia.

Study leader
Dr V Schwan
Prof P Dorny
Prof I K Phiri

Registered
2010-2012

Country
Nigeria

Research project
Immunogenicity and protectivity of a live spore Bacillus anthracis vaccine in goats.

Registered
2010-2012

Country
Kenya

Research project
The occurrence of Ehrlichia ruminantium and other haemoparasites in calves in western Kenya as determined by the reverse line blot hybridization assay, real-time PCR and nested PCR.

Registered
2009-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
Identify poultry viruses.

Study leader
Prof EH Venter
Dr S Bisschopp

Registered
2008-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
The seroprevalence of African horsesickness and equine encephalosis in Namaqualand.

Study leader
Dr JE Crafford
Dr GJ Venter

Registered
2010-2012

Country
Zambia

Research project
Occurence of tick-borne haemoparasites in cattle in Mungwi, Zambia.

Registered
2011-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
Comparative minimal inhibitory and mutant prevention drug concentrations of selected antimicrobial drugs against bacterial pathogens of veterinary importance.

Study leader
Prof M van Vuuren

Registered
2009-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
Evaluation of cross protection between the bluetongue serotypes to live and inactivated vaccines in sheep.

Study leader
Prof EH Venter

2012

Registered
2009-2011

Country
South Africa

Research project
Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of staphylococcus intermedius isolates from clinical cases of canine pyoderma in South Africa.

Study leader
Dr J Picard
Prof M van Vuuren

Registered
2007-2011

Country
Lesotho

Research project
Diversity of Theileria parasites in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and the challenge of differential diagnosis.

Study leader
Dr M Oosthuizen
Dr N E Collins
Prof D Geysen

Registered
2009-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
Interactions between pathogens: The effect of multiple pathogen infections on the haematological profile of indigenous cattle in East Africa.

Study leader
Prof AJ Musoke

Registered
2009-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
Case study: Babesia bovis on a dairy farm.

Study leader
Prof BL Penzhorn
Dr JE Crafford
Prof A Latif

Registered
2008-2011

Country
Swaziland

Research project
Molecular characterization of Bovine Tuberculosis strains in Swaziland.

Study leader
Prof A Michel
Dr D Morar

Registered
2009-2012

Country
Mozambique

Research project
Improved diagnostic tools for the diagnosis of Rift Valley fever and its use on epidemiological studies in Mozambique.

Study leader
Prof Vic Rutten
Prof JAW Coetzer
Janusz Paweska

Registered
2006-2012

Country
Saudi Arabia

Research project
Seroprevalence of lumpy skin disease and Rift valley fever in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kruger National Park (KNP).

Study leader
Prof EH Venter
Prof JAW Coetzer

Registered
2007-2011

Country
Iran

Research project
Prevalence of Babesia species and associated ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) populations in South Africa.

Study leader
Prof BL Penzhorn
Dr MC Oosthuizen
Prof IG Horak

Registered
2009-2012

Country
Nigeria

Research project
Molecular characterization of Mycoplasma species isolated from the genital tract of Dorper sheep in South Africa.

Study leader
Prof M van Vuuren
Ms AM Bosman

Registered
2008-2011

Country
South Africa

Research project
Molecular characterisation of Bacillus anthracis strains in South Africa.

Study leader
Prof H van Heerden
Jenny Rossouw

Registered
2007-2012

Country
South Africa 

Research project
Multiple-locus variable number tandem repeats analysis (MLVA) typing of Mycobacterium bovis infecting South African Wildlife.

Study leader
Prof J Godfroid
Prof EH Venter

Registered
2008-2011

Country
Kenya

Research project
A survey of tick species on domestic and wild animals at Tsavo conservation area in Kenya.

Study leader
Prof BL Penzhorn
Prof IG Horak

Registered
2009-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
Incidence of Staphylococcus aureus in cows' milk following mucosal and parenteral administration of autogenous S. aureus vaccine during the dry period

Study leader
Dr J Crafford

Registered
2009-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
A study on the role and impact of border control on the prevention of transboundary diseases.

Study leader
Prof M van Vuuren

Registered
2009-2011

Country
South Africa

Research project
Detection of Babesia rossi genotypes using real-time PCR assay.

Study leader
Dr PT Matjila
Dr MC Oozthuizen
Prof BL Penzhorn

Registered
2008-2011

Country
Mozambique

Research project
An Investigation of the 2008 Rift Valley fever outbreak on a cattle farm in Bela-Bela, South Africa in 2008.

Study leader
Prof E Venter
Prof J A W Coetzer
Dr J Paweska

Registered
2009-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
Brucella status of cattle in the Mnisi District, Mpumalanga.

Study leader
Dr J E Crafford

Registered
2007-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
Field and laboratory investigations on Theileria parva carrier-state in cattle populations at the livestock/ game interface of uPhongolo-Mkuze area.

Study leader
Prof A Latiff
Prof BL Penzhorn

Registered
2005-2012

Country
Zimbabwe

Research project
Bovine trypanosomosis incidence at the game/livestock interface of the Hluhluwe Game Reserve (KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa).

Study leader
Prof A Latif

Registered
2007-2012

Country
South Africa

Research project
Development, Establishment and Validation of Real Time Polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for Equine encephalosis virus.

Study leader
Prof M van Vuuren
Dr M Quan

Registered
2008-2012

Country
Republic of Korea

Research project
Pathogenesis studies of genotype 1 Rabies variants.

Registered
2008-2012

Country
Zimbabwe (in SA)

Research project
Options for the delivery of primary animal health care for livestock farmers on communal land in South Africa: Mnisi Community case study.

Study leader
Prof C McCrindle

Registered
2008-2011

Country
Saudi Arabia / Zimbabwe in SA

Research project
Molecular characterization of tick-borne pathogens of domestic dogs from communal areas in Botswana.

Study leader
Dr PT Matjila

Registered
2009-2011

Country
South Africa

Research project
Aspects of the epidemiology of Theileria parva infections in cattle and African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in South Africa revealed by tick transmission and sub-inoculation of blood.

Study leader
Dr N Collins
Prof BL Penzhorn

2011

Registered
2007-2010

Country
South Africa

Research project
Characterization of selected culicoides (diptera: ceratopogonidae) populations in South Arica using genetic markers.

Study leader
Dr O Koekemoer

Country
Nigeria

Research project
Molecular characterization of canine parvovirus strains from dogs (Canis Familiaris) in South Africa and Nigeria.

Study leader
Prof M van Vuuren

Country
Mozambique

Research project
Survey on Brucella canis in dogs in the Maputo Region in Mozambique.

Study leader
Dr H van Heerden
Prof J Godfroid

Registered
2008-2010

Country
Zimbabwe

Research project
Molecular characterisation of Brucella species in Southern Africa.

Study leader
Dr H van Heerden

Country
South Africa

Research project
Developing an immunological assay for African Horsesickness Virus using a recombinant VP2 subunit expressed in different Baculovirus systems.

Study leader
Dr J Heath

Registered
2009-2010

Country
Nigeria

Research project
Genetic characterization of bovine viral diarrhoea viruses (BVDV) in South Africa.

Study leader
Prof M van Vuuren

Registered
2004-2010

Country
South Africa

Research project
Genetic Association studies in Zebra sarcoid.

Registered
2007-2010

Country
South Africa

Research project
Prospective serological and virological study of African Horse sickness disease

2010

Registered
2007-2009

Country
United Kingdom

Research project
A risk assessment of common management practices on animal holdings in the United Kingdom and their implications in the event of a Bluetongue outbreak.

Study leader
Prof E Venter

Registered
2005-2009

Country
South Africa

Research project
Molecular characterization of Babesia caballi and Theileria equi, the etiological agents of equine piroplasmosis.

Study leader
Dr N Collins
Prof B Penzhorn

Registered
2008-2010

Country
South Africa

Research project
Detection of Babesia species in domestic and wild southern African felids by means of DNA probes.

Study leader
Prof BL Penzhorn
Prof EH Venter

Country
South Africa

Research project
The identification of Ehrlichia ruminantium membrane-associated proteins that induce cellular immune responses in vitro.

Study leader
Dr M van Kleef
Dr A Pretorius

Registered
2007-2009

Country
South Africa

Research project
The Prevalence of Leptospira serovars causing infection in dogs in South Africa.

Study leader
Prof M van Vuuren
Dr Jackie Picard

Registered
2006-2009

Country
South Africa

Research project
Detection of Babesia and Theileria parasites in white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) in the Kruger National Park, and their relation to anaemia.

Study leader
Prof B Penzhorn
Dr M Oosthuizen

Registered
2006-2009

Country
South Africa

Research project
Antimicrobial susceptibility in thermophilic Campylobacter species isolated from pigs and chickens in South Africa.

Study leader
Dr J Picard
Prof M van Vuuren

Registered
2008-2009

Country
South Africa

Research project
To evaluate the effects of long-term storage of bovine ear notch samples on the ability of two diagnostic assays (IHC and AC-ELISA) to identify calves persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhoea virus.

Study leader
Prof M van Vuuren
Dr J Crafford
Dr Vorster

Registered
2007-2010

Country
Sudan

Research project
A comparison of methods used to measure in vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of mycoplasma species of animal origin.

Study leader
Dr JA Picard

Dr Junita Liebenberg
PhD
 

Registered
2006-2010

Country
South Africa

Research project
Ehrichia ruminantium: genome assembly and analysis, with the identification and testing of vaccine candidates genes.

Study leader
Prof B Allsopp
Dr N Collins

Registered
2003-2009

Country
Mozambique

Research project
Study of Brucella melitensis of sheep and goats in Maputo, Gaza, Tete and Cabo Delgado Provinces of Mozambique.

Study leader
Prof M van Vuuren
Prof J Godfroid

Registered
2005-2010

Country
South Africa

Study leader
Dr M van Kleef
Dr A Pretorius

Registered
2004-2009

Country
South Africa

Research project
Improved molecular diagnosis and characterisation of Theileria parva isolates in cattle and buffalo in South Africa.

Study leader
Dr N Collins
Prof A Latif
Dr D Geysen
Dr M Oosthuizen

Registered
2007-2009

Country
The Netherlands

Research project
The prevalence of canine distemper virus antibodies in wild carnivores in the Kruger National Park.

Study leader
Prof M van Vuuren

2009

Registered
2008-2009

Country
South Africa

Research project
Parasites of some free-living wild animals and freshwater fish species in South Africa.
 

Registered
2006-2008

Country
South Africa

Research project
Occurrence of blood-borne tick-transmitted parasites in tsessebe (Dalamiscus lunatus) antelope in Vaalbos National Park, Northern Cape Province.

Study leader
Prof B Penzhorn
Dr N Collins

Registered
2006-2008

Country
South Africa

Study leader
Dr K Kappmeier-Green
Prof B Penzhorn

Registered
2007-2008

Country
Nigeria

Research project
Identification and genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infections at the human/domestic animals/wildlife interface in Nigeria and South Africa.

Study leader
Prof J Godfroid
Prof E Venter

Registered
2007-2009

Country
DRC

Research project
Genetic, antibenetic and phenotypic comparison of herbesviruses isolated from domestic and wild felids.

Study leader
Prof M van Vuuren
Prof E Venter

Registered
2006-2008

Country
South Africa

Study leader
Prof P Majiwa
Prof A Latif

Registered
2006-2009

Country
Mozambique

Research project
Study of prevalence of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) in Govuro district, Inhambane Province, Mozambique.

Study leader
Prof J Godfroid
Dr P Thompson

Registered
2007-2009

Country
Zimbabwe

Research project
The prevalence of nematode infection and it's economic importance in goat production in Gweru District, Zimbabwe.

Study leader
Prof J Boomker

Registered
2005-2008

Country
South Africa

Research project
Development of a single real-time RT-PCR method for the group- specific identification of African horsesickness virus and bluetongue virus.

Study leader
Dr O Koekemoer

Registered
2005-2008

Country
South Africa

Research project
Determination of the minimum protective dose for a live attennated bluetonge virus serotype 2 and 4 vaccine in sheep.

Study leader
Prof E Venter

Registered
2004-2009

Country
South Africa

Study leader
Prof J Godfroid
Dr V Rutten
Dr J Fehrsen

Registered
2004-2008

Country
South Africa

Research project
The extent of acaricide resistance in the eastern region of the Eastern Cape province.

Study leader
Prof I Horak

Registered
2007-2009

Country
Nigeria

Research project
Molecular epidemiology of dog rabies in Nigeria: phylogeny based on the N and G gene sequences.

Study leader
Dr C Sabeta
Prof L Nel

Registered
2007-2009

Country
German in SA

Research project
Tick-borne haemoparasites (Babesia, Theileria, Ehrlichia and Anaplasma species) in nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Study leader
Prof B Penzhorn
Dr M Oosthuizen

Registered
2005-2008

Country
South Africa

Study leader
Dr AC Potgieter

Registered
2007-2008

Country
South Africa

Research project
Detection of campylobacter fetus in bovine preputial scrapings using PCR and culture assays.

Study leader
Dr J Picard
Prof E Venter

Registered
2007-2009

Country
South Africa

Research project
Studies on filariosis of domestic carnivores in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalange Provinces, South Africa and Maputo Province, Mozambique.

Study leader
Prof J Boomker

Registered
2006-2009

Country
South Africa

Research project
The anthelmintic effect of copper oxide wire particle (COWP) boluses against Haemonchus contortus in indigenous goats owned by resource-poor South African farmers.

Study leader
Prof J Boomker

Registered
2007-2009

Country
South Africa

Research project
Biodegradable microspheres as a single dose delivery system for Ehrlichia ruminantum vaccines.

Study leader
Dr M van Kleef
Dr A Pretorius

Registered
2007-2008

Country
Nigeria

Study leader
Prof M van Vuuren

Registered
2006-2009

Country
South Africa

Research project
The prevalence of Theileria species infections in cattle at the edge of Hluhluwe-iMofolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Study leader
Prof B Penzhorn
Dr N Collins

Registered
2006-2009

Country
South Africa

Research project
The occurrence of Babesia Bicornis and Theileria Bicornis in blood samples taken from black Rhino (Diceros Bicornis) population within in South Africa.

Study leader
Prof B Penzhorn
Dr M Oosthuizen

2008

Registered
2005-2008

Country
South Africa

Registered
2006-2008

Country
South Africa

Research project
The prevalence of helminths in warthogs, buspigs and some antelope species in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Study leader
Prof J Boomker

Registered
2005-2008

Country
Mozambique

Study leader
Prof I Horak
Dr L Neves
Dr NR Bryson

Dr Tshepo Matjila
PhD

Registered
2003-2008

Country
South Africa

Research project
Molecular detection and characterization of tick-borne pathogens of dogs.

Study leader
Prof B Penzhorn
Prof Dr F Jongejan
Prof AL Leisewitz

Dr Daud Ndhlovu
MSc (Veterinary Tropical Diseases)

Registered
2006-2008

Country
Zimbabwe

Research project
Tick infestation and udder and teat damage in selected cattle herds of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe.

Study leader
Prof B Penzhorn
Dr V P Makaya

Ms Cassandra Olds
MSc (Veterinary Science)

Registered
2006-2008

Country
South Africa

Research project
The isolation and characterization of a Babesia bovis stock from outbreaks on a farm in the Swartberg region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Study leader
Prof A Latif
Dr N Collins

Ms Molemaisago Rakabe
MSc (Veterinary Science)

Registered
2005-2008

Country
South Africa

Research project
Selection of chicken single-chain antibody fragments directed against recombinant VP7 of bluetonge virus.

Study leader
Dr J Fehrsen

Dr Alaster Samkange
MSc (Veterinary Tropical Diseases) (cum laude)

Registered
2006-2007

Country
Namibia

Research project
Seroprevalence survey of Chlamydophila abortus infection in breeding goats on commercial farms in northern Namibia.

Study leader
Dr J Crafford

Ms Joy Sixholo
MSc (Veterinary Science) (cum laude)

Registered
2006-2008

Country
South Africa

Research project
Engineering recombinant chicken antibodies for improved characteristics.

Study leader
Dr J Fehrsen

Ms Nontobeko Thema
MSc (Veterinary Science)

Registered
2005-2008

Country
South Africa

Study leader
Dr M van Kleef
Ms A Pretorius

Registered
2006-2008

Country
South Africa

Research project
Expression and engineering of recombinant antibodies directed against a heat-shock protein of Mycobacterium bovis.

Study leader
Dr J Fehrsen
Dr DH du Plessis

2007

Registered
2003-2007

Country
South Africa

Study leader
Prof P vd Bossche
Prof B Penzhorn

Registered
2004-2007

Country
South Africa

Study leader
Prof I Horak

Registered
2003-2007

Country
South Africa

Study leader
Dr N Collins
Prof B A Allsopp

Registered
2004-2007

Country
South Africa. Currently working in New Zealand.

Study leader
Prof J Boomker
Dr J van Wyk (co)
Dr D Berkvens (co)
Prof B Gummow
Prof P Dorny

Registered
2003-2007

Country
Mozambique

Registered
2005-2007

Country
South Africa

Study leader
Dr DH du Plessis

Registered
2004-2006

Country
South Africa

Study leader
Prof B Penzhorn

2006

Registered
2004-2005

Country
Sierra Leone

Research project
The Demonstration of Lumpy Skin disease virus in semen of experimentally infected bulls using different diagnostic techniques.

Study leader
Prof E Venter

Registered
2005-2006

Country
Iran

Research project
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with wild herbivorous mammals in South Africa.

Study leader
Prof I Horak

Registered
2003-2006

Country
Sierra Leone

Research project
Evaluation of a method used to detect Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium avium subsp. Paratuberculosis in formalin fixed parraffin embedded tissues of domestic and wild animals.

Study leader
Prof E Venter

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