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 August 2017 Previous disease reports can be seen on the RuVASA website Click on Disease Reports The following practices and laboratories (121) submitted reports during August 2017: Mpumalanga (11) 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 Middelburg –Drs. Malan, Erasmus and Bernitz Nelspruit – Dr. Beytell Piet Retief – Drs. Niebuhr and Weber Standerton – Dr. Kroon Volksrust – Drs. Watson, Solomon and Scheepers Gauteng (6) Bronkhorstspruit – Drs. De Bruin, De Bruin, Rudolph and Slabber Magaliesburg – Dr. Ryan Jeffery – Dr. Cindy van der Westhuizen Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital - Proff. Annandale, Prozesky, Shakespear, Holm, Pettey and Drs. Arnot, Fitte, Grobler, Hamman, Koeppel, Leask, Maboe, Marufu, Mokoele, O’Dell, Tshuma and Van der Leek Pretoria – Dr. Hanneke Pienaar Vanderbijlpark – Dr. Kobus Kok Limpopo (9) Alldays – Dr. Nico du Preez Bela-Bela – Dr. Nele Sabbe Lephalale (Ellisras) – Dr. Brigitte Luck Makhado (Louis Trichardt) – Drs. Harris, Klopper and Jacobs Cremona Modimolle (Nylstroom) – Drs. Huber, Bredell and Barnard
Mokopane (Potgietersburg) – 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 North West (10) Brits – Drs. Boshoff and Coertze Christiana - Dr. Pieter Nel Klerksdorp – Drs. Theron, Van den Berg, Van den Berg and Klerksdorp – Drs. Coetzee and Venter Leeudoringstad – Dr. Ian Jonker Lichtenburg – Dr. Ras Lichtenburg – Dr. Nelmarie-Krüger-Rall Stella - Dr. Magdaleen Vosser Ventersdorp/ Koster – Drs. Marais and 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. Kotze and Coetzer Frankfort - Drs. Lessing, Cilliers and Janse van Rensburg Gariep Dam – Dr. Marni Strauss Hertzogville - Dr. Nico Hendrikz 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 Parys – Drs. Wessels and Wessels Philippolis – Dr. Stephan van Niekerk - 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 Roos Wesselsbron – Dr. Johan Jacobs Zastron – Drs. Troskie and Strauss KwaZulu-Natal (15) Bergville - Dr. Ariena Shepherd
Brown ear-tick – 2 Bont tick - 2 Heartwater – 2 Abscesses – 1 Trueperella pyogenes Limpopo Bela-Bela Heartwater tics – 3 Blue ticks – 3 Mites – 2 Blue wildebeest Wounds with screw-worm – 2 Fluoride poisoning - Buffalo Deaths – 8 on one farm, no positive diagnosis could be made Protein and energy deficiency – 2 Uterus prolapse – 1 Roan Lameness – 1 Sable Abscess – 1 Buffalo Makhado Wireworm – 2 Coccidiosis – 2 Protein deficiency – 2 Energy deficiency - 2 Lungs - 2 Modimolle Diarrhoea – 2 few cases Mokopane Blue ticks - 1 Heartwater – 1 Copper deficiency - 1 Polokwane Intestinal roundworms – 3 Resistant roundworms – 3 ear-tick – 1 Bont-legged tick -1 Coccidiosis – 1 Diarrhoea – 3 Eye infection - 1 Capture myopathy – 1 Vaalwater Botulism – One blue wildebeest Parasitic dermatitis – 1 White rhino North West Klerksdorp Red-legged ticks – 3 Blue ticks – 2 Wireworm – 2 Small game Stress – Two cheetah cubs died Stress – First calf buffalo heifer died 2-3 months after calving. Camp too small, bull drove her from herd. KwaZulu-Natal
Mooi Tetanus - 1 Pongola Protein deficiency – 2 Energy deficiency - 2 Eastern Cape Colesberg Ketosis and hypoproteinaemia - 2 Humansdorp Malnutrition – 1 Drought - Wildebeest Cold exposure – 2 Wildebeest, Malnutrition (drought) and hypothermia (wind chill) 8 Wildebeest died Port Alfred Pneumonia - Nyala – One case of drought pneumonia (Langholm) Pneumonia – One case post drought pneumonia (Coombs) Stringhalt – Sable (langholm) Uitenhage Heartwater - 1 Western Cape Mossel Bay Mortalities – 2 Rhino deaths – unknown cause Wellington Internal parasietes – 3 Sable Northern Cape Kimberley Bovine malignant cattahr (snotsiekte) – 1 Buffalo heifer of 6 months old- clinical signs of very mild unilateral keratitis but moderate bilateral mucopurulent nasal discharge, very congested mucous membranes and lagging behind group---PCR was positive for wildebeest related BMC; pathology was highly suggestive of BMC from a group of breeding buffalo on a big game farm. Trauma – 1 Buffalo bull with hindleg lameness - suspected traumatic injury of hip joint Sialosist - 1 ewe with a massive sialosist. Also in poor condition. Killed two days after darting by a rooikat. Abscess - 1 Nyala ram --malnutrition and maladaptation--pm; rumen acidosis; focal pneumonia, poor condition, massive liver abscessation Mortalities – 3 Vlakhase --severe mortality (more than 20 cases found) in a small area but on a very big farm. Severe pathology in the ones that I have post-mortemed. I also became very sick within 2 days after having done the pm and is still not doing well. Hopefully we will get more cases to carry on with the investigatuion. Old age - 1Sable cow-old age-severely worn teeth and severe loss in body condition SWINE