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 February 2017 Previous disease reports can be seen on the RuVASA website Click on Disease Reports The following practices and laboratories (129) submitted reports during February 2016: Mpumalanga (14) 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 Nelspruit – Dr. André Beytell Malalane – Van Sittert and Van Sittert Middelburg – Malan, Erasmus an Bernitz Nelspruit – Dr. André Beytell Piet Retief – Drs. Niebuhr and 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 Magaliesburg – Dr. Ryan Jeffery Nigel – 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 (10) Bela-Bela – Dr. Nele Sabbe Bela-Bela – Drs. Du Toit, Hansen, Bester and Herbst Lephalale (Ellisras) – Dr. Brigitte Luck
Oudtshoorn – Dr. Glen Carlisle Oudtshoorn – Dr. Adriaan Olivier Piketberg – Dr. André van der Merwe Plettenberg Bay – Dr. André Reitz Plettenberg Bay – Drs. Nell and Tindall Stellenbosch – Dr. Alfred Kidd Swellendam – Drs. Malan and Venter Vredenburg – Dr. Izak Rust Wellington – Dr. William van Zyl Northern Cape (7) De Aar – Dr. Donald Anderson Calvinia – Dr. Bertus Nel – Dr. Jan Vorster Kimberley – Drs Van Heerden and Swart Kuruman – Dr Gerhard van der Westhuizen Philipstown – Dr. Stephan Van Niekerk Upington – Drs. Vorster and Visser Feedlots (2) Drs. Morris and Du Preez Dr. Andy Hentzen Laboratory reports (7) Dr. Annelie Cloete – Provincial Vet Lab Stellenbosch Dr. Marijke Henton - Vetdiagnostix, Johannesburg Dr. Liza du Plessis – Idexx SA Onderstepoort Dr. Lucy Lange – Pathcare, Cape Town Dr. Alan Fisher – Queenstown Provincial laboratory Dr. Rick Last – Vetdiagnostix, Pietermaritzburg Dr. Emily Lane – National Zoological Gardens Key Message An increase in insect and tick transmitted diseases are reported in comparison to the previous months from numerous where good rainfall figures were recorded. Many outbreaks of lumpy skin disease, three day stiff sickness, blue tongue, African red water, Asiatic red water, heartwater and anaplasmosis were recorded. There are good vaccines available and THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN!
Northern Cape Colesberg Middelburg virus – Few horses, neurological signs Upington Methiocarb toxicity – 2 Horses ate lucern sprayed with methiocarb. Stasis of the intestines, slight icterus, foal died in uterus. African horse sickness – 4 horses were vaccinated against AHS. Developed fever but not full blown disease. Game Mpumalanga Lydenburg Wireworm – 3 Copper deficiency – 1 Zinc deficiency – 1 Selenium deficiency - 1 Gauteng Pretoria Biting lice – 1 Blue – 2 Bont ticks - 3 Brown-ear tick – 3 Bont legged-tick – 3 Diarrhoea – 2 Abscesses - 2 Magaliesburg infectious septicaemia - Springbuck Limpopo Bela-Bela Intestinal roundworms – Roan and Sable 3 Ticks - 3 Balance problem – White rhino, no diagnosis made, recovered Malnutrition – Sable, died Snake bite – Sable calf Lephalale Wireworm – Sable 3 Modimolle (Nylstroom) Wireworm – Game in poor condition, many deaths Screw-worm - 3 Pneumonia – severe Vaalwater Intestinal roundworms – Roan 1 Three day Stiff Sickness – Roan 4 Tzaneen
Biting lice and biting – 3 Bushbuck severe anaemic Mokopane Abscess - 1 Blue ticks – 3 Bont-legged ticks - 1 Brown ear ticks - 3 Heartwater ticks – 3 Red legged-ticks – 1 Screw-worm - 2 Midges – 1 Sweating sickness - 1 Malnutrition – Sable, died Snake bite – Sable calf Polokwane Intestinal roundworms – 3 ear-tick – 3 Bont-legged tick -3 Abscesses – 1 North West Klerksdorp Bont-legged ticks – 3 Red-legged – 3 E. coli – 3 Lameness - 3 Opthalmia – 1 Stella Intestinal roundworms – 3 Vryburg Intestinal roundworms – 2 Springbok, Oryx Conical fluke – 2 Springbok, Sable, Oryx Blue ticks – 3 Deaths reported by farmers – Giraffe, Free State Bethlehem Biting lice - 2 Parys Brown ear-tick – 3 Dystocia – Giraffe 1 Eastern Cape Middelburg Conical fluke Bont-legged ticks – 3 Western Cape Vredenburg