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Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences

Research articles in 2010

Evaluating the adequacy of reserves in the Tembe-Tshanini Complex: a case study in Maputaland, South Africa Oryx 44 3 399-410. Gaugris, JY, van Rooyen, MW. 


Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVIII. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting domestic cats and wild felids in South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 77 1 1-7. Horak, IG, Heyne, H, Donkin, EF.


Factors affecting location failure of GPS collars fitted to African leopards (Panthera pardus). South African Journal of Wildlife Research 40 1 10-15. Swanepoel, LH, Dalerum, F, van Hoven, W. 


Interactive effects of species richness and species traits on functional diversity and redundancy. Theoretical Ecology 1, 1-2. Dalerum, F, Cameron, EZ, Kunkel, K, Somers, MJ.


Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall products: The effects on gut morphology and performance of broiler chickens. South African Journal of Animal Science 40 1 14-21. Brummer, M, Jansen van Rensburg, C, Moran, CA.


Influence of growth stage at harvest on fermentative characteristics of Panicum maximum> silage. South African Journal of Animal Science 40 4 334-341. van Niekerk, WA, Hassen, A, Bechaz, FM. 


Genetic variation in the kappacasein gene of Aouth African goats. Small Ruminant Research 93 1 53-56. Scheepers, RC, van Marle-Köster, E, Visser, C. 


A genetic linkage map for the South African goat. Small Ruminant Research 93 1 171-179. Visser, C, rooijmans, RPMA, van Marle-Köster, E.


Viability of cattle sperm under different storage conditions in Cameroon. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 42, 1779-1783. Bayemi, PH, Leinyuy, I, Nsongka, MV, Webb, EC, Ebangi, AL.


The efficiency of electrical stimulation to counteract the negatvie effects of β-agonists on meat tenderness of feedlot cattle. Meat Science. 86, 669-705. Hope-Jones, M, Strydom, PE, Frylinck, L, Webb, EC.


Physiological limits to growth and the related effects on meat quality. Livestock Science. 130, 33-40. Webb, EC, Casey, NH.


Managing goat production for meat quality. Small Ruminant Research. 89, 218-224. Casey, NH, Webb, EC.


Relationship between production characteristics and breeding potential of 25-month old extensively managed Bonsmara bulls. South African Journal of Animal Science. 40, 3, 163-172. Scheepers, SM, Webb, EC, Annandale, CH.


Sexual development in SA Landrace and Black Indigenous gilts under two dietary treatments. South African Journal of Animal Science. 39, 5, 1-5. Coetzee, PC, Casey, NH. 


Interactive effect of dietary protein level and zilpaterol hydrochloride on feedlot performance and meat quality of steers. South African Journal of Animal Science. 40, 3, 185-198. O'Neill, HA, Casey, NH, Webb, EC.


Effect of bromine and iodine in drinking water on production parameters of broilers. South African Journal of Animal Science. 40, 4. 301-310. du Toit, J, Casey, NH.


Integrated higher learning – An investment in intellectual capital for livestock production. Livestock Science. 130, 83-94. Casey, NH.


Inbreeding, heterozygosity and fitness in a reintroduced population of endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Conservation Genetics. Spiering, P, Gunther, MS, Somers, MJ, Wildt, DE, Walters, M, Wilson, AS, Maldonado, JE.


Reproductive sharing and proximate factors mediating cooperative breeding in the African wild dog Lycaon pictus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64, 583–592. Spiering, P, Somers, MJ, Maldonado, JE, Wildt, DE, Gunther, MS.


Seasonal, altitudinal and host plant-related variation in the abundance of aphids (Insecta, Hemiptera) on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Polar Biology. Abraham, S, Somers, MJ, Chown, SL.


A survey of internal parasites in free-ranging African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. 40, 2, Oct, 176-180. Somers, MJ, Flacke, G, Spiering, P, Cooper, D, Gunther, MS, Robertson, I, Palmer, C, Warren, K.


Effect of a direct fed microbial (Megasphaera elsedenii) on the productivity and health of Holstein cows. South African Journal of Animal Science. 40, 101-112. Hagg, FM, Erasmus, LJ, Henning, PH, Coertze, RJ.


Amino acid needs of lactating cows: Impact of feeding lysine in a ruminally protected form on productivity of lactating dairy cows. Animal Feed Science and Technology. 157, 79-94. Swanepoel, N, Robinson, PH, Erasmus, LJ. 


Amino acid needs of lactating dairy cows: Predicting limiting amino acids in contemporary rations fed to high producing dairy cattle in California using metabolic models. Animal Feed Science and Technology. 161, 103-120. Swanepoel, N, Robinson, PH, Erasmus, LJ