Polokwane (Pietersburg) – Drs. Watson, Viljoen, Jansen van Vuuren, Van Rooyen, Snyman and Cremona Vaalwater – Dr. Hampie van Staden Vaalwater – Dr. Annemieke Müller West (9) – Drs. Boshoff and Coertze Christiana - Dr. Pieter Nel Klerksdorp – Drs. Coetzee and Venter Klerksdorp – Drs. Van den Berg, Van den Berg, Theron and Geral Leeudoringstad – Dr. Ian Jonker Lichtenburg – Dr. Nelmarie Krüger-Rall Stella - Dr. Magdaleen Vosser Ventersdorp/ Koster –Dr. Nico Benadé Vryburg – Dr. Jurie Kritzinger Free State (23) Bloemfontein – Dr. Stephan Wessels Bultfontein – Dr. Santjie Pieterse Clocolan – Drs. Wasserman and Basson Dewetsdorp – Dr. Marike Badenhorst Ficksburg – Drs. Kotzé and Coetzer Frankfort - Drs. Lessing, Cilliers and Janse van Rensburg Gariepdam – Dr. Marni Malan Hoopstad – Dr. Kobus Pretorius Kroonstad – Drs. Daffue, Eksteen, Van Zyl and Van der Walt Ladybrand/Excelsior - Dr. De Vos and Nel Memel – Drs. Nixon and Nixon – Drs. Wessels and Wessels Philippolis – Dr. Stephan van Niekerk Reitz - Dr. Murray Smith Reitz – Dr. Schabort Froneman Senekal – Dr. Jan Blignaut Smithfield – Dr. Nienke van Hasselt Trompsburg – Dr. Wyn Villiers – Drs. Hattingh and Hauptfleish – Drs. Bester-Cloete and Myburgh Wesselsbron – Dr. Johan Jacobs Winburg – Drs. Albertyn and Albertyn Zastron – Drs. Troskie and Strauss KwaZulu-Natal (13) Bergville - Dr. Ariena Shepherd Bergville – Dr. Muller Camperdown – Dr. Anthony van Tonder
Bottom of Form Practices that had nothing to report Alexandria – Dr. Johan Olivier Karino – Dr. Pfitzer Lephalale – Dr. Brigitte Luck George – Dr. Mark Chimes Vryburg – Dr. Jurie Kritzinger Vaalwater – Dr. Annemieke Müller Vanderbijlpark – Dr. Kobus Kok Wellington – Dr. William van Zyl Equines Free State Gariep Dam Theileria equi, T. caballi – Arab horse (Bethulie) Eastern Cape Port Alfred Biliary - 2 (Kleinemond) Foal Diarrhoea – E.coli 2 cases (Bathurst) Northern Cape Kimberley Piroplasmosis – 1 Upington Infarct of intestines – 1 R3 million stallion died. Strongylus vulgaris (blood worm) in artery causing thrombosis and infarct. Game Gauteng Pretoria Intestinal roundworms - 2 Bont tick – 3 Heartwater – 2 Abscesses – 2 Lameness - 2 Limpopo Modimolle – Nyala with wound infested with screw-worm larvae Wireworm infestation – Sable died, haematocrit of 8; one blesbok died of internal parasite infestation. Mokopane Blue – 1 Heartwater tick – 1 Brown ear-ticks – 2 Bont-legged ticks – 1 Screw-worm - 1
Polokwane Intestinal roundworms – 3 Resistant roundworms – 3 Brown ear-tick - 3 Bont-legged tick -3 Blackleg - 1 Coccidiosis – 1 Energy deficiency - 1 Selenium deficiency – 1 Diarrhoea - 1 Eye infection - 1 West Klerksdorp Red-legged ticks – 2 Bont –legged ticks – 2 Lightning – Lions, two killed Giraffe – one died to rope in rumen Free State Parys Midges - 3 Bergville Intestinal roundworms - 2 Diarrhoea – 1 Opthalmia - 1 Eastern Cape Port Alfred Verminosis and Theileriosis – Sable calf ( Langholm) Theileriosis – Sable calf (Port Alfred) Translocation myopathy – Blesbuck 4 cases Septic vaginitis – Blesbuck one case Uitenhage Internal roundworms – 1 Sable Northern Cape Kimberley Internal parasites – 1 Roan Dystocia – 1 Buffalo Swine North West Lichtenburg E. coli septicaemia in a piglet Eastern Cape Uitenhage E. coli - 1
Deaths on farm backgrounding was done due to anaplasmosis and red water. Monthly report for January 2018 from Dr R D Last (BVSc; M.Med.Vet(Path); MRCVS) Specialist Veterinary Pathologist, Vetdiagnostix - Veterinary Pathology Services Contributors Mr Butch Bosch, Ms Ntando Magoso, Mrs Beverley Williams, Ms Nicole Genga, Dr Rick Last LIVESTOCK DISEASE SURVEILANCE LIVESTOCK SPECIES DISEASE NO. LOCATION Bovine, Dairy Cows Kikuyu poisoning 1 Howick, KZN Bovine, Feedlot Steer Rumen acidosis plus leaky gut syndrome 1 Parys, Free State Bovine, Calves Cryptosporidiosis 1 Estcourt, KZN Bovine, Dairy Cow Pulmonary thromboembolism 1 Howick, KZN Ovine, Aborted Fetus Chlamydia enzootic abortion 1 Clocolan, Free State Bovine, Jersey Heifer Eosinophilic myocarditis 1 Humansdorp, E.Cape Bovine, Calves Cryptosporidiosis 1 Kokstad, E. Cape Bovine, Cows Pasteurella multocida hemorrhagic septicaemia 1 Dundee, KZN Goats, Kids 4 weeks Cryptosporidiosis 1 Rustenburg, North West WILDLIFE DISEASE SURVEILANCE 2018 WILDLIFE SPECIES DISEASE AGENT NO. CASES LOCATION Lion Cub Cryptosporidium 1 Parys, Free State Sable Antelope, Juvenile Rumen acidosis 1 N. Cape Wildebeest, Sub-Adult Verminosis 1 N. Cape Sable Antelope, Adult Liver lobe torsion-infectious necrotic hepatitis 1 N. Cape WILDLIFE DISEASE SURVEILANCE Nyala Antelope, Adult Female Hypersensitivity pneumonia 1 Mtubatuba, KZN Roan Antelope, Adult Female Theileriosis 1 Beestekraal, Limpopo Sable Antelope, Adult Female Babesiosis 1 Thabazimbi, Limpopo turtle, Stranded Adult Fibropapilloma 1 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Buffalo, Bull Demodecosis 1 Thabazimbi, Limpopo Buffalo, Adult Cow Dermatophytosis 1 Thabazimbi. Limpopo