Monthly report on livestock disease trends as informally reported by veterinarians belonging to the Ruminant Veterinary Association of Africa (RuVASA), a group of the South African Veterinary Association January 2017 Previous disease reports can be seen on the RuVASA website Click on Disease Reports The following practices and laboratories (126) submitted reports during January 2016: Mpumalanga (13) Balfour – Dr. Louis van Jaarsveld Bethal – Dr. Hardus Pieters Ermelo – Drs. Potgieter and Steinberg Grootvlei – Dr. Neels van Wyk Karino – Dr. Silke Pfitzer Lydenburg – Drs. Trümpelmann and Steyn Nelspruit – Dr. André Beytell Malalane – Van Sittert and Van Sittert Middelburg – Malan, Erasmus an Bernitz Nelspruit – Dr. André Beytell Piet Retief – Drs. Niebuhr and Weber Standerton – Dr. Kobie Kroon Volksrust – Drs. Watson, Solomon and Scheepers Gauteng (8) Bapsfontein – Drs. Engelbrecht, Olivier and Ribbens Bronkhorstspruit – Drs. De Bruin, De Bruin, Rudolph and Slabber Krugersdorp Animal Hospital – Drs. Walter and Van Magaliesburg – Dr. Ryan Jeffery – Dr. Cindy van der Westhuizen Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital - Proff. Annandale, Prozesky, Shakespear, Holm and Esposito, Gratwick, Hamman, Harmse and O’Dell Pretoria – Dr. Hanneke Pienaar Vanderbijlpark – Dr. Kobus Kok Limpopo (7) Bela-Bela – Dr. Nele Sabbe Makhado (Louis Trichardt) – Drs. Harris, Klopper and Jacos Modimolle – Drs. Bredell, Barnard and Slabbert
Bergville - Dr. Ariena Shepherd Bergville – Dr. Jubie Muller Camperdown – Dr. Anthony van Tonder Dundee – Drs. Marais and Fynn Estcourt – Drs.Turner, Tedder, Taylor, Tratschler, Van Rooyen and Alwar Greytown – Dr. Mike Caldicott Howick – Drs. Hughes, Lund, Gordon, Allison and Taylor Kokstad - Drs. Clowes and Shrives Mtubatuba – Dr. Trever Viljoen Pietermaritzburg – Dr. Phillip Kretzmann Pietermaritzburg – Dr. Rick Mapham Pongola – Dr. Heinz Kohrs Underberg - Drs. Collins, King and Delaney Underberg – Drs. Dommett and Dommett Vryheid – Drs.Theron and Theron Eastern Cape (11) Alexandria - Drs. Olivier and Dreyer Aliwal North/Zastron – Drs. Troskie and Strauss Bathurst – Dr. Jane Pistorius Cradock – Dr. Frans Erasmus Graaff- Reinet - Dr. Roland Larson Graaff-Reinet – Hobson, Strydom and Hennesy Humansdorp – Drs. Van Niekerk and Janse Van Vuuren Kareedouw- Dr. Marten Bootsma Middelburg/Steynsburg – Drs. Van Rooyen and Viljoen Stutterheim - Dr. Dave Waterman Uitenhage – Drs. Mulder and Krüger Western Cape (20) Beaufort West - Drs. Pienaar and Grobler Caledon – Drs. Retief, Coetzer, Conradie and Woudstra Caledon – Drs. Louw and Viljoen Darling – Drs. Van der Merwe, Adam and Senekal George - Drs. Strydom, Truter and Pettifer George (Hoekwil) – Dr. Riaan Putter Heidelberg – Dr. Albert van Zyl Malmesbury – Dr. Otto Kriek Malmesbury – Dr. Markus Fourie Malmesbury – Drs. Bosman and Groenewald Montagu – Dr. Trudie Prinsloo Oudtshoorn – Dr. Glen Carlisle Oudtshoorn – Dr. Adriaan Olivier Piketberg – Dr. André van der Merwe
Lameness - 1 Gauteng Pretoria Biting lice – Nyala’s, cattle were recently introduced into the camp Intestinal roundworms – 3 Tapeworms – 3 Blue – 2 Bont ticks - 3 Brown-ear tick – 3 Bont legged-tick – 3 Biting lice – 2 Coccidiosis – 3 Abortions – 2 Metritis – 2 Retained placenta – 1 Lameness – 3 Opthalmia - 2 Limpopo Bela-Bela Theileriosis - stress – 2 sub-adult sable died probably due to theileriosis Abortion – sable 1, Brucella negative valves affected – Bushbuck ewe died. Neurological signs, blood tests negative Bont-legged ticks – Eland bull with wounds Malnutrition – cow died Makhado Clostridium novyi – Sable, 5 cases Modimolle (Nylstroom) Intestinal roundworms – 3 Resistant roundworms – 1 Screw-worm -2 Retained afterbirth – 1 Opthalmia – 2 Abscesses - 1 Mokopane Blue ticks – 1 Bont ticks – 2 Brown ear tick -3 Bont-legged tick - 1 -2 Midges – 1 Sweating sickness - 1 Abscesses – 1 Polokwane Intestinal roundworms – 3 Brown ear-tick – 3 Bont-legged tick -3 Protein deficiency -3 Abscesses – 1 Dystocia - 3