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 October 2017 Previous disease reports can be seen on the RuVASA website Click on Disease Reports The following practices and laboratories (118) submitted reports during October 2017: Mpumalanga (11) Balfour – Dr. Louis van Jaarsveld Bethal – Dr. Hardus Pieters Grootvlei – Dr. Neels van Wyk Karino – Dr. Pfitzer Lydenburg – Drs. Trümpelmann and Steyn Malalane – Drs. Van Sittert and Van Sittert Middelburg –Drs. Malan, Erasmus and Bernitz Nelspruit – Dr. André Beytell Piet Retief – Drs. Niebuhr and Weber Standerton – Dr. Kobie Kroon Volksrust – Drs. Watson, Solomon, Scheepers and Blaauw Gauteng (6) Bapsfontein – Drs. Engelbrecht and Olivier Bronkhorstspruit – Drs. De Bruin, De Bruin, Rudolph and Slabber Magaliesburg – Dr. Ryan Jeffery 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 (8) Alldays – Dr. Nico du Preez Bela-Bela (Warmbath) – Dr. Nele Sabbe Lephalale (Ellisras) – Dr. Brigitte Luck Modimolle (Nylstroom) – Drs. Huber, Bredell and Barnard Mokopane- 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 (8) Brits – Drs. Boshoff and Coertze Christiana - Dr. Pieter Nel Klerksdorp – Drs. Coetzee and Venter Leeudoringstad – Dr. Ian Jonker Schweizer-Reneke – Dr. Cizelle Naudé Stella - Dr. Magdaleen Vosser Ventersdorp/ Koster –Dr. Nico Benadé Vryburg – Drs. De Jager and Rautenbach 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 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 Reitz - Dr. Murray Smith Reitz – Dr. Schabort Froneman Senekal – Dr. Jan Blignaut Smithfield – Dr. Nienke van Hasselt Trompsburg – Dr. Wyn Irwin Viljoenskroon - Dr. Johan Kahts Wesselsbron – Dr. Johan Jacobs Winburg – Drs. Albertyn and Albertyn Zastron – Drs. Troskie and Strauss KwaZulu-Natal (15) 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 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 (12) Alexandria - Dr. Johan Olivier Aliwal North – Drs. Troskie and Strauss Bathurst – Dr. Jane Pistorius Cradock – Dr. Frans Erasmus Graaff- Reinet - Dr. Roland Larson Graaff-Reinet – Drs. Hobson,Strydom and Hennesy Humansdorp – Drs. Van Niekerk and Janse Van Vuuren Middelburg/Steynsburg/Barkly East – Drs Van Rooyen and Viljoen Port Alfred – Dr. Leon de Bruyn Stutterheim - Dr. Dave Waterman Uitenhage – Drs. Mulder and Krüger Witelsbos – Dr. Elmien Western Cape (20) Beaufort West - Drs. Pienaar and Grobler Caledon – Drs. Retief, Coetzer and Jansen Caledon – Drs. Louw and Viljoen Darling – Drs. Van der Merwe, Adam and Senekal George - Drs. Strydom, Truter and Pettifer George – Dr. Mark Chimes Heidelberg – Dr. Albert van Zyl Malmesbury – Drs. Bosman and Groenewald Malmesbury – Dr. Otto Kriek Malmesbury – Dr. Markus Fourie Malmesbury – Dr. Andrie Lech Oudtshoorn – Dr. Glen Carlisle Oudtshoorn – Dr. Adriaan Olivier Piketberg – Dr. André van der Merwe Plettenberg Bay – Dr. Reitz Riversdale – Drs. Du Plessis, Taylor and De Bruyn Stellenbosch – Dr. Alfred Kidd Swellendam – Dr. Jacques
Blue ticks 1 Bont tick – 1 Brown ear-tick - 1 Polokwane Intestinal roundworms – 3 Resistant roundworms – 3 Bont-legged tick -3 Coccidiosis – 1 Diarrhoea – 2 Capture myopathy – 1 North West Klerksdorp Red-legged ticks – 3 Blue ticks – 2 Bont legged – 2 Deaths – 2 Giraffes, bulls – trauma due to fighting, blackquarter? Vryburg Intestinal roundworm – 2 Springbok, Oryx Conical fluke – 2 Springbok, Sable, Oryx Blue ticks - 3 Lightning – Giraffe, Sable Schweizer-Reneke Mycoplasma – Roans positive on PCR Eastern Cape Port Alfred Verminosis – Sable calf (Langholm) Theileriosis – 1Sable Capture myopathy – Blesbuck, 3 cases Kapriver (Moved from Free State) Steynsburg/Middelburg Energy deficiency -3 Protein deficiency – 3 Vitamin A deficiency -3 Monthly report on Livestock and Wildlife isolations for October 2017 from Vetdiagnostix –Microbiology Laboratory, supplied by dr. Marijke Henton () Diarrhoea in young ruminants due to Cryptosporidium followed by secondary colibacillosis was again common in calves [16] and lambs [3] and a goat kid. Three of the E. coli isolates were ESBL [Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase] producers, which means that they are resistant to all penicillins and cephalosporins, and usually other antibiotics as well. Such resistant strains have been selected by inappropriate antibiotic treatment of Cryptosporidium enteritis. Antibiotics do not affect Cryptosporidium. There were three cases of enteritis in pigs, due to E. coli [2] and Klebsiella pneumoniae.