In January 2019, high mortalities were reported among African Penguins (Spheniscus
demersus) in a breeding colony on Halifax Island, Namibia, Africa. Analysis of samples by reverse transcription quantitative PCR indicated ...
Between July and September 2017, samples collected from six unvaccinated chickens in Namibia were shown to be positive for infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) by RT-PCR. Partial sequence and phylogenetic analysis of the ...
Molini, Umberto; Aikukutu, Gottlieb; Khaiseb, S.; Kahler, Barbara; Van der Westhuizen, Jolandie; Cattoli, Giovanni; Dundon, William G.(2019)
Between July and August 2018, two outbreaks of infectious laryngotracheitis caused the death of over 116,000 commercial poultry (layers and broilers) near the city of Windhoek, Namibia. A third outbreak occurred in September ...
Molini, Umberto; Mushonga, Borden; Settypalli, Tirumala B. K.; Dundon, William G.; Khaiseb, S.; Jago, Mark; Cattoli, Giovanni; Lamien, Charles E.(2019)
Five samples were collected from four suspected outbreaks of African swine fever in
Namibia in 2018. Sequencing of the C‐terminus of the B646L gene (p72 protein), the
central hypervariable region (CVR) of the B602L gene, ...
Di Felice, Elisabetta; Pinoni, Chiara; Khaiseb, S.; Camma, Cesare; Dondona, Andrea Capobianco; Polci, Andrea; Molini, Umberto; Monaco, Federica(2020)
Between September and October 2016, an outbreak of lumpy skin disease
(LSD) was monitored in the Okakarara veterinary district of Namibia. The complete
coding sequences were obtained for LSD virus isolates from skin ...
To support African veterinary laboratory services, the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise puts in place an operational system called ‘‘SILAB for Africa’’ (SILABFA); this is a web application ...
A 25-year retrospective study investigated the incidence of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in the northern communal areas of Namibia. Throughout the study period, the proportion of bovine animals that clinically ...
A prospective 27-week study investigated the effect of age, ambient temperature, humidity and photoperiod on egg weight and production in Lohmann Brown layers, and thus the profitability of the egg-producing enterprise at ...
Objective: The current study investigated the causes of mortality and evaluated the biosecurity situation and welfare conditions of
Lohmann Brown layer chickens reared for 12 months, from point-of-lay, at farm A in central ...
Muscle tissue from three-spotted tilapia (Oreochromis andersonii) (n = 11), sharp tooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus)
(n = 14) and tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus) (n = 12) were sampled from a market in the Zambezi region, ...
The objectives of this study were to quantify and characterize the nutritional content of milled Senegalia mellifera milled biomass obtained from nine blocks at Neudamm farm and to determine the dry matter intake (DMI), ...
Type 2 diabetes is a global problem that can be controlled by a diet that consists of carbohydrates with substantial amounts of slowly digestible starch amongst others. Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L) R. Br.) is an ...
A retrospective study to investigate the nature of surgical cases presented to Katima Mulilo State Veterinary Office in Namibia was conducted on 167 small animals between 2011 and 2016. Overall, significantly more dogs ...
A 25-year retrospective study investigated the incidence of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in the northern communal areas of Namibia. Throughout the study period, the proportion of bovine animals that clinically ...
About 70 million hectares of land in Namibia is suitable for agriculture, of which approximately 71% is utilized by livestock farmers. Namibia’s Livestock Producers are faced by bush encroachment that reduce the carrying ...
Ndozi, Hosticks Mukendwa(University of Namibia, 2019)
The objectives of this study were to determine: (1) the chemical composition of untreated Senegalia mellifera and Catophractes alexandrii; (2) the effect of NaOH and urea treatment at different levels (0%, 4%, 6% and 8%) ...
A feather cyst in the cervical region which, through complications of inward growth, resulted in compression of the cervical spinal cord of a Lohmann Brown layer is described. It is postulated that expansion of the cyst ...
This study retrospectively investigated the effect of breed and season on the lambing/kidding dynamics, growth performance,
neonatal viability, and weaning dynamics of sheep (Damara, Dorper, and Swakara) and goats (Boer ...
Background and Aim: African horse sickness (AHS) is a non-contagious viral disease of horses and other equids caused
by an arbovirus belonging to the Reoviridae family and genus Orbivirus. AHS is an endemic disease that ...
This study determined the impacts of chemical application on plant biodiversity in comparison to the control ecosystems over a three-year period at Neudamm farm in Khomas Region, Namibia. In this study, for herbaceous plant ...
Various studies have shown that the use of tracer techniques such as the chloride mass balance (CMB) and stable isotopes’ methods are suitable and good practical approaches to estimate groundwater recharge. Estimating ...
An outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) occurred at a farm in central Namibia in March 2018. Fourteen pigs died out of a herd
of 59 animals over a period of 16 days between the first and sixteenth of March 2018. The ...
Regression analysis was used to evaluate teeth examination as a tool for estimating age in beef and dairy cattle at Neudamm farm, Namibia, in 2018. There was a significant difference in age (months) between the overall ...
This study analysed the demographics, spatial distribution, ownership and naming patterns of dogs and cats presented to the University of Namibia’s veterinary mobile clinic for sterilisation from small underserved towns ...
This retrospective study investigated the causes of beef carcass and organ condemnations and the associated financial losses at a high throughput abattoir in Katima Mulilo, Namibia, from 2009 to 2013. Post-mortem meat ...
A retrospective study from 2004 to 2017 investigated the effect of bull age, cow age and breed on conception rates, and calving intervals of beef cattle at Neudamm farm, Khomas region, Namibia. Bulls ranging from 4 to 14 ...
Cases of rumen impaction caused by ingestion of Gonometa postica cocoons occurred at a farm in eastern-central Namibia. Ten animals died on the farm over the previous 5 months. Rumenotomies were successfully performed on ...
The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between linear body measurement and age and body weight in indigenous female chickens of the Boschveld breed in Namibia. Thirty-five chickens were reared from day ...