Monthly report on livestock disease trends as informally reported by veterinarians belonging to the Ruminant Veterinary Association of South Africa (RuVASA), a group of the South African Veterinary Association July 2017 Previous disease reports can be seen on the RuVASA website Click on Disease Reports The following practices and laboratories (119) submitted reports during July 2017: Mpumalanga (13) Balfour – Dr. Louis van Jaarsveld Bethal – Dr. Hardus Pieters Delmas –Drs. Du Plessis and Ferreira Ermelo – Drs. Potgieter and Steinberg Grootvlei – Dr. Neels van Wyk Karino – Dr. Silke Pfitzer Lydenburg – Drs. Trümpelmann and Steyn Malalane – Drs. Van Sittert and Van Sittert Middelburg – Malan, Erasmus and Bernitz Nelspruit – Dr. André Beytell Piet Retief – Drs. Niebuhr and Weber Standerton – Dr. Kobie Kroon Volksrust – Drs. Watson, Solomon and Scheepers Gauteng (6) Bronkhorstspruit – Drs. De Bruin, De Bruin, Rudolph and Slabber Krugersdorp – Dr. Clare Speedy Magaliesburg – Dr. Ryan Jeffery Nigel – Dr. Cindy van der Westhuizen Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital - Proff. Annandale, Prozesky, Shakespear, Holm and Esposito, Gratwick, Hamman and O’Dell Pretoria – Dr. Hanneke Pienaar Limpopo (7) Bela-Bela – Dr. Nele Sabbe Lephalale (Ellisras) – Dr. Brigitte Luck Makhado – Drs. Harris, Klopper and Jacobs Mokopane (Potgietersrus) - Dr. Henk Visser Polokwane (Pietersburg) – Drs. Watson, Viljoen, Jansen Van Vuuren, Van Rooyen, Snyman and Cremona
Vaalwater – Dr. Hampie van Staden Vaalwater – Dr. Annemieke Müller West (7) Brits – Drs. Boshoff and Coertze Christiana - Dr. Pieter Nel Klerksdorp – Drs. Theron, Van den Berg, Van den Berg and Geral Klerksdorp – Drs. Coetzee and Venter Lichtenburg – Dr. Fritz Ras Stella - Dr. Magdaleen Vosser Ventersdorp/ Koster – Drs. Marais and Benadé Free State (25) Bothaville – Dr. Blaauw Bultfontein – Dr. Santjie Pieterse Clocolan – Drs. Wasserman and Basson Dewetsdorp – Dr. Marike Badenhorst Excelsior – Dr. Deidré Nel Ficksburg – Drs. Kotze and Coetzer Frankfort - Drs. Lessing, Cilliers and Janse van Rensburg Gariep Dam – Dr. Marni Strauss Hertzogville - Dr. Nico Hendrikz Hoopstad – Dr. Pretorius Kroonstad – Drs. Daffue, Eksteen, Van Zyl and Van der Walt Ladybrand/Exclsior - Dr. De Vos and Nel – Drs. Nixon and Nixon Parys – Drs. Wessels and Wessels Philippolis – Dr. Stephan van Niekerk Reitz - Dr. Murray Smith Senekal – Dr. Jan Blignaut Smithfield – Dr. Nienke van Hasselt Trompsburg – Dr. Wyn Irwin Viljoenskroon - Dr. Johan Kahts Villiers – Drs. Hattingh and Hauptfleisch Vrede – Drs. Bester - Cloete and Fourie Wesselsbron – Dr. Johan Jacobs Winburg – Drs. Albertyn and Albertyn Zastron – Drs. Troskie and Strauss KwaZulu-Natal (16) Bergville - Dr. Ariena Shepherd Bergville – Dr. Jubie Muller Camperdown – Dr. Anthony van Tonder Dundee – Drs. Marais and Fynn Dundee – Dr. Paul Reynolds
Eshowe - Drs. Pryke and Hoffman Estcourt – Drs.Turner, Tedder, Taylor, Tratschler, Van Rooyen and Alwar Howick – Drs. Hughes, Lund, Gordon, Allison and Taylor Kokstad - Drs. Clowes and Shrives Mooi River – Drs. Fowler, Hartley, Alexander and Reisinger Mtubatuba – Dr. Trever Viljoen Newcastle – Dr. Barry Rafferty Pietermaritzburg – Dr. Phillip Kretzmann Pongola – Dr. Heinz Kohrs Underberg - Drs. Collins, King and Delaney Vryheid – Drs.Theron and Theron Eastern Cape (11) Alexandria - Drs. Olivier and Dreyer Aliwal North – Drs. Troskie and Strauss Bathurst – Dr. Jane Pistorius Cradock – Dr. Erasmus Graaff- Reinet - Dr. Roland Larson Humansdorp – Drs. Van Niekerk and Janse Van Vuuren Jeffreys Bay – Drs. Hoek and Lategan Kareedouw – Dr. Martin Bootsma Stutterheim - Dr. Dave Waterman Uitenhage – Drs. Mulder and Krüger Witelsbos – Dr. Bernadine van den Berg Western Cape (17) Beaufort West - Drs. Pienaar and Grobler Caledon – Drs. Retief, Coetzer, Jansen and Woudstra Caledon – Drs. Louw and Viljoen Ceres – Drs. Pieterse, Wium, De Villiers and Scheepers Darling – Drs. Van der Merwe, Adam and Senekal George - Drs. Strydom, Truter and Pettifer Heidelberg – Dr. Albert van Zyl Malmesbury – Drs. Bosman and Groenewald Malmesbury – Dr. Markus Fourie Maamesbury – Dr. N.J. Heyns Piketberg – Dr. André van der Merwe Plettenberg Bay – Dr. André Reitz Riversdale – Drs. Du Plessis, Taylor and De Bruyn Stellenbosch – Dr. Alfred Kidd Swellendam – Dr. Malan Vredenburg – Dr. Izak Rust Wellington – Drs. Van Zyl and Louw
Game Gauteng Pretoria ear-tick – 2 Bont tick - 1 Heartwater – 2 Lungs – 2 Abscesses - 2 Limpopo Bela-Bela Abscesses – 1 Hippo died – Warthog with snare around mouth Rotten carcase – no diagnosis Makhado - Mokopane Blue - 1 Heartwater ticks – 1 Copper deficiency - 1 Polokwane Intestinal roundworms – 3 Resistant roundworms – 3 ear-tick – 1 Bont-legged tick -1 Coccidiosis – 1 Diarrhoea – 3 Abscesses – 1 Eye infection - 1 Capture myopathy – 1 West Klerksdorp Protein deficiency – 2 Red-legged ticks - 2 Free State Lungs - 1 KwaZulu-Natal Pongola Vitamin A deficiency – 1 Eastern Cape