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 November 2017 Previous disease reports can be seen on the RuVASA website Click on Disease Reports The following practices and laboratories (122) submitted reports during November 2017: Mpumalanga (12) 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 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 (5) Bronkhorstspruit – Drs. De Bruin, De Bruin, Rudolph and Slabber Magaliesburg – Dr. Ryan Jeffery – Dr. Cindy van der Westhuizen Pretoria – Dr. Hanneke Pienaar Vanderbijlpark – Dr. Kobus Kok Limpopo (6) Bela-Bela (Warmbath) – Drs. Du Toit, Hansen, Bester and Herbst Lephalale (Ellisras) – Dr. Brigitte Luck 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 (10) Brits – 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 – Drs. De Jager and Rautenbach Vryburg – Dr. Jurie Kritzinger Free (24) Bethlehem – Drs. Strydom and Strydom Bethlehem – Dr. J. C. Du Plessis 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 Harrismith – Dr. Pretorius, Bester and Nel Hoopstad – Dr. 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 Viljoenskroon - Dr. Johan Kahts Villiers – Drs. Hattingh and Hauptfleish 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
Internal parasite control Summary of disease report for November 2017 122 Reports from veterinary practices and laboratories were received (Mpumalanga (MP) 12; Gauteng (G) 5; Limpopo (L) 6; Northwest (NW)10; Free State (FS) 24; KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) 15; Eastern Cape (EC 13); Western Cape (WC) 20: Northern Cape (NC) 9; Feedlots (FL) 1 and Laboratories (Lab) 7). For the detailed report and previous reports go to and click on Disease reporting Internal parasites The following reports were received from practices regarding internal parasite infestations: Internal parasites MP G L NW FS KZN EC WC NC Roundworms x x x x x x x x x Resistant roundworms x x x x Wireworm x x x x x Brown stomach-worm x x x Long-necked bankruptworm
Vanderbijlpark Heart glycocyde poisoning – 2 Sable Limpopo Bela-Bela Roundworms – 3 Blue ticks – 3 Warts - 1 Coccidiosis – 3 Protein deficiency – 3 Energy deficiency- 3 Lameness Diarrhoea – 3 Lightning - 2 – 3 Polokwane Intestinal roundworms – 3 Resistant roundworms – 3 Brown ear-tick - 3 Bont-legged tick -3 Blackleg - 1 Coccidiosis – 1 Diarrhoea – 1 Eyes - 1 Capture myopathy – 1 North West Klerksdorp Intestinal roundworms – 2 Coccidiosis – young impala lambs dying, overcrowded camp. Vryburg Blue – 1 Bont-legged ticks – 2 Mites – 1 Q-fever – 1 sporadic abortion Northern Cape Kimberley Botulism – 2 Roan Theileriosis – 1 Roan Capture myopathy – 1 Malnutrition and poor adaptation – 2 Nyala Wireworm infestation – 3 Capture myopathy – 1 Malformed long outgrown claws – 1 Buffalo Gauteng E. coli – 3 piglets Pretoria Mastitis - 1