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CURRICULUM VITAE ESTELLE HILDEGARD VENTER (NEè BECKMANN) June 2016

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UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

CURRICULUM VITAE EVALUATION DATE: (Office use only) 1. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION

Surname VENTER

First names ESTELLE HILDEGARD ID Number 5908050104081

Citizenship SOUTH AFRICAN Title PROF Female X Male

Place of birth BLOEMFONTEIN Date of birth 5 AUGUST 1959

Population group African Coloured Indian White X

Other (Please specify)

Department VETERINARY TROPICAL DISEASES Position PROFESSOR

Direct Telephone +27 12 529 8227 Direct Telefax +27 12 529 8312

E-mail [email protected]

Date of appointment 1 APRIL 1985 Permanent full-

time X Temporary full-time

1.2 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree/ Diploma

Field of study Higher education institution

Year Distinctions

BSc Microbiology & Biochemistry University of the Orange Free State (UOFS)

1980 YES

BSc (Hons) Microbiology UOFS 1982

MSc Microbiology, Virology UOFS 1984

PhD Virology, Molecular Biology University of Pretoria 1993 1.3 WORK EXPERIENCE TO DATE

Name of employer Capacity and/or type of work Period

UOFS/Provincial Government Asst. Officer, Department of Medical Microbiology, Virology section 1981

UOFS/Provincial Government Specialist Officer, Department Medical Microbiology,Virology section, UOFS 1983

UOFS/Provincial Government Medical Natural Scientist, Medical Microbiology, Section Virology 1984 - March 1985

University of Pretoria (UP) Lecturer, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, UP April 1985 – 1987

UP Senior Lecturer, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, UP 1988 – 1992


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UP Senior Lecturer, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, UP 1993 –1996

UP Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, UP 1997 – 2012

UP Professor, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, UP 2013 – to date

2. TEACHING ACTIVITIES 2.1 Courses presented

Course Level (e.g. second year, Masters)

Self developed (Yes or No)

2.1.1 MBG 111: Microbiology 1986 – 1998 and 2000 - 2003

Dip Vet Nurses I students Yes

2.1.2 MBG 111: Viral pathogenesis and viral diseases 1995 – 1996 and 1999 - 2000

Dip Vet Nurses I students Revised

2.1.3 Microbiology 1995 – 1996 and 1999

BVMCh III students Medunsa Revised

2.1.4 IMI 300: Introduction to Bacteriology, Virology, Taxonomy, Chlamydia, Rickettsiae, Mycoplasms

1985 – 2005

BVSc III students Revised

2.1.5 IMI 300: Introduction to Mycology 1991 - 2005 BVSc III students Revised

2.1.6 IMI 300: Introduction to Molecular Biology 1992- 2005 BVSc III students Yes

2.1.7 IMI 300: Practical Classes Microbiology 1986 - 2005 BVSc III students Yes

2.1.8 Microbiology practical and refresher course 1993 – to date

BVSc Final year students Yes

2.1.9 MBY 354: Molecular Virology 2005 – to date BSc (Vet Biol) III students Yes

2.1.10 Microbiology 700 1988 biennially – 1995 BVSc (Hons) Revised

2.1.11 Microbiology 800 1988 biennially – 1995 MMedVet students Revised

2.1.12 Virology 700 1999 and 2001 BVSc (Hons) Revised 2.2 Other education and pedagogic courses presented

Course Year Institution • Virology (Part one) - Host systems:(Embryonated

chicken eggs, Laboratory animals, Cell cultures)

1998 and 2000

UP (Coordinator and presenter - 1 of 2)

• Virology (Part two - Applied Veterinary Virology) (Viral identification

1999 UP (Coordinator and presenter - 1 of 2)

• Applied veterinary virology (Combined course: 1 and 2)

2002 UP (Coordinator and presenter - 1 of 2)

• Molecular biology and recombinant DNA technology – Practical course

2001, and 2002

UP (Coordinator and presenter - 1 of 2)

• Short course in PCR (CEatUP) 2005 UP (Coordinator and presenter - 1 of 2)

• Short course in PCR (CEatUP) 2006 UP (Coordinator and presenter)


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• Web-based course in Molecular Biology – PCR and Blotting modules. Assist in practical component

2006 UP (Coordinator and presenter – 1 of 5)

• Web-based course in Molecular Biology– PCR and Blotting modules.

2007 – to date

UP (Coordinator and presenter – 1 of 5)

• Web-based course in Applied Virology 2007 – to date

UP (Coordinator and presenter - 1of 3)

3. TEACHING OUTPUTS 3.1 Educational publications and products

Provide full details including full titles, names of all the authors, publishers, dates, page numbers etc. Specify your exact contribution to the publications or products. Note that the publications here should be of a didactic nature e.g. articles in educational publications, papers presented at educational conferences, etc. A summary and description of educational products developed can be provided (e.g. study guides, learning materials, multimedia productions (CDs), educational videos, web materials, text books etc.) relevant to university education. 3.1.1 Study guide for course in Immunology and Microbiology 300 (BVSc III students) 1985 – 2005 3.1.2 Study guide for course in Microbiology (Dip Vet Nurses I) 1986 – 2003 3.1.3 Study guide for course in Virus diseases and Pathogenesis (Dip Vet Nurses I) 1995, 1996 and 1999 3.1.4 Study guide for Refresher course in Veterinary Virology (BVSc V students) 1992 – to date 3.1.5 Study guides for course in Molecular Biology and Recombinant DNA technology (Web-based)

3.1.5.1 PCR Techniques 3.1.5.2 DNA sequencing 3.1.5.3 Blotting Techniques 3.1.5.4 Cloning Techniques 3.1.5.5 Protein expression and analysis

3.1.6 Study guides for course in Applied Virology (Web-based) 3.1.6.1 General Theory 3.1.6.2 Virus identification: Media and cell culture preparation 3.1.6.3 Virus identification: Embryonated chicken eggs 3.1.6.4 Virus identification: Laboratory animals

3.1.7 CD-ROM: Molecular Biology and Recombinant DNA technology 2005 – Coordinator - Group of 5 3.1.8 CD-ROM: Applied Virology: Virus identification 2008 – Coordinator - Group of 2

4. OTHER TEACHING CONTRIBUTIONS 4.1 Visits to local and overseas universities as guest professor or lecturer in regard to teaching

Provide details 4.1.1 NO

4.2 Participation in national and international teaching associations, bodies,

committees List all memberships of associations and bodies, as well as teaching committees (e.g. curriculum and assessment committees, teaching review committees, etc) in which you participate. Name the type and extent of participation.


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NONE 5. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 5.1 Former supervision or co-supervision (completed)

Name of student Degree/Title of dissertation/ thesis and date

Supervisor Co-supervisor(s) Duration of studies

(years)

1.J G K Kangumba

MMedVet (Microbiology) The effect of the lactoperoxidase system and souring on certain pathogens in cows' milk UP March 1997

Supervisor E H Venter

Co-supervisor JAW Coetzer

5 years - Part-time

2. J J N Ngeranwa

PhD (Protozoology) Characterization of two Anaplasma species from elands (Taurotragus oryx), and a serologic survey of Anaplasma in wild and domestic animals in Kenya. UP March 1997

Promoter P B

Penzhorn

Co-promoter E H Venter

Full time

3. N Bryson

MMedVet: (Ectoparasitology) The detection of Cowdria ruminantium infection rates in free-living unfed Amblyomma hebraeum collected in heartwater endemic regions of South Africa. UP September 2000


Co-supervisor I Horak

12 years - Part-time

I was his

supervisor only for the last 2 years

of his studies

4. Oumou Sangare

PhD (Virology) The molecular epidemiology of Foot-and Mouth disease virus in West Africa. UP November 2002

Promoter E H Venter

Co-promoters

W Vosloo R Dwarka

4 years - Full time student

5. Darshana Morar

MSc (Microbiology – Bacteriology and Molecular Biology) The development of an interferon-gamma assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) UP November 2003


Co-supervisor V Rutten

2 years - Full time

I was her

supervisor only for the last part of her studies

6. Mesfin Sahle

PhD (Virology) An epidemiological study on the genetic relationships of foot-and-mouth disease viruses in East Africa UP April 2004

Promoter E H Venter

Co-promoters Wilna Vosloo

R Dwarka

4 years - Full time


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7. Eeva Tupperainen:

MSc Veterinary Science (Virology) The detection of lumpy skin disease virus in samples of experimentally infected cattle using different diagnostic techniques UP November 2004



3 years - Full time

8. Antje Bartkowiak-Higgo

MSc Veterinary Science (Veterinary Public Health) A survey of post-evisceration contamination of broiler carcasses and ready-to-sell livers and intestines (mala) with Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in a high throughput South African poultry abattoir. UP November 2005

Supervisor C M Veary

Co- supervisor E H Venter

4 years - Part time

9. Victor Bagla

MSc Veterinary Science (Virology) The demonstration of lumpy skin disease virus in semen of experimentally infected bulls using different diagnostic techniques UP May 2006

Supervisor E H Venter None 2 years -

Full time

10. U I Osuagwuh

MSc Veterinary Science (Theriogenology) Semen quality and the excretion of lumpy skin disease virus in semen following vaccination and experimental challenge of vaccinated bulls UP May 2006

Supervisor P Irons

Co-supervisor E H Venter

2 years - Full time

11. Theresa Sethusa

MSc Veterinary Science Evaluation of a method to detect Mycobacterium bovis and M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues of domestic and wild animals UP November 2006


Co-supervisor A Michel

4 years – Part time

12. Petra Ros S 23362376

BSc Hons Genetics Faculty of Natural and Biological Sciences The molecular characterization of Ehrlichia species in dogs UP April 2007

Supervisor for research

project E H Venter

None 1 year - Full time

13. Henry Annandale

MMedVet (Theriogenology) Mechanisms by which lumpy skin disease virus is shed in the semen of artificially infected bulls UP April 2007

Supervisor P Irons


4 years Part time

14. Peter Irons

PhD The bull as a source of trichomonosis and lumpy skin disease: an African perspective University of Utrecht The Netherlands October 2007

Promoter

B Colenbrande

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Co-promoter E H Venter

5 years Part time


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15. Jacob Modumo

MSc (VTD) Determination of the minimum protective dose for bluetongue serotype 2, 4 and 8 vaccines in sheep UP April 2009

Supervisor E H Venter None 3 years

Part time

16. Tracey Schmidt

MSc (VTD) - Cum Laude Detection of Campylobacter fetus in preputial specimens using culture and PCR assays UP April 2009

Supervisor J Picard


2 years Part time

17. Akin Jenkins

MSc Veterinary Science - Cum Laude Identification and genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infections at the human/domestic animals/wildlife interface in Nigeria and South Africa UP April 2009

Supervisor J Godfroid


2 years Full-time

18. Eulalie Kashwantale

MSc (VTD) Genetic, antigenic and phenotypic comparisons between strains of feline herpesvirus type I isolated from domestic and wild felids UP November 2009

Supervisor M van Vuuren


3 years Full time

19. Suzanna Bell

MSc (VTD) Assessing the influence of farm management factors on the localized Culicoides species distribution and populations on a lowland farm in South-West England UP April 2010


Co-supervisor Philip Mellor

3 years Full time

20. Anne-Mari Bosman

MSc (VTD) Detection of Babesia species in Southern African felids by means of DNA probes UP November 2010

Supervisor B L

Penzhorn


3 years - Part time

21. Amy Ackermann

BSc Hons Genetics Faculty of Natural and Biological Sciences Molecular characterization of bluetongue virus serotype 8 isolated from an outbreak in southern Norway in 2008. UP April 2011

Supervisor for research

project E H Venter

None 1 year - Full time

22. Hussaini Ularamu

MSc (Veterinary Science) Development of a real-time PCR for the detection of BVD UP April 2011



2 years Full time

23. Ben Dogonyaro

MSc (Veterinary Science) Detection and characterization of canine parvovirus UP April 2011



2 years Full time


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24. Enette van Dyk

PhD Detection and characterization of papillomavirus in zebra (Equus zebra) and other South African wildlife species. UP September 2011

Promoter E H Venter

Co-promoters M Oosthuizen

E Bailey 7 years – Part-time

25. Lourenço Mapoca

MSc (VTD) An investigation of an outbreak of Rift Valley fever on a cattle farm in Bela-Bela, South Africa in 2008. UP April 2012


Co-supervisors JAW Coetzer J Paweska

4 years – Part-time

26. Kutlwano Hutamo

MSc (VTD) Typing of Mycobacterium bovis in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues of selected wildlife species. UP September 2012

Supervisor J Godfroid



27. Shamsudeen Fagbo

MSc (VTD) Seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever and lumpy skin disease in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kruger National and Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Parks, South Africa. UP September 2012




28. Jane Raphela

MSc (VTD) Molecular characterization of Mycoplasma synoviae in chickens in South Africa using single-stranded conformation polymorphism and high-resolution melting curve analysis of the vlha gene. UP April 2013


Co-supervisor

Shahn Bisschop 4-years

Part-time

29 Gcwali Zulu

MSc (VTD) Cross-protection of selected BTV serotypes in sheep. UP April 2013


None 4-years

Part-time

30 Anthony Craig

BSc Agric Hons (Wildlife management) A study evaluating biosecurity and farm management on ostrich farms in the Eastern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa. UP April 2013

Supervisor D Morar


1-year Full-time


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31. Jimmy Lubinga

PhD The role of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Amblyomma hebraeum in the transmission of lumpy skin disease virus. UP April 2014

Promoter E H Venter

Co-promoters E Tuppurainen

H Stoltsz

3 –years Full time

32. Leruo Keokilwe

MSc (VS) With Distinction An investigation to determine the cause of enteritis in ostrich (Struthio camelus) chicks in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. UP April 2014

Supervisor Dr D Morar

Co-supervisors E H Venter W Burger A Olivier

3- years Full-time

33. Hilda Joubert

PhD Molecular characterisation, serotyping and vaccine development of two strains of South African fowl adenovirus UP April 2014

Promoter E H Venter

Co-promoter Dr L Maartens

3-years Part-time

34. Peter Coetzee

PhD Bluetongue: Experimental studies on viral phenotype, genetic reassortment and transplacental transmission University of Norway – June 2014

Promoter Maria

Stokstad

Co-promoters E H Venter

M van Vuuren

5-year Full time

35. Geoff Brown

MMedVet (Theriogenology) The effect of Rift Valley fever virus clone 13 vaccine on semen quality in rams UP April 2015

Supervisor H Annandale


4-years Part-time

36. Jumari Steyn

MSc (VS) With Distinction Epidemiology of bluetongue virus with special reference to the Mnisi area, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa UP April 2015


Co-supervisors G Venter

P Coetzee

3-years Full-time

37. Benjamin Mubemba

MSC (VS) With Distinction Molecular characterization of Rift Valley fever virus using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues UP April 2015


Co-supervisor P Thompson

2-years Full-time


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38. Eeva Tuppurainen

PhD Evaluation of vector potential of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Amblyomma hebraeum and Rhipicephalus decoloratus ticks for lumpy skin disease virus University of Helsinki, Finland – March 2015

Promoter Olli Vapalahti

Co-promoters E H Venter P Mertens

3-years Part-time

39. Shirley Lukhwareni

MSc Attenuation and molecular characterization of ORF virus strains/isolates UP April 2016


None 2-years

Part-time

40. Carien vd Berg

MSc (VS) Reassortment of bluetongue virus vaccine serotypes in cattle UP April 2016


Co-supervisor P Coetzee

2-years Full-time

41. Anthony Craig

MSc (AHE) Comparison of equine orbivirus dinamics on two horse establishments on the East Rand, SA UP April 2016


Co-supervisor Alan Guthrie

3-years Part-time

42. P Burger

MSc (VS) Investigation of African horse sickness virus vaccine transmission in weanlings vaccinated with a commercial attenuated live virus vaccine under field conditions UP April 2016

Supervisor Alan Guthrie

Co-supervisors E H Venter C Weyer

2 years Part-time

5.2 Post-doctoral fellows

1. Peter Coetzee

Post Doc Development of a reverse genetics system for BTV and characterization of BTV reassortants

Supervisor E H Venter 2014- 2016


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5.4 Internal (UP) postgraduate student examiner UP Degree Title Year

1. P Solomon MSc Veterinary Science Molecular characterization of Newcastle disease viruses from live bird markets in Nigeria.

2011/2012

2. L Darwent MSc Veterinary Science Evaluation of a PCR-based species identification method for African wildlife.

2011/2012

3. W Seo MSc Veterinary Science The molecular basis of pathogenicity of the glycoprotein of typical South African canid and mongoose rabies biotypes.

2011/2012

4. N Strom MSc- Microbiology Epidemiology of Sindbis fever in South Africa and development of a real-time pan-alphavirus PCR assay for the detection of Sindbis and other medically important alphaviruses.

2012/2013

5. J Crafford PhD Veterinary Science Immune responses to modified-live and recombinant African horse sickness virus vaccines

2013

6. E Venter PhD Genetics Factors contributing to AHSV pathogenesis in infected mammalian and insect cells

2014

5.3 Current post-graduate students Name of student Degree enrolled

for and date of first registration

Project title Supervisor Co-supervisor(s) Year of registrati

on

1. Peter Brothers MMedVet (Wildlife) RVF clone 13 in wildlife Supervisor

E H Venter Co-supervisor Peter Thompson 6th Year

2. Carien vd Berg PhD RVF epidemiology Promoter E H Venter

Co-promoter Peter Thompson 2016

3. Angelika Switala PhD Canine distemper virus in wild carnivores

Promoter E H Venter

Co-supervisors Desire Dalton Emily Lane

2014

4. Rebecca Jeal MSc (VS) Serosurvey - Flaviviruses Supervisor E H Venter

Co-supervisor B Gummow 2015

5. Ofelia Nhambirre PhD Epidemiology of RVF in Mozambique

Promoter E H Venter

Co-supervisor Jose Fafetine

2015

6. Lieza Odendaal PhD Differential diagnosis of RVF Promoter E H Venter

Co-promoter Bob Swanepoel

2016

7. Shirley Lukhwareni PhD Simbu virus characterization Promoter E H Venter

Co-promoters Melvyn Quan Bob Swanepoel

2016

8. Karen Ebersohn MSc (VS) Palyam virus characterization


Co-supervisors Peter Coetzee Bob Swanepoel

2016

CO-SUPERVISOR

9. Rachel Maluleke PhD RVF receptor sites Promoter P Majiwa

Co-promoters E H Venter Ben Mans

2013

10. Anh Tuan Tran

MSc (Course work)

James Cook University,

Queensland Australia

Flaviviruses in horses Supervisor B Gummow

Co-supervisors G Burgess EH Venter

2015


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5.5 Obtaining research funds

Origin of research funds (e.g. contract research,

THRIP, international funding organisations, other(s)

Title of research project or programme

Duration Money allocated (R) (Optional -

exact amounts not

required) FRD UP

To attend the International Virology congress in Berlin and three months study in Germany. Research: To study the in situ hybridization technique for the detection of bluetongue virus

1990 6 months

FRD: R11 000 UP: R4000

Stimulasie fonds - UP Research award for young researchers

1996 UP R10 000

FRD UP

Attend a Vector-borne disease course at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA. An official visit to the University of Wisconsin. Three weeks visit to the Agriculture Research Service Arthropod-borne Animal Disease Research Laboratory, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. Research on bluetongue virus

1997 FRD: R75000 UP: R7000

FRD Sabbatical leave spent at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Research grant from FRD (R120 000-00). Prof Alan Guthrie; main grant holder. Humoral and cellular immune response of horses infected with African horse sickness virus

July 1998 - January 1999.

FRD: R40 000

Intervet R56 000 x 3 years: Grant obtained by Dr Gavin Thompson for research on foot-and-mouth disease

2000 - 2002 R168 000

THRIP – Money obtained from Intervet

R23 000 x 3 years. Research on foot-and-mouth disease

2000 - 2002 R69 000

NRF

Bluetongue virus transfer in embryos 2005 -2006 R110 000/year

Veterinary Foundation

Evaluation of a method to detect Mycobacterium bovis and M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues of domestic and wild animals

2005 R15000

University of California, Davis (UCD), USA Veterinary Foundation (VF)

Bluetongue pathogenesis studies in collaboration with Prof Jim MacLachlan UC Davis

2005/2006 2006

UCD: R40000 VF:R15000

NRF Transmission of LSDV via embryos

2008 – 2009

R160 000

DFID/BBSRC Initiative in Combating Infectious Diseases of Livestock for Developing Countries

Determination of the role of hard (Ixodid) ticks in transmission of lumpy skin disease virus in cattle

2010 - 2013 £360 000

SA Ostrich Business Chamber (SAOBC)

An investigation to determine the cause of enteritis in ostrich (Struthio camelus) chicks and its association with cloaca

2011 - 2012 R500 000


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prolapse in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

THRIP – Money obtained from (SAOBC)

Research on ostriches with enteritis 2012 - 2013 R500 000

NRF incentive funding NRF rated scientist 2012 - 2017 R40000/year

IRT Genomics - UP Project: In vitro and in vivo comparison of the cellular pathogenesis, neurovirulence and infection/ transmission phenotype of parental and genetic reassortant strains of bluetongue virus serotype 1, 6 and 8.

2013 R80000

IRT – AZD - UP Project: Oral susceptibility of South African livestock associated Culicoides species to infection with parental and genetic reassortant strains of European isolates of bluetongue virus serotype 1, 6 and 8.

2013 R39000

Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) - Tshwane Animal Health Cluster

An investigation of possible genetic markers involved in the trans-seasonal persistence of bluetongue virus

July 2013 – July 2016

R1 300 000

IRT – AZD - UP Canine distemper virus in wild carnivores in South Africa

2014

2015

R70000 R38000

CDC USA Rift Valley fever sero-surveillance 2015/16 R600 000

Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) - Tshwane Animal Health Cluster – Seed funding

Bluetongue virus characterization and vaccine development 2016 - 2017 R500 000

Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration (KIC) – NRF Grant

Sabbatical leave 2016 R25000

6. RESEARCH OUTPUTS 6.1 Publications in peer-reviewed or refereed journals

Provide full details of each publication, including full titles, names of all the authors, journals, dates, page numbers etc.


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6.1.1 Oelofsen M J, Venter E H and Smith M S (1985). Nosocomial rotavirus infections in a South African hospital nursery for white infants. South African Medical Journal 69, 394 - 396.

6.1.2 Venter E H, Viljoen G J, Nel L H, Huismans H and Van Dijk A A (1991). A comparison of different

genomic probes in the detection of virus-specified RNA in orbivirus-infected cells. Journal of Virological Methods 32, 171 - 180.

6.1.3 Van Heerden W F P, Janse van Rensburg E J, Raubenheimer E J and Venter E H (1993). Detection of

human papillomavirus DNA in an ameloblastoma using the in situ hybridization technique. Journal for Oral Pathological Medicine 22, 109 - 112.

6.1.4 Venter Estelle H, Van der Lugt J J and Gerdes G H (1993). Detection of bluetongue virus RNA in cell

cultures and in the central nervous system of experimentally infected mice using in situ hybridization. Onderstepoort Journal for Veterinary Research 60(1), 39 - 45.

6.1.5 Janse van Rensburg E, Venter E H, Simson I W (1993). Detection of human papillomavirus DNA in

aerodigestive squamous carcinomas demonstrated by means of in situ hybridisation. South African Medical Journal 83, 516 - 518.

6.1.6 Bosch Franz X, Udvarhelyi Nora, Venter Estelle, Herold-Mende Christel, Schumann Antje Maier, Heinz,

Weidauer Hagen and Born Antonio I (1993). Expression of the histone H3 gene in benign, semi-malignant and malignant lesions of the head and neck: a reliable proliferation marker. European Journal of Cancer 29A(10), 1454 - 1461.

6.1.7 Janse van Rensburg E, Van Heerden W F P, Venter E H and Raubenheimer E J (1995). Detection of

human papillomavirus DNA with in situ hybridization in oral squamous carcinomas in a rural black population. South African Medical Journal 85, 894 – 896.

6.1.8 Venter E H, Huismans H and Van Dijk A A (1995). Detection of bluetongue and African horsesickness in

co-infected cell cultures with NS1 gene probes. Ondertsepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 62, 217 - 222.

6.1.9 Kangumba J G K, Venter E H and Coetzer J A W (1997). The effect of the lactoperoxidase system and

souring on certain potential human pathogens in cows' milk. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 68, 130 - 136.

6.1.10 Ngeranwa J J N, Venter E H, Penzhorn B L, Soi R K, Mwanzia J, Nyongesa (1998). Characterization of

Anaplasma isolates from eland (Taurotragus oryx). Pathogenicity in cattle and sheep and DNA profiles analysis. Veterinary Parasitology 74, 109 – 122.

6.1.11 Steinel A, Venter E H, Van Vuuren M, Parrish C R and Truyen U (1998). Antigenic and genetic analysis

of canine parvovirus in southern Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 65, 239 – 242.

6.1.12 Venter G J, Groenewald Daleen, Paweska J T, Venter Estelle and Howell P G (1999). Vector competence of selected South African Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) for the Bryanston serotype of Equine encephalosis virus (EEV). Medical and Veterinary Entomology 13, 393 – 400.

6.1.13 Wilson W C, Ma H-C, Venter E, Van Dijk A, Seal B S and Mecham J O (2000). Phylogenetic relationship

of Bluetongue viruses based on gene 7. Virus Research 67, 141 – 151.

6.1.14 Bryson N R, Horak I G, Venter E H and Yunker C E (2000). Collection of free-living nymphs and adults of Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae) with a pheromone / carbon dioxide traps at 5 different ecological sites in heartwater endemic regions of South Africa. Experimental and Applied Acarology 24, 971 – 982.

6.1.15 Oumou Sangare, Bastos Armanda D S, Marquardt Otfried, Venter Estelle H, Vosloo Wilna and

Thomson Gavin (2001). Molecular epidemiology of serotype O foot-and-mouth disease viruses with emphasis on West and South Africa. Virus Genes 22, 343 – 349.

6.1.16 Venter G J, Groenewald D, Venter E, Hermanides K G and Howell P G (2002). A comparison of the


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vector competence of Culicoides (Avaritia) bolitinos and C. (A.) imicola for the Bryanston serotype of Equine encephalosis virus (EEV). Medical and Veterinary Epidemiology 16, 372 – 377.

6.1.17 Bryson N R, Horak I G, Venter E H, Mahan S M, Simbi B and Peter T F (2002). The prevalence of

Cowdria ruminantium in free-living adult Amblyomma hebraeum collected at a communal grazing area and in two wildlife reserves in South Africa. Research Communication Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 73, 131 – 132.

6.1.18 Venter Estelle H, van Vuuren Moritz, Johann Carstens, Martha L van der Walt, Badenhorst Nieuwoudt,

Helena Steyn and Nick Kriek (2003). A molecular epidemiological investigation of Salmonella from a meat source to Salmonella in feces of captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 34(1), 76 – 81.

6.1.19 Sangare Oumou, Bastos Armanda D S, Venter Estelle H, Vosloo Wilna (2003). Retrospective genetic

analysis of SAT-1 type foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in West Africa (1975 – 1981). Journal of Veterinary Microbiology 93 (4), 279 – 289.

6.1.20 Sangare O, Bastos A D S, Venter E H, Vosloo, W (2004). A first molecular epidemiological study of SAT-

2 type foot-and-mouth disease viruses in West Africa. Epidemiology and Infection 132 (3), 525 – 532.

6.1.21 Sahle M, Venter E H, Dwarka R M and Vosloo W (2004). Molecular epidemiology of serotype O foot-and-mouth disease viruses isolated from cattle in Ethiopia between 1979–2001. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 71 (2), 129 – 138.

2005

6.1.22 Irons P C, Tuppurainen E S M and Venter E H. (2005). Excretion of lumpy skin disease virus in bull semen. Theriogenology 63 (5), 1290 – 1297.

6.1.23 Tuppurainen E S M, Venter E H, Coetzer J A W (2005). The detection of lumpy skin disease virus in

samples of experimentally infected cattle using different diagnostic techniques. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 72, 153 – 164.

2006

6.1.24 Bartkowiak-Higgo A J, Veary C M; Venter E H and A-M Bosman (2006). A survey of post-evisceration contamination of broiler carcasses and ready-to-sell livers and intestines (mala) with Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in a high throughput South African poultry abattoir. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 77(3), 114 – 119.

6.1.25 Bagla V P, Annandale C H, Osuagwuh U I, Irons P C, Venter E H (2006). Elimination of toxicity and

enhanced detection of lumpy skin disease virus on cell culture from experimentally infected bovine semen samples. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 73, 263 - 268.

2007

6.1.26 Osuagwuh U I, Bagla V, Venter E H, Annandale C H, Irons P C (2007). Absence of lumpy skin disease virus in semen of vaccinated bulls following vaccination and subsequent experimental infection. Vaccine 25, 2238-2243.

6.1.27 Bosman A-M, Venter E H and Penzhorn B L (2007). Occurrence of Babesia felis and Babesia leo in

various wild felid species and domestic cats in southern Africa, based on reverse line blot analysis Veterinary Parasitology 144, 33 – 38.

6.1.28 Sahle M, Dwarka R M, Venter E H and Vosloo W (2007). Comparison of SAT-1 foot-and-mouth

disease virus isolates obtained from East Africa between 1971 and 2000 with viruses from the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. Archives of Virology 152 (4), 797 – 804.

6.1.29 Sahle M, Dwarka R M, Venter E H and Vosloo W (2007). Study of the genetic heterogeneity of SAT-2

foot-and-mouth disease virus in sub-Saharan Africa with specific focus on East Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 74, 289 -299.

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6.1.30 Ngeranwa J J N, Shompole S P, Venter E H, Crafford J, Wambugu A and Penzhorn B L (2008). Seroprevalence of Anaplasma antibodies in wildlife species and domestic animals in wildlife-livestock interface areas of Kenya. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 75,199 – 205.

6.1.31 MacLachlan N James, Crafford Jannie E, Vernau William, Gardner Ian A, Goddard Amelia, Guthrie

Alan J and Venter Estelle H (2008). Experimental reproduction of severe bluetongue in sheep. Brief communications and case reports. Veterinary Pathology 45, 310-315.

2009

6.1.32 Van Dyk Enette, Oosthuizen Marinda C, Bosman Anna-Marie, Nel Pierre J, Zimmerman David, Venter Estelle H (2009). Detection of bovine papillomavirus DNA in sarcoid-affected and healthy free-roaming zebra (Equus zebra) populations in South Africa. Journal of Virological Methods 158, 141 – 151.

2010

6.1.33 Annandale CH, Irons PC, Bagla VP, Osuagwuh UI and Venter EH (2010). Sites of persistence of lumpy skin disease virus in the genital tract of experimentally infected bulls. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 45, 250 – 255.

6.1.34 Jenkins A O, Venter EH, Hutamo K and Godfroid J. (2010). Comparison of the capillary and agarose

electrophoresis based multiple locus variable number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVA) on Mycobacterium bovis isolates. Short Communication Journal of Veterinary Microbiology 145,172-176.

6.1.35 Bosman Anna-Mari, Oosthuizen Marinda C, Peirce Michael A., Venter Estelle H and Penzhorn Barend

L (2010). Babesia lengau, a novel Babesia species in cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus, Schreber, 1775) populations in South Africa. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 48, 2703 – 2708.

6.1.36 Schmidt T, Venter EH and Picard J (2010). Detection and identification of Campylobacter fetus in

bovine preputial scrapings in South Africa using PCR and culture assays. Journal of South African Veterinary Association 81, 87-92.

2011

6.1.37 Tuppurainen E S M, Stoltsz H, Troskie M, Wallace, D B, Oura C, Mellor P S, Coetzer J A W and Venter EH (2011). A potential role for hard (ixodid) tick vectors in the transmission of lumpy skin disease virus in cattle Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 58 (2), 93 – 104.

6.1.38 Venter Estelle H, Gerdes T, Wright I and Terblanche J (2011). An investigation into the possibility of

bluetongue virus transmission by transfer of infected ovine embryos. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 78(1): Art. #17, 7 pages. DOI:10.4102/ojvr.v78i1.17.

6.1.39 Jenkins A O, Cadmus, S I B, Venter EH, Pourcel C, Hauk Y, Vergnaud G, Godfroid J (2011).

Molecular epidemiology of human and animal tuberculosis in Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria. Veterinary Microbiology (IF3.3) 151, 139-147. DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.02.037.

6.1.40 Hlokwe T M, Jenkins A O, Streicher E M, Venter EH, Cooper D, Godfroid J, Michel A L (2011)..

Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis isolated from African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research (IF 0.89) 78 (1): Art. #232, 6 pages. DOI:10.4102/ojvr.v78i1.232.

6.1.41 Van Dyk E, Bosman A-M, Van Wilpe E, Williams J H, Bengis R G, Van Heerden J and Venter EH

(2011). Detection and characterization of papillomavirus in skin lesions of giraffe and sable antelope in South Africa. Journal of South African Veterinary Association (IF 1.13) 82(2), 80 -85.

2012

6.1.42 Modumo J and Venter EH (2012). Determination of the minimum protective dose for bluetongue virus serotypes 2 and 8 vaccines in sheep. Journal of South African Veterinary Association (IF 1.13) 83(1), Art.#17, 6 pages. DOI.org/10.4102/jsava. V83i1.17.

6.1.43 Coetzee Peter, Van Vuuren Moritz, Stokstad Maria, Myrmel Mette, Venter Estelle H. (2012).

Bluetongue virus genetic and phenotypic diversity: towards identifying the molecular determinants that influence virulence and transmission potential. Veterinary Microbiology (IF 3.33) 161: 1 – 12. DOI information: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.07.007.

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6.1.44 Fringe Raul, Bosman Anna-Mari, Ebersohn Karen, Bisschop Shahn, Abolnik Celia and Venter Estelle H. (2012). Molecular characterization of Newcastle disease virus isolates from different geographical regions in Mozambique in 2005. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 79(1), Art. #409, 7 pages. DOI.org/10.4102/ojvr.v79i1.409.

6.1.45 Coetzee Peter, Stokstad Maria, Venter Estelle H, Myrmel Mette, van Vuuren Moritz (2012).

Bluetongue: A South African perspective. Virology Journal 9:1-9. DOI:10.1186/1743-422X-9-198.

6.1.46 Mapaco L. P., Coetzer J.A.W., Paweska J T and Venter Estelle (2012). An investigation of an

outbreak of Rift Valley fever on a cattle farm in Bela-Bela, South Africa in 2008. Journal of South African Veterinary Association (IF 1.13) 83(1),Art. #132, 7 pages. DOI:org/10.4102/jsava.v83i1.132.

2013

6.1.47 Tuppurainen E.S.M., Lubinga J.C., Stoltsz W.H., Troskie M., Carpenter S.T., Coetzer, J.A.W., Venter

E.H. and Oura C.A.L. (2013). Mechanical transmission of lumpy skin disease virus by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus male ticks. Epidemiology and Infection (IF 2.84) 141, 2, 425-430. DOI: org/10.1017/S0950268812000805.

6.1.48 Ularamu HG, Sibeko K, Bosman A-M, Venter EH, van Vuuren M. (2013). Genetic characterization of

bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) viruses: confirmation of the presence of BVD genotype 2 in Africa. Archives of Virology (IF 2.14) 158: 155 – 163. DOI: 10.1007/s00705-012-1478-5.

6.1.49 Coetzee Peter, Stokstad Maria, Myrmel Mette, Mutowembwa Paidamwoyo, Loken Torleiv, Venter

Estelle. H., Moritz Van Vuuren (2013). Transplacental infection in goats experimentally infected with a European strain of bluetongue virus serotype 8. The Veterinary Journal (IF 2.34) 197: 335-341. DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.01.005.

6.1.50 Tuppurainen Eeva S.M., Lubinga Jimmy C, Stoltsz Wilhelm H., Troskie Milana, Carpenter Simon T,

Coetzer Jacobus A.W., Venter Estelle H and Oura Chris A.L. (2013). Evidence of vertical transmission of lumpy skin disease virus in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus ticks. Tick and Tick-borne Diseases Journal (IF 2.37) 4, 329 – 333. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.01.006.

6.1.51 Bosman A-M, Oosthuizen M.C., Venter E.H., Steyl J.C.A., Gous T.A., Penzhorn B.L. (2013). Babesia

lengau associated with cerebral and haemolytic babesiosis in two domestic cats. Parasites and Vectors (IF 2.94) 6: 128. DOI:10.1186/1756-3305-6-128.

6.1.52 Banenat B. Dogonyaro, Anna-Mari Bosman, Kgomotso P Sibeko., Estelle H. Venter, Moritz van

Vuuren (2013). Genetic analysis of the VP2-encoding gene region of canine parvovirus strains from South Africa and Nigeria. Veterinary Microbiology (IF 3.3) 165: 460 – 465. DOI: org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.04.022.

6.1.53 Lubinga, J, Tuppurainen E, Ebersohn K, Coetzer JAW, Stoltsz, H, Venter EH (2013). Detection of lumpy skin disease virus in saliva of ticks fed on lumpy skin disease virus infected cattle. Experimental and Applied Acarology (IF 1.449) 61: 129 – 138. DOI:10.1007/s 10493-013-9679-5.

2014

6.1.54 Jimmy C. Lubinga, Eeva S.M. Tuppurainen, Jacobus A. W. Coetzer, Wilhelm H. Stoltsz, Estelle H. Venter (2014). Transovarial passage and transmission of LSDV by Amblyomma hebraeum, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus decoloratus. Experimental and Applied Acarology 62: 67 – 75. DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9722-6.

6.1.55 Jimmy C. Lubinga, Eeva S.M. Tuppurainen, Jacobus A. W. Coetzer, Wilhelm H. Stoltsz, Estelle H.

Venter (2014). Evidence of lumpy skin disease virus overwintering by transstadial persistence in Amblyomma hebraeum and transovarial persistence in Rhipicephalus decoloratus. Experimental and Applied Acarology (IF 1.449) 62: 77 – 90. DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9721-7.

6.1.56 Ebersohn K. Coetzee P. and Venter E.H. (2014). An improved method for determining virucidal

efficacy of a chemical disinfectant using an electrical impedance assay. Journal Virological Methods

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(IF 2.065) 199: 25 – 28. DOI:10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.12.023.

6.1.57 Coetzee P, Stokstad M, Venter E H and Van Vuuren M (2014). Experimental infections of bluetongue virus – a review. Virus Research (IF 2.745). 182: 21 – 34. DOI.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2013.12.044.

6.1.58 Lubinga J.C., Clift S., Tuppurainen E.S.M., Stoltsz W.H., Babiuk S., Coetzer J.A.W., Venter E.H.

(2014). Demonstration of lumpy skin disease virus infection in Amblyomma hebraeum and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks using immunohistochemistry. Tick and Tick-borne Diseases Journal 5 (2): 113 – 120. DOI.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2013.09.010.

6.1.59 Venter Estelle H (2014). Lumpy skin disease. In: Liu Don (ed). Manual of security sensitive microbes

and toxins. Taylor and Francis CRC Press pp 665 – 677. ISBN: 13:978-1-4665-5396-5.

6.1.60 Coetzee Peter, Van Vuuren Moritz, Stokstad Maria, Myrmel Mette, Venter Estelle H. (2014). The replication kinetics and in vitro cytopathogenicity of parental and reverse genetics reassortant strains of bluetongue virus serotype 1, 6 and 8. Veterinary Microbiology 171: 53 - 65. DOI.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.03.006.

6.1.61 Annandale C. H., Holm D. E., Ebersohn K. and Venter E.H. (2014). Seminal transmission of lumpy

skin disease virus in heifers. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 61(5): 443 – 448. DOI:10.1111/tbed.12045.

6.1.62 Fagbo S., Coetzer J.A.W. and Venter E.H. (2014), Seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever and lumpy skin

disease in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kruger National Park and Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa, Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 85(1), Art. #1075, 7 pages. doi.org/10.10.4102/jsava.v85i1.1075.

6.1.63 Zulu G and Venter E.H. (2014). Evaluation of cross protection of bluetongue virus serotype 4 with

other serotypes in sheep. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association. 85(1), Art. #1041, 2 pages. doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v85i1.1041.

6.1.64 Joubert Hilda W., Venter Estelle H., Atchison H., Maartens Louis H. (2014). Molecular differentiation

and pathogenicity of aviadenoviruses isolated during an outbreak of inclusion body hepatitis in South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 85(1), Art. #1058, 8 pages. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/jsava. v85i1.1058.

6.1.65 Venter Gert J., Labuschagne Karien, Majatladi Daphney, Boikanyo Solomon N.B., Lourens Carina,

Ebersohn Karen, Joon Chris, Venter Estelle (2014). Culicoides spp. abundance and over-wintering of African horse sickness at Onderstepoort, South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 85(1), Art. #1102, 6 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v85i1.1102

6.1.66 Joubert Hilda W., Venter Estelle H., Atchison H., Maartens Louis H. (2014). Inclusion body hepatitis

associated with an outbreak of fowl adenovirus type 2 and type 8b in broiler flocks in South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 85(1), Art. #1146, 5 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v85i1.1146.

2015

6.1.67 Tuppurainen E.S.M., Venter E.H., Coetzer J.A.W and Bell-Sakyi L. (2015). Lumpy skin disease: attempted propagation in tick cell lines and presence of viral DNA in ticks collected from naturally-infected cattle. Tick and Tick-Borne diseases Journal 6(2): 134 – 140. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.11.002.

6.1.68 Lubinga, J.C., Tuppurainen E.S.M. Mahlare R., Coetzer J.A.W., Stoltsz, W.H., Venter E.H. (2015).

Evidence of transstadial and mechanical/intrastadial transmission of lumpy skin disease virus by Amblyomma hebraeum ticks. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 62 (2): 174 – 182. DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12102

6.1.69 Keokilwe L, Olivier A, Burger, W, H Joubert, Venter EH and Morar-Leather D (2015). Bacterial enteritis

in ostrich (Struthio camelus) chicks in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Poultry Science Journal 00:1–7 http://dx.doi.org/10.3382/ps/pev084

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6.1.70 Geoff Brown, Estelle H Venter, Paul Morley, Henry Annandale (2015). The effect of Rift Valley fever virus clone 13 vaccine on semen quality in rams. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 82 (1), 8 pages. doi: 10.4102/ojvr.v82i1.919

6.1.71 Alan Guthrie, Peter Coetzee, Darren Martin, Carina Lourens, Estelle Venter, Camilla Weyer,

Christopher Joone, Misha le Grange, Cindy Harper, Peter Howell, and N. MacLachlan (2015). Complete genome sequences of the three African horse sickness virus strains from a commercial trivalent live attenuated vaccine. Genome Announcements (genomeA). 3 (4) e00814-15.

6.1.72 Alan Guthrie, Peter Coetzee, Darren Martin, Carina Lourens, Estelle Venter, Camilla Weyer,

Christopher Joone, Misha le Grange, Cindy Harper, Peter Howell, and N. MacLachlan. (2015). Complete genome sequences of four African horse sickness virus strains from a commercial tetravalent live attenuated vaccine. Genome Announcements 3 (6) e01375-15.

6.1.73 Steyn J., Coetzee, P., Venter G., Venter E H (2015). The epidemiology of bluetongue virus in Mnisi,

South Africa. American Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. 3(5) 95-102. doi: 10.12691/ajeid-3-5-2.

6.1.74 Coetzee P., Venter E. H. (2015). Recent advances in knowledge of BTV-host-vector interactions.

Veterinaria Italiana 51 (4), 301-311. doi: 10.12834/VetIt.490.2367.1 2016

6.1.75 Steyn J. and Venter E H (2016). Sequence analysis and evaluation of the NS3/A gene region of newly sequenced BTV isolates from Onderstepoort, South Africa. Archives of Virology (161) 947 – 957. Doi: 10.1007/s00705-015-2741-3.

6.1.76 Tuppurainen, E.S.M, Venter, E.H., Shisler, J.L., Gari, G., Mekonnen, G.A., Juleff, N., Lyons, N.A., De

Clercq, K., Upton, C., Bowden, T., Babiuk, S., Babiuk, L.A. (2015). Capripoxvirus diseases: current status and opportunities for control. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. Doi: 10.1111/tbed.12444.

6.1.77 Venter Estelle H (2016). Capripoxviruses: Sheeppox, goatpox and lumpy skin disease viruses. In: Liu

Don (ed). Molecular detection of animal viral pathogens. Taylor and Francis CRC Press. Print ISBN: 978-1-4987-0036-8. eBook ISBN: 978-1-4987-0037-5 pp 845 - 854.

6.1.78 Venter E.H., Steyn J., Coetzee P., Van Vuuren M., Crafford J., Schutte C. Venter G. (2016).

Epidemiology of bluetongue and African horse sickness: a South African perspective. Veterinaria Italiana –In Press.

MANUSCRIPTS ACCEPTED 6.1.79 Jumari Steyn, Gert J Venter, Karien Labuschagne, Daphney Majatladi, Solomon N.B. Boikanyo, Carina

Lourens, Karen Ebersohn and Estelle H Venter (2016). Over-wintering of bluetongue virus in Culicoides populations in the Onderstepoort area, Gauteng, South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

6.1.80 Carien Van den Bergh, Peter Coetzee, Alan Guthrie, Misha le Grange, and Estelle Venter (2016).

Complete genome sequences of five Bluetongue virus vaccine strains from a commercial live attenuated vaccine, a BTV 4 field strain from South Africa and a reassortant strain isolated from experimentally vaccinated cattle. Genome Announcements

6.1.81 Camilla T. Weyer, John D. Grewar, Phillippa Burger, Esthea Rossouw Carina Lourens, Christopher

Joone, Misha le Grange, Peter Coetzee, Estelle Venter, Darren P. Martin, N. James MacLachlan, Alan J. Guthrie (2016). Outbreaks of African horse sickness in the Western Cape Province, South Africa (2004-2014) due to genome reassortment and reversion to virulence of live, attenuated vaccine viruses. Emerging Infectious Diseases

MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED/REVISION IN PROGRESS 6.1.1 Jose Fafetine, Peter Coetzee, Benjamin Mubemba, Ofélia Nhambirre,Luis Neves, J.A.W. Coetzer,

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6.1.2 Mubemba B., Thompson P.N., Odendaal L., Coetzee P., Venter E.H. (2016). Evaluation of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples as a source of sequence data for phylogenetic analysis of Rift Valley fever virus. Archives of Virology

6.1.3 Craig F.A., Guthrie, A.J., Parker, G.C. and E.H. Venter (2016). A comparison of equine orbivirus

dynamics on two equine establishments on the East Rand, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

6.1.4 Peter Coetzee, Moritz Van Vuuren, Mette Myrmel, Sarah Clift, Paidamwoyo Mutowembwa, Stig Larsen,

Estelle H Venter and Maria Stokstad (2016). An evaluation of the neurovirulence of parental and reassortant strains of bluetongue virus in a murine model Journal Virological Methods Revision in process.

6.1 Books and/or chapters in books

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6.1.1 Venter Estelle H and Smith M S (1989). Mosquito cell cultures provide possible clues as to the natural

history of Rift Valley fever virus in Southern Africa. In: Jun Mitsuhashi (ed). Invertebrate cell system applications Vol II. CRC Press, USA. pp 133 - 140.

6.1.2 Venter Estelle H (2014). Lumpy skin disease. In: Liu Don (ed). Manual of security sensitive microbes and

toxins. Taylor and Francis CRC Press pp 665 – 677. 6.1.3 Venter Estelle H (2016). Capripoxviruses: Sheeppox, goatpox and lumpy skin disease viruses. In: Liu Don

(ed). Molecular detection of animal viral pathogens Taylor and Francis CRC Press. Print ISBN: 978-1-4987-0036-8. eBook ISBN: 978-1-4987-0037-5 pp 845 - 854.

6.2 Published full-length conference papers/keynote addresses


6.2.1 Venter Estelle H, Van Dijk A.A, Huismans H and Van der Lugt (1992). The detection of bluetongue and African horse sickness viruses using dot-spot and conventional in situ hybridization. In: Thomas Walton and Bennie Osburn (eds). Bluetongue, African horse sickness and related orbiviruses. Proceedings of the second International symposium, CRC Press, London. pp 671 – 678.

6.2.2 Bryson N R, Horak I G, Venter E H and Mahan S M (2000). The use of the attraction-aggregation-

attachment –pheromone/carbon dioxide trap to collect free-living, unfed adult and nymphal Amblyomma hebraeum at a communal grazing area in South Africa. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tick and Tick-borne pathogens: Into the 21st Century. 30 August – 3 September 1999, Slovakia. Published by Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

6.2.3 Sangare O, Bastos A D S, Vosloo, W and Venter E H (2002). Molecular characterization of foot-and-

mouth disease virus serotypes O, SAT-1, and SAT-2 in West Africa. Proceedings of the Southern African Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, 22-23 July, Onderstepoort, South Africa: 116-121.

6.2.4 Sahle M, Venter E H, Dwarka, R and Vosloo W (2003). Molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth

disease in East Africa compare to West and southern Africa. Proceedings of the annual conference of the Southern African Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Pretoria, August 2003.

6.2.5 Bosman A-M, Pillay V, Nijhof A, Venter E H, Penzhorn B L and Jongejan F (2003). The Reverse Line

Blot: A diagnostic tool to detect blood parasites. Abstract of poster published in the Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 74 (3), 96 – 97.

6.2.6 Irons P C, Tuppurainen E S M, Gerber D, Venter E H (2003). Excretion of lumpy skin disease virus in

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African Veterinary Association Congress pg 58-60, September 2003.

6.2.7 Bosman A-M, Venter E H, Collins N and Penzhorn B L (2004). New Babesia parasites in cheetahs and other wild felids Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA) -“Parasites for Africa” - on 12-15 September 2004 at Manyane, Pilanesberg, North West Province, South Africa. Abstract published in the Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 76 (3), 172 – 183.

6.2.8 Bosman A-M, Oosthuizen M C, Venter E H and Penzhorn B L (2006). Phylogenetic analysis of

Babesia parasites in cheetahs in South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 77(2), 92–103. (34th Congress of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA), Magoebaskloof, South Africa).

6.2.9 Bosman A-M, Venter E H, Penzhorn B L (2007). Evidence of a novel Babesia parasite in a domestic

cat in South Africa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 78(2), 99–113. (35th Annual Congress of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA), Windhoek, Namibia).

6.2.10 Tuppurainen, E. S. M.; Stoltsz, H. W.; Troskie, M.; et al. Determination of the role of hard (ixodid) ticks

in the transmission of lumpy skin disease virus in cattle. Editors Benko, M.; Harrach, B. 8th International Congress of Veterinary Virology, Budapest, Hungary, 23-26 August, 2009. 20 years of ESVV: integrating classical and molecular virology, programme and proceedings Pages: 64 Published: 2009.

6.2.11 Jacob Modumo and Estelle H. Venter. Determination of the minimum protective dose for bluetongue

serotype 2, 4 and 8 vaccines in sheep. Editors Benko, M.; Harrach, B. 8th International Congress of Veterinary Virology, Budapest, Hungary, 23-26 August, 2009. 20 years of ESVV: integrating classical and molecular virology, programme and proceedings Pages: 53 Published: 2009

6.2.12 Van Dyk E, Oosthuizen, M.C. and E H Venter (2009). Sequence polymorphisms in MHC Class II DRB and DQB genes in sarcoid-affected Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) herds in South Africa. Prceedings published in the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science 29: 320 – 321. DOI:10.1016/j.jevs.2009.04.028.

6.2.13 Irons Pete C, Annandale C Henry, Venter Estelle H, Holm Dietmar E (2012). Lumpy skin disease virus

can be experimentally transmitted by infected semen in cattle. Proceedings of the 8th Association for Applied Animal Andrology Biennial Conference, Vancouver, Canada 28 – 29 July, 2012 pp 163 – 168.

6.2.14 A-M Bosman, M.C. Oosthuizen, E.H. Venter, J.C.A Steyl, T.A. Gous, B.L. Penzhorn (2013). First confirmation of Babesia lengau causing feline babesiosis in South Africa. 8th Canine Vector-borne Diseases World Forum (CVBD8).

6.3 Non-refereed publications or popular articles


1 E H Venter. Feline leukaemia - Interpretation of diagnostic tests. Proceedings of the Virology workshop. 6-7 October 1988.

2 E H Venter; J Spencer and E S Miller. Hands-on practical immunology/serology. Proceedings of the

Immunology workshop. 5 - 6 October 1989. 3 Estelle H Venter; A A van Dijk and H Huismans. The use of nucleic acid probes for the detection of

bluetongue virus. Report in the Arbovirus Information Exchange Newsletter December 1991. Editor: Charles H. Calisher.

4 M Cloete; W C Fick; A A van Dijk; E H Venter; E Boekhoven and A van Wyk. Sequence analysis of

bluetongue virus serotype 4 genome segments. Onderstepoort Newsletter, 1991. 5 Estelle H Venter and J J van der Lugt. The use of the in situ hybridization technique for the detection of

bluetongue virus. Onderstepoort Newsletter, 1991.


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6 PG Howell and E H Venter (1996). The significance and interpretation of laboratory tests in the

diagnosis of canine gastroenteritis. Proceedings of a one- day continuing education course on "The diagnosis and control of parasitic and infectious diseases in dogs and cats". 30 July 1996. Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.

6.4 Patents

Provide full details of provisional or full patents NONE

6.5 Technical reports

Provide full details NONE

7. OTHER SCHOLARLY RESEARCH-BASED CONTRIBUTIONS 7.1 Participation in conferences, workshops and short courses - specify type of

contribution Provide full details of participation in national and international. Conferences etc

7.1.1 National Papers presented 7.1.1.1 M S Smith en E H Beckmann (1980). Die laboratoriumdiagnose van kongenitale en post-natale rubella:

bepaling van rubella-spesifieke IgM antiliggame. (English: The laboratory diagnosis of congenital and post natal rubella: demonstration of rubella-specific IgM antibodies). Paper presented at the 12th Academic Day of the Faculty of Medicine UOFS.

7.1.1.2 E H Venter (1983). Replikasie van Slenkdalkoorsvirus in sellyne van soogdier-en muskietoorsprong.

(English: The replication of Rift Valley Fever virus in cell lines of mammalian and mosquito origin) - Paper presented at the 15th Academic Day of the Faculty of Medicine, UOFS.

7.1.1.3 E H Venter en M S Smith (1984). 'n Vergelyking van die morfogenese van Slenkdalkoorsvirus gekweek in

soogdierselle (Vero) en muskietselle (C6/36). (English: A comparison between the morphogenesis of RVF virus replication in mammalian (Vero) and mosquito cells (C6/36)) Paper presented at the 16th Academic Day, Faculty of Medicine UOFS.

7.1.1.4 Estelle H Venter, H Huismans and A A van Dijk (1988). The development and use of nucleic acid probes

for the detection of bluetongue virus. Paper presented at the 5th biennial Microbiology Congress, Pretoria. . 7.1.1.5 Estelle H Venter, H Huismans and A A van Dijk (1988). The use of nucleic acid probes for the detection of

bluetongue virus. Paper presented at the 5th Faculty Day, Faculty Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.

7.1.1.6 Estelle H Venter (1988). Feline Leukaemia - Interpretation of diagnostic tests. Seminar presented at the

viral diagnostic workshop, presented by the Section of Virology, Research Institute for Veterinary Research and the Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science.

7.1.1.7 Estelle H Venter, H Huismans and A A van Dijk (1989). Use of a nucleic acid probe for detection of

bluetongue virus. Paper presented at the 6th Faculty Day, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.

7.1.1.8 D H du Plessis, E H Venter, C W Bremer, G J Viljoen, A A van Dijk and W van Wyngaardt (1991). Use of

nucleic acid and antibody probes in the detection of orbivirus RNA-s and proteins. Paper presented at the Biochemistry Congress, Pietermaritzburg.

7.1.1.9 E H Venter and J J van der Lugt (1991). The detection of bluetongue virus by the in situ hybridization

technique. Paper presented at the 8th Faculty Day, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Onderstepoort. 7.1.1.10 Estelle H Venter (1991). Developments and applications in virus diagnosis. Paper presented at the

biannual congress of the South African Society of Veterinary technicians. Pretoria.


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7.1.1.11 E H Venter, J J van der Lugt, A A van Dijk and H Huismans (1992). The use of a dot-spot and conventional in situ hybridization techniques for the detection of bluetongue virus. Paper presented at the 7th biennial congress of the South African Society of Microbiology. Bloemfontein.

7.1.1.12 Van Rensburg E J, Van Heerden W F P, Venter E H, Raubenheimer, E J (1993). Human papillomavirus in

oral squamous carcinomas. Paper presented at the 6th Berg-en-Dal Virology Congress, Kruger National Park.

7.1.1.13 Van Heerden W F P, Van Rensburg E J, Raubenheimer E J, Venter E H. (1993). Detection of HPV DNA in

oral squamous cell carcinoma. Paper at the International Association of Dental Research (SA Division). Cape Town.

7.1.1.14 E H Venter, J J Gouws, J H Carstens, G H Goosen, E Styliandes and P G Howell (1996). The isolation

and identification of microorganisms from faeces of dogs with gastroenteritis. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.15 J G K Kangumba, E H Venter and J A W Coetzer (1996). The detection and inactivation of certain

pathogens in cows' milk that can affect human health. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.16 M van Vuuren, E H Venter and J Carstens (1996). A molecular epidemiological investigation into the role

of Salmonella serovars in perinatal mortalities in a group of captive cheetah. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.17 G J Venter; D Groenewald, J T Paweska; E H Venter and PG Howell (2000). Vector competence of

selected South African Culicoides species for the Bryanston serotype of equine encephalosis virusPaper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.18 J C A Chitula, E H Venter, P G Howell and A J Guthrie (2000). Immune response in horses experimentally

infected with African horse sickness virus. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.19 O Sangare, ADS Bastos, W Vosloo and E H Venter (2001). Molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth

disease virus in West Africa. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.


infected with African horse sickness virus. Paper presented at the 12th biennial congress of the South African Society for Microbiology, Bloemfontein.

7.1.1.21 Sangare O, Bastos A D S , Vosloo W and Venter E H (2002). Molecular characterization of foot-and-

mouth disease virus serotypes O, SAT-1, and SAT-2 in West Africa. Paper presented at the Congress of the Southern African Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Onderstepoort South Africa.

7.1.1.22 A Nijhof, A-M Bosman, E H Venter and B L Penzhorn (2002). Characterization of blood parasites using the

Reverse Line Blot assay. Paper presented at The First National Veterinary and Paraveterinary Congress, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa.

7.1.1.23 Estelle H Venter (2002). Molecular techniques for the diagnosis of infectious diseases in companion

animals. Paper presented at The First National Veterinary and Paraveterinary Congress, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa.

7.1.1.24 M Sahle, R M Dwarka, E H Venter and W Vosloo (2002). Molecular epidemiology of serotype O foot-

and-mouth disease viruses in Ethiopia and neighboring countries. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.25 Sahle,M, Venter E H, Dwarka, R and Vosloo W (2003). Molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth

disease in East Africa compare to West and southern Africa. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Southern African Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Pretoria.


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7.1.1.26 Irons P C, Tuppurainen E S M, Gerber D, Venter E H (2003). Excretion of lumpy skin disease virus in bull semen Paper presented at the congress of the South African Veterinary Semen and Embryo Group (SAVSEG). Faculty of Veterinary Science, Onderstepoort South Africa.

7.1.1.27 D Morar, E H Venter, V PMG Rutten, E Tijhaar, AL Michel (2003). The development of an interferon-

gamma (IFNγ) assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in elephants and rhinoceros. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.28 Tuppurainen E S M, Irons P C, Venter E H, JAW Coetzer (2003). Paper presented at the Faculty Day of

the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. 7.1.1.29 Sahle M, Dwarka R M, Venter E H and Vosloo W (2004). Phylogenetic Analysis of East African Foot-

and-Mouth Disease Viruses. Paper presented at the biennial congress of the South African Society for Microbiology, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

7.1.1.30 A-M Bosman, E H Venter and B L Penzhorn (2004). The detection of Babesia spp. in wild felids using

DNA probes. Paper presented at the SA Veterinary and Paraveterinary Congress, 27 – 30 July 2004. Cape Town, South Africa.

. 7.1.1.31 A-M Bosman, E H Venter, N Collins and B L Penzhorn (2004). New Babesia parasites in cheetahs and

other wild felids. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA) -“Parasites for Africa” 12 – 15 September at Manyane, Pilanesberg, North West Province, South Africa.

7.1.1.32 A-M Bosman, E H Venter, N Collins and B L Penzhorn (2004). New Babesia parasites in cheetahs and

other wild felids. Paper presented at the Faculty day, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Onderstepoort, 16 September

7.1.1.33 H Annandale, V Bagla, E H Venter, P C Irons (2005). Lumpy skin virus in bull semen. Paper presented

at the South African Veterinary Semen and Embryo Group, Congress. 7.1.1.34 M T Sethusa, E H Venter, A Michel and M Williams (2005). Evaluation of a method used to detect

Mycobacterium bovis in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues of domestic and wild animals. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.35 V P Bagla and E H Venter (2005). Isolation of lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) from experimentally

infected semen samples using different diagnostic techniques. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.36 A J Bartkowiak-Higgo, C M Veary, E H Venter and A-M Bosman (2005). A survey of Campylobacter

jejuni/coli in a high throughput poultry abattoir using PCR. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.37 U I Osuagwuh, C H Annandale, V Bagla, E H Venter, P C Irons (2005). Absence of lumpy skin disease

virus in semen of vaccinated bulls. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.38 C H Annandale, V P Bagla, E H Venter, P C Irons (2005). Mechanisms by which lumpy skin disease

virus is shed in the semen of artificially infected bulls. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.39 V P Bagla, C H Annandale, U I Osuagwuh, P C Irons and E H Venter (2006). Isolation of lumpy skin

disease virus from experimentally infected bovine semen samples using different diagnostic techniques. Paper presented at the 14th Biennial Congress of the South African Society of Microbiology, CSIR, Pretoria.

7.1.1.40 A-M Bosman, E H Venter, B L Penzhorn (2006). The prevalence of blood parasites in South African

felids. Paper presented at the SA Veterinary Association congress, 6-9 June 2006, International Convention Centre Durban South Africa.

7.1.1.41 A-M Bosman, EH Venter and BL Penzhorn (2006). Evidence of a novel Babesia parasite in a domestic

cat in South Africa. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Parasitological Society of


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Southern Africa (PARSA) Windhoek, Namibia. 7.1.1.42 PC Irons, I Luther, K Ebersohn, A Bosman, CH Annandale, E van Wilpe, B Colenbrander, EH Venter.

(2007). Effect of lumpy skin disease virus in bull semen on in vitro embryo production. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, 6 September 2007, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.43 A-M Bosman, EH Venter and BL Penzhorn (2007). The prevalence of blood parasites in South African

felids. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, 6 September 2007, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.44 A-M Bosman, JCA Steyl, M C Oosthuizen, EH Venter and B L Penzhorn (2007). Evidence of a novel

Babesia parasite in a domestic cat in South Africa. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.45 A-M Bosman, K Ebersohn, MC Oosthuizen, EH Venter W Kilian and BL Penzhorn (2007). Prevalence of

blood parasites in lions in Southern Africa. Paper presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa. PARSA. 18 –20 September 2007. Pestana Kruger Lodge, Malelane, South Africa.

7.1.1.46 AO Jenkins, L Streicher, EH Venter, J Godfroid (2008). Molecular analysis of M. bovis isolated from buffalo in Hluhluwe iMfolozi park, South Africa. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.1.47 A-M Bosman, MC Oosthuizen, EH Venter and BL Penzhorn (2008). Prevalence of Babesia and

Hepatozoon sp. in lions in southern Africa. Paper presented at the 4th South African Veterinary and Paraveterinary Congress, Sun City, South Africa. July 2008.

7.1.1.48 J Modumo and EH Venter (2008). Determination of the minimum protective dose for bluetongue virus

serotype 2, 4 & 8 in sheep. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. 4 September 2008.

7.1.1.49 A O Jenkins, L Streicher, S I B Cadmus, EH Venter, J Godfroid (2008). Molecular identification of

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in livestock and humans in Nigeria. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. 4 September 2008.

7.1.1.50 A-M Bosman, MC. Oosthuizen, EH. Venter and BL. Penzhorn (2009). The detection of Babesia spp. in

domestic felids (Felis domesticus) using DNA probes and phylogenetic analysis. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. 27th August 2009.

7.1.1.51 A-M Bosman, MC. Oosthuizen, EH. Venter and BL. Penzhorn (2009). The detection of Babesia spp. in

domestic felids (Felis domesticus) using DNA probes and phylogenetic analysis. Paper presented at the SAAVT congress, 15-16 September, Pretoria South Africa.

7.1.1.52 L Keokilwe, A Olivier, EH Venter, D Morar (2012). An investigation to determine the cause of enteritis in

ostrich (Struthio camelus) chicks and its association with cloacal prolapse in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. September 2012.

7.1.1.53 HW Joubert, H Atchison, EH Venter, LH Maartens (2012). Molecular characterisation of the fowl

adenovirus isolates involved in an outbreak of inclusion body hepatitis in South Africa. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. September 2012.

7.1.1.54 JC Lubinga, E Tuppurainen, H Stoltsz, JAW Coertzer, EH Venter (2012). Detection of lumpy skin

disease virus in saliva of potentially infected Amblyomma hebraeum and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. September 2012.

7.1.1.55 Peter Coetzee, Maria Stokstad, Mette Myrmel, Paidamwoyo Mutowembwa, Torleiv Loken, Estelle. H. Venter, Moritz Van Vuuren (2013). Transplacental infection in goats experimentally infected with a


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European strain of bluetongue virus serotype 8. Paper presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. 5 September 2013.

7.1.1.56 A-M Bosman, MC Oosthuizen, EH Venter, JCA Steyl, TA Gous, BL Penzhorn (2013). Babesia lengau associated with cerebral and haemolytic babesiosis in two domestic cats. Paper presented at the at the 42nd Annual Congress, Parasitological Society of Southern Africa, Parys, South Africa, 23-24 September 2013.

7.1.1.57 L Keokilwe, A Olivier, WP Burger, EH Venter, D Morar (2013). Clostridium perfringens as a possible

cause of necrotic enteritis in ostrich (Struthio camelus) chicks in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Paper presented at the 18th Biennial Conference of the South African Society for Microbiology (SASM), Forever Resorts Warmbaths, South Africa, 24 – 27 November.

7.1.1.58 A-M Bosman, MC Oosthuizen, EH Venter, JCA Steyl, TA Gous, BL Penzhorn (2014). Babesia lengau

associated with cerebral and haemolytic babesiosis in two domestic cats. Paper presented at the South African Association of Veterinary Technologists, Eastern Cape Congress, Crawfords Beach Lodge, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 13-14 October 2014.

7.1.1.59 Loots AK, Lane EP, Dalton DL Venter EH (2015). The use of retrospective data to solve a current problem: molecular identification of canine distemper virus in South African wildlife. 6th Annual Wildlife Research Symposium. Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. 19 – 20 November 2015.

7.1.2 National Posters presented

7.1.2.1 E H Venter en M S Smith (1982). Epidemiological observations on neonatal rotavirus infections: Application of immunosorbent electron microscopy (ISEM). - Poster presented at the 2nd biannual congress of the South African Society for Microbiology.

7.1.2.2 Estelle H Venter, H Huismans and A A van Dijk (1990).The use of a nucleic acid probe for the detection of

bluetongue virus. Poster presented at the 6th Biannual Microbiology Congress, Stellenbosch. 7.1.2.3 Janse van Rensburg E, Venter E H, Simson I W (1992). Human papillomavirus DNA in aerodigestive

squamous carcinomas demonstrated by in situ hybridisation. Poster presented at the Federation of Societies of Pathology. 32nd Annual Congress, Wild Coast Sun.

7.1.2.4 Estelle H Venter, G J Viljoen, J J van der Lugt, H Huismans and A A van Dijk (1993). The detection of

bluetongue virus nucleic acid using the PCR and in situ hybridization. Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.2.5 E H Venter, C Bremer and A A van Dijk (1996). The development and use of a group-specific PCR for

bluetongue virus. Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.2.6 A Steinel, E Venter, T Goosen, M Van Vuuren and U Truyen (1997). Antigen type distribution of canine

and feline parvoviruses in dogs and cats in Southern Africa. Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.2.7 O Sangare, A D S Bastos, E H Venter and W Vosloo (2000). Molecular epidemiology of serotype O foot-

and-mouth disease virus in West Africa (1988 – 1993). Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.2.8 O Sangare, A D S Bastos, W Vosloo and E H Venter (2001). Genetic relationships of SAT2 type foot-

and-mouth disease virus isolates from outbreaks in West Africa, 1974-1991. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Southern African Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Pretoria.

7.1.2.9 O Sangare, A D S Bastos, W Vosloo and E H Venter (2001). Genetic relationships of SAT2 type foot-

and-mouth disease virus isolates from outbreaks in West Africa, 1974-1991. Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.2.10 A-M Bosman, A Nijhof, V Pillay, E H Venter, B L Penzhorn and F Jongejan (2002).The Reverse Line Blot:

A diagnostic tool to detect blood parasites. Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of


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Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. 7.1.2.11 A-M Bosman, A Nijhof, V Pillay, E H Venter, B L Penzhorn and F Jongejan (2002). The Reverse Line Blot:

A diagnostic tool to detect blood parasites. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa. Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free Sate South Africa. Awarded the best poster at the congress.

7.1.2.12 A-M Bosman, E H Venter and B L Penzhorn (2003). The development of a probe for the diagnosis of

Babesia felis. Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.2.13 M Sahle, R M Dwarka, E H Venter and W Vosloo (2004). Phylogenetic analysis of East African foot-

and-mouth disease virus. Poster presented at the first combined congress of the South African Society for Microbiology and SAGS: Stellenbosch, South Africa.

7.1.2.14 E Van Dyk, A-M Bosman, E H Venter, P J Nel and D Zimmerman (2004). Detection of bovine

papillomavirus DNA in sarcoids in the Cape Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra zebra). Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.2.15 A-M Bosman, MC Oosthuizen, E H Venter and BL Penzhorn (2005). Phylogenetic analysis of Babesia

parasites in cheetah in South Africa. Poster presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA) – “Lessons from the Past” Magoebaskloof Hotel, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

7.1.2.16 A-M Bosman, MC Oosthuizen, E H Venter and BL Penzhorn (2005). Phylogenetic analysis of Babesia

parasites in cheetah in South Africa. Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort.

7.1.2.17 A-M Bosman, MC Oosthuizen, E H Venter and BL Penzhorn (2008). A novel Babesia species found in

cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in South Africa. Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. 4 September.

7.1.2.18 A O Jenkins, L Streicher, E H Venter, T Marcotty, D Cooper and Jacques Godfroid (2008). Molecular

analysis of Mycobacterium bovis isolated from buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) in Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park, South Africa. Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. 4 September.

7.1.2.19 A-M Bosman, M C Oosthuizen, E H Venter, B L Penzhorn (2008). A novel Babesia sp. found in

cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in South Africa. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Conference of the Parasitological Society of Southern Africa. Parasitological Society of Southern Africa (PARSA) 1-3 October 2008, South Africa.

7.1.2.20 Tracy Schmidt, J.A. Picard and E.H. Venter. (2009). Detection of Campylobacter fetus in bovine

preputial scrapings using PCR and culture assays. Poster presented at the SAAVT congress, 15, 16 September, Pretoria South Africa.

7.1.2.21 Tracy Schmidt, J.A. Picard and E.H. Venter. (2009). Subspeciation of Campylobacter fetus isolates

using genotyping and phenotyping assays. Poster presented at the SAAVT congress, 15, 16 September, Pretoria South Africa.

7.1.2.22 Karen Ebersohn, Moritz van Vuuren and Estelle H Venter (2012). Determining virucidal efficacy of

chemical disinfectants. Poster presented at the "Big 5 Congress" of the South Africa association of Veterinary Technologists, Berg en Dal, Kruger National Park, 30 - 31 October 2012.

7.1.2.23 P Coetzee, M Van Vuuren, M Stokstad, M Myrmel, EH Venter (2013). The replication kinetics and in

vitro cytopathogenicity of reverse genetics parental and reassortant strains of bluetongue virus serotype -1, -6 and -8. Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. 5 September.

7.1.2.24 Karen Ebersohn, Estelle H Venter and Peter Coetzee (2013). An improved method for determining virucidal efficacy of a chemical disinfectant using an electrical impedance assay. Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. 5 September.


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7.1.2.25 Steyn, J., Venter G.J., Coetzee, P, Venter E H (2014). Epidemiology of bluetongue in Mnisi,

Mpumalanga, South Africa. Poster presented at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort. 4 September.

7.1.2.26 Carien van den Bergh, Peter Coetzee and Estelle Venter (2015). The generation of bluetongue virus reassortants in cattle. Poster accepted at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, 20th of August.

7.1.2.27 Mubemba, B. Thompson, P.N., Coetzee, P., Venter, E.H., Fafetine, J. (2015). Molecular characterization of Rift Valley fever virus isolates from Mozambique and phylogenetic comparison with selected other isolates. Poster accepted at the Faculty Day of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, 20th of August.

7.1.3 International Papers presented

7.1.3.1 E H Venter and M S Smith (1984). Growth and morphogenesis of RVF virus in mammalian and mosquito cell lines. Paper presented at the 6th International Virology Congress, Japan.

7.1.3.2 A A van Dijk, D H du Plessis, E H Venter, L H Nel, G J Viljoen, H Huismans C W Bremer and W van

Wyngaardt (1990). Detection of orbivirus infections: use of genomic probes and a F(ab) ELISA. Paper presented at the third International Symposium of the double stranded RNA viruses. Hawaii.

7.1.3.3 Estelle H Venter, J J van der Lugt and A A van Dijk (1991). Detection of bluetongue virus and African

horsesickness virus using dot-spot and conventional in situ hybridization. Paper presented at the second International Congress on bluetongue virus, horsesickness virus and related orbiviruses. Paris, France.

7.1.3.4 J A Spencer and E H Venter (1992). Restriction fragment length polymorphism in cheetahs. Paper

presented at the first African immunology meeting, Harare. Organized by the International Union of Immunology Societies and the Zimbabwe Immunology Society.

7.1.3.5 E J Van Rensburg, W F P van Heerden, E H Venter, I W Simson (1992). Human papillomavirus in

laryngeal and oesophageal carcinoma. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference of Anticancer Research, Crete, Greece.

7.1.3.6 E J Van Rensburg, W F P Van Heerden, E H Venter, E J Raubenheimer (1993). Detection of human

papillomavirus (HPV) DNA using in situ hybridization in oral squamous carcinoma in a rural black South African population. Paper presented at the 12th International papillomavirus conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

7.1.3.7 D du Plessis, C Bremer, E H Venter and J J van der Lugt (1994). Detection of AHS virus using antibodies

and nucleic acid probes. International scientific conference on the control of foot-and-mouth disease, African horsesickness and contagious bovine pleuropneumonia. Gaborone.

7.1.3.8 E H Venter, P G Howell and T Goosen (1995). The isolation and differentiation of field strains of Lumpy

skin disease virus. Paper presented at the Vth International congress on the impact of viral diseases in the developing world. Johannesburg South Africa.

7.1.3.9 Estelle H Venter, Moritz Van Vuuren, Johann Carstens, Martie Van der Walt, Badie Nieuwoudt and

Helena Steyn (1997). A molecular epidemiological investigation into the role of Salmonella serovars in perinatal mortalities in a group of captive cheetah. Paper presented at the Veterinary Association of Namibia: 50th Anniversary congress - World Veterinary Association: 2nd Africa Scientific Congress.

7.1.3.10 Bryson N R, Horak I G, Venter E H and Mahan S M (1999). The use of the attraction-aggregation-

attachment–pheromone/carbon dioxide trap to collect free-living, unfed adult and nymphal Amblyomma hebraeum at a communal grazing area in South Africa. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Tick and Tick-borne pathogens: Into the 21st Century. Slovakia.

7.1.3.11 Antje Bartkowiak-Higgo; C M Veary and E H Venter (2005). Campylobacter jejuni/coli in poultry products

– an emerging zoonosis in South Africa? Paper presented at the annual congress of the German Veterinary Medical Society (Food Hygiene Group). Germany.


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7.1.3.12 E H Venter, V P Bagla, C H Annandale, U I Osuagwuh, P C Irons (2006). The demonstration of lumpy skin disease virus in semen of vaccinated and experimentally infected bulls. Paper presented at the 7th International Congress on Veterinary Virology, Organized by the European Society of Veterinary Virology, 24 – 27 September, Lisbon, Portugal.

7.1.3.13 A-M Bosman, E H Venter, M Oosthuizen and B P Penzhorn (2009). The detection of Babesia spp. in

domestic felids using DNA probes and phylogenetic analysis. Paper presentation at the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, Calgary, Canada, 8 – 13 August 2009.

7.1.3.14 E Tuppurainen, H Stoltsz, M Troskie, D Wallace, C Oura, P S Mellor, J A W Coetzer and E H Venter

(2009). Transmission of LSDV by hard (ixodid) ticks. Paper presented at the 8th International Congress on Veterinary Virology, organized by the European Society of Veterinary Virology. 23 – 26 August. Budapest, Hungary

7.1.3.15 J Modumo and Estelle H Venter (2009). Determination of the minimum protective dose for bluetongue

serotype 2, 4 and 8 vaccines in sheep. Paper presented at the 8th International Congress on Veterinary Virology, organized by the European Society of Veterinary Virology. 23 – 26 August. Budapest, Hungary

7.1.3.16 AO Jenkins, E H Venter, S I B Cadmus, C Pourcel, Y Hauk, G Vergnaud and J Godfroid (2009).

Isolation and characterization of an ancient clade of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from abattoir samples obtained in South West Nigeria. Paper presented at the Mycobacterium bovis V Conference, 25 – 28 August, New Zealand

7.1.3.17 Coetzee, P., Van Vuuren, M., Stokstad, M., Myrmel, M. and Venter, E. H. (2010). Bluetongue virus

genetic and phenotypic diversity: Towards identifying the molecular markers influencing virulence and transmission potential. Paper presented at the Bluetongue in the Nordic countries, NKVet symposium, Oslo Norway

7.1.3.18 Coetzee, P., Stokstad, M., Venter, E. H., Myrmel, M. and Van Vuuren, M., (2010). Bluetongue: a

historical and epidemiological perspective with the focus on South Africa. Paper presented at the Bluetongue in the Nordic countries, NKVet symposium, Oslo Norway.

7.1.3.19 E S M Tuppurainen, H W Stoltsz, J Lubinga, M Troskie, D B Wallace, S Carpenter, C Oura, J A W Coetzer and E H Venter (2011). Determination of the role of hard (ixodid) ticks in the transmission of lumpy skin disease virus in cattle. Paper presented at the 30th World Veterinary Congress, 10-14 October, Cape Town, South Africa.

7.1.3.20 C H Annandale, D E Holm, K Ebersohn and E H Venter (2011). Seminal transmission of lumpy skin

disease virus. Paper presented at the 30th World Veterinary Congress, 10-14 October, Cape Town, South Africa.

7.1.3.21 A-M Bosman, M Oosthuizen, E H Venter and B L Penzhorn (2011). Phylogenetic studies of Babesia spp. in felids in southern Africa. Paper presented at the 30th World Veterinary Congress, 10-14 October, Cape Town, South Africa.

7.1.3.22 A-M Bosman, Oosthuizen M C, E H Venter and B L Penzhorn (2011). Babesia lengau sp. nov., a novel

Babesia species in cheetah. Paper presented at the 30th World Veterinary Congress, 10-14 October, Cape Town, South Africa.

7.1.3.23 Irons PC, Annandale CH, Venter E, Holm DE (2012) Lumpy skin disease virus can be experimentally transmitted by infected semen in cattle. Paper presented at the 8th biannual conference of the Association for Applied Animal Andrology, July 28-29, Vancouver, Canada.

7.1.3.24 Peter Coetzee, Maria Stokstad, Mette Myrmel, Paidamwoyo Mutowembwa, Torleiv Loken, Estelle. H. Venter, Moritz Van Vuuren (2012). Transplacental infection in goats experimentally infected with a European strain of bluetongue virus serotype 8. Paper presented at the IX International Congress of Veterinary Virology, 4 – 7 September, Madrid. Spain.

7.1.3.25 A-M Bosman, M.C. Oosthuizen, E.H. Venter, J.C.A Steyl, T.A. Gous, B.L. Penzhorn (2013). First

confirmation of Babesia lengau causing feline babesiosis in South Africa. Paper presented at the 8th Canine Vector-borne Diseases World Forum (CVBD8), St Peterburg, April 2013.


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7.1.3.26 EH Venter, JC Lubinga, JAW Coetzer, WH Stoltsz, ESM Tuppurainen (2013). Transovarial passage and transmission of lumpy skin disease virus by Amblyomma hebraeum, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus decoloratus ticks. Association of Institutions for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (AITVM) 14th International Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 25 – 29 August 2013.

7.1.3.27 Tuppurainen E.S.M., Lubinga J.C., Stoltsz W.H., Coetzer J.A.W., Oura C.A.L. and Venter E.H. (2013). Lumpy skin disease, sheeppox and goatpox. EPIZONE 7th annual meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 1 – 4 October 2013.

7.1.3.28 Coetzee P., Van Vuuren M. and Venter EH (2014). Advances in knowledge of BTV-host-vector interactions. Plenary session presentation at the IV international conference on bluetongue and related orbiviruses. 5 – 7 November 2014. Rome Italy.

7.1.3.29 EH Venter (2015). Lumpy skin disease in southern Africa- University of Pretoria - Research and resources. Talk presented at the ‘Development of a single vaccine for capripoxviruses- project’. Consortium-meeting, Birmingham, 17-18th February 2015.

7.1.3.30 E H Venter (2016). The Mnisi Community Programme. Talk presented at the one day One Health Symposium, James Cook University, Australia, 31 May 2016.

7.1.3.31 Estelle H Venter, Graham Burgess, Tuan Tran, Henaku Addo and Bruce Gummow. (2016). Seroprevalence of flaviviruses in equine populations in North Queensland. Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Research Week Symposium. Abstract accepted - September 2016.

7.1.4 International Posters presented

7.1.4.1 E H Venter, L Nel, G J Viljoen, H Huismans and A A van Dijk (1990). The detection of bluetongue virus, epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus and equine encephalosis virus in tissue culture. Poster presented at the 9th International Virology Congress, Berlin, Germany.

7.1.4.2 Estelle H Venter, G J Viljoen, J J van der Lugt, H Huismans and A A van Dijk (1993). The detection of

bluetongue virus nucleic acid using the PCR and in situ hybridization. Ixth International congress of Virology, Glasgow, Scotland.

7.1.4.3 A A Van Dijk, C W Bremer, Venter E H and G J Viljoen (1995). NS2 gene based reverse transcription-

PCR and in situ hybridization detection of African horsesickness virus. Poster presented at the Fifth International Symposium on Double-Stranded RNA viruses. Djerba, Tunesia.

7.1.4.4 A Steinel, E Venter, T Goosen, M Van Vuuren and U Truyen. (1997). Antigen type distribution of canine

and feline parvoviruses in dogs and cats in Southern Africa. Veterinary Association of Namibia: 50th Anniversary congress - World Veterinary Association: 2nd Africa Scientific Congress. Swakopmunt, Namibia.

7.1.4.5 W C Wilson, H-C Ma, J O Mecham, E Venter, and B Seal (1997). Phylogenetic relationships of bluetongue

and epizootic hamorrhagic disease viruses based on gene 7. Poster presented at the 6th International Symposium on dsRNA viruses, Cocoyoc, Mexico.

7.1.4.6 O Sangare, A D S Bastos, E H Venter and W Vosloo (2001). Genetic relationships of type O foot-and-

mouth disease viruses recovered from outbreaks in West and South Africa. Poster presented at the sixth International Symposium on Positive Strand RNA Viruses, Paris, France.


infected with African horsesickness virus. Poster presented at the International Congress of Virology Paris, France.

7.1.4.8 P C Irons, I Luther, K Ebersohn, A Bosman, C H Annandale, E Van Wilpe, B Colenbrander, E H Venter

(2008). Effect of lumpy skin disease virus in bull semen on in vitro embryo production. Poster presented at the 16th International Congress on Animal Reproduction (ICAR) Budapest, Hungary 13-17 July.

7.1.4.9 A-M Bosman, M C Oosthuizen, E H Venter, B Penzhorn (2008). Novel Babesia sp. found in cheethas

(Acinonyx jabatus) in South Africa. Poster presented at the VI International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP-6). Buenos Aires, Argentina. 21-26 September.


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7.1.4.10 E van Dyk, M C Oosthuizen, and E H Venter (2009). Polymorphisms in MHC Class II DRB and DQB

genes in sarcoid-affected Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) herds in South Africa. Poster presented at the Equine Science Society meeting, 29-31 May in Keystone, Colorado.

7.1.4.11 A O Jenkins, L Streicher, E H Venter, J Godfroid (2009). Molecular analysis of M. bovis isolated from

African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) in the Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Poster presented at the 12th International symposium on veterinary epidemiology and economics (ISVEE XII) held from 10 - 14 August 2009, Durban, South Africa. Best poster.

7.1.4.12 AM Bosman, EH Venter, M Oosthuizen and BP Penzhorn (2010). The characterization of Babesia spp.

in felids in southern Africa. Poster presented at the XIIth International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA) will be held in Melbourne, Australia, from 15-20 August 2010.

7.1.4.13 A-M Bosman, EH Venter, BL Penzhorn and MC Oosthuizen (2011). Phylogenetic studies of Babesia

spp. in felids in southern Africa. Poster presented at the 23rd International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, 21-25 August, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

7.1.4.14 Venter EH, Lubinga JC, Stoltsz WH, Troskie M, Oura C, Coetzer JAW, Tuppurainen E (2012).

Mechanical and transstadial transmission of lumpy skin disease virus by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Amblyomma hebraeum ticks. Poster presented at the IX International Congress of Veterinary Virology, 4 – 7 September, Madrid. Spain.

7.1.4.15 JC Lubinga, ESM Tuppurainen, WH Stoltsz, S Clift, JAW Coetzer and EH Venter (2013). Evidence of vector competence of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Amblyomma hebraeum ticks for lumpy skin disease virus. Poster presented at EPIZONE 7th annual meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 1 – 4 October 2013.

7.1.4.16 Steyn, J., Venter G.J., Coetzee, P, Venter EH (2014). Epidemiology of bluetongue in Mnisi, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Poster presented at the 8th International Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP) and 12th Biennial Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (STVM) Conference, 24 - 29 August 2014, Cape Town, South Africa.

7.1.4.17 Steyn, J., Venter G.J., Coetzee, P, Venter EH (2014). Epidemiology of bluetongue in Mnisi, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Poster presented at the IV international conference on bluetongue and related orbiviruses. 5 – 7 November 2014. Rome Italy.

7.1.4.18 Venter EH,, Steyn J., Coetzee P., Van Vuuren M., Crafford J., Schutte C. and Venter G.J. (2014). Epidemiology of bluetongue and African horsesickness: a South African perspective. Poster presentation at the IV international conference on bluetongue and related orbiviruses. 5 – 7 November 2014. Rome Italy.

7.1.4.19 Mubemba, B. Thompson, P.N., Coetzee, P., Venter, E.H., Fafetine, J. (2015). Molecular characterization of Rift Valley fever virus isolates from Mozambique and phylogenetic comparison with selected other isolates. Poster accepted at the Xth International Congress of Veterinary Virology ESVV2015 and 9th Annual Meeting of EPIZONE, Montpellier, France 31 August – 3 September.

7.1.5 Seminars given at Farmers' Days – NONE

7.1.6 Attendance of Workshops

7.1.6.1 Electron microscope-course presented by LKB and Beckman Instruments, Johannesburg 1981 (3 days) 7.1.6.2 "Liquid Chromatography" course. UOFS 1981 (2 days) 7.1.6.3 Short course in radio-immune detection methods - BIWOVS - UOFS 1982 (3 days) 7.1.6.4 Course in Research methodology, Onderstepoort, UP 1985 (3 days)


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7.1.6.5 SAGENE course on cloning, MEDUNSA: 1986 (2 weeks) 7.1.6.6 Biotechnology training programme. Lecture/seminar course on microbial and molecular genetics.

CSIR/FRD. Hermanus: 1988 (3 days) 7.1.6.7 Self management, productivity and the use of time. UP 1988 (1 day) 7.1.6.8 Virology Workshop. Section of Virology. Veterinary Research Institute Onderstepoort: 1988 (2 days) 7.1.6.9 Interpersonal communication. One day seminar, UP: 1988 (1 day) 7.1.6.10 Hybridoma Workshop. Department Biochemistry, UP Pretoria: 1989 (1 day) 7.1.6.11 Immunology Workshop. Department Infectious Diseases, UP, Pretoria: 1989 (2 days) 7.1.6.12 DIG (non radioactive) user group symposium. Boehringer Mannheim, Johannesburg 1993 (1 day) 7.1.6.13 Workshop: Socio-economic aspects of animal diseases in Southern Africa. FRD, Auditorium, Pretoria: 1995 (1 day) 7.1.6.14 Workshop on import and export of horses. Faculty of Veterinary Science Onderstepoort, Pretoria: 1995 (1 day) 7.1.6.15 OIE workshop on veterinary diagnostics: Development of a common strategy for Southern and Eastern Africa. OVI Onderstepoort: 1995 (Three days) 7.1.6.16 Joint Southern Africa-U.S.A. orbivirus workshop: Strategies for research control and trade for the year 2000. Pretoria, South Africa: 1995 (Four days) 7.1.6.17 Symposium on PCR. Boehringer Mannheim, Johannesburg: 1996 (One day) 7.1.6.18 Biology of Disease Vectors Course. Fort Collins, Colorado State University Colorado, USA: 1996 (Two weeks) 7.1.6.19 Design principles for electronic slide shows. University of Pretoria 2000 (Two days) 7.1.6.20 Molecular biology and recombinant DNA technology. Workshop, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2000 (One week) 7.1.6.21 The molecular diagnosis of tick-borne pathogens - Reverse line blot Technique. Supported by the

International consortium on tick and tick-borne diseases and the centre for tick and tick-borne disease control and presented by the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria and the Faculty of Veterinary MedicineUtrecht

University, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2000 (One week) 7.1.6.22 Managing technological innovation for competitive advantage. Presented by the Institute for Technological Innovation, University of Pretoria.2001 (Two days) 7.1.6.23 Course on the duties of Section Heads, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria. Course facilitator Ian Dean 2003 (Two days) 7.1.6.24 Course on interpersonal communication skills - Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria Course facilitator Ian Dean 2004 (Two days) 7.1.6.25 Short course on facilitation of e-learning 2005 (Two days) 7.1.6.26 Click-Up e-learning course 2006 (One day) 7.1.6.27 Panel orientation workshop. TUT panel member to review Veterinary Technology programme at TUT. 2011 (One day) 7.1.6.28 Click-Up e-learning courses – 5 half day courses 2013 (5½ days)


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7.1.6.29 Turntin course – clickUP – half day course 2013 (2 days)

7.1.6.30 CLC Bio workbench sequencing course 2013 (½ day)

7.1.6.31 QuestUP - clickUP – half day course 2014 (½ day)

7.1.6.32 1st UK Veterinary Vaccinology Network Conference, 16 February 2015 2015 (1 day)

7.1.6.33 Development of a single vaccine for capripoxviruses- project’.

Consortium-meeting, Birmingham, 17-18th February 2015 2015 (2 days) 7.2 Teamwork and collaboration with others:

Other researchers (national and international) Dr Franz Bosch – University of Heidelberg, Germany 1990 -1991 Dr William Wilson – Laramie, Wyoming, USA. Since 2008 have again regular meetings

to start collaboration, RVF vaccine testing 1996 – 2000 Prof Barry Beaty, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA 1997 – 1998 Dr Wilna Vosloo, OVI, South Africa, 1999 – 2008 Dr Jan Lenstra Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands 2000 Dr David Wallace, OVI, South Africa, 2005 – to date Dr Theresa Smit, Onderstepoort Biological Products, South Africa, 2005 – 2006 Dr James Wood, Institute for Animal Health, UK, 2004 – 2005 Prof Jim Maclachlan, University of California, Davis 2003 – 2007 Dr Maxime Madder, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, 2006 – to date Dr Eeva Tuppurainen, Head, Capripoxvirus Reference Laboratory,

Institute for Animal Health Pirbright - 2004 to date Dr Janusz Paweska, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) 2007 – to date Dr Piet van Rijn, Project leader of Viral Exotic Diseases, Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR

(CVI), Department of Virology, Lelystad, The Netherlands 2011 – to date Dr Rene van Gennip, Institute of Wageningen UR (CVI), Department of Virology,

Lelystad, The Netherlands 2011 – to date Prof Jacques Theron – UP Department of Microbiology and Plantpathology 2013 – to date Dr William Wilson, Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit, ARC, USDA, Kansas 2014 – to date Dr Kris de Clercq, CODA-CERVA, Belgium 2014 – to date

Other research institutions (national and international)

Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI), South Africa – 1987 to date Veterinary School, University of Munich, Germany, 1997 -1999 Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, USA. 1997 – 2000 Agriculture Research Service Arthropod-borne Animal Disease Research Laboratory,

Laramie, Wyoming, USA 1996 – 2000. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 1997 – 1998 Animal Health Trust, UK, Institute for Animal Health, UK, Application Wellcome Trust Grant, 2004-2005 University of California, Davis 2003 – 2007 University of Utrecht, The Netherlands 2000 – to date Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, 2006 – to date National Institute for communicable diseases (NICD) – 2008 – to date Capripoxvirus Reference Laboratory, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright 2006 – to date Intervet – Received money for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research. Dr Gavin Thompson

initiated the process 2000 – 2003 Roche – Collaborate in training programmes 2004 – 2005 Inqaba Biotec – Collaborate in training programmes– 2007 – to date

7.3 Membership in national and international bodies List all the scientific associations or societies to which you belong. Name your involvement, e.g. honorary member, founder member, full member, chairman, president, secretary

Medical Natural Scientist Medical Natural Scientists Association Medical Faculty, UOFS 1984


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General member BIWOFS – Biological work group of the University OFS 1983 – 1984 General member: Veterinary Diagnosticians Group of the SAVA 1995 – 2000 General member: Microbiology Society (speciality Virology) 1986 – 2008

Professional registration Natural Scientist in training. South African Council for Natural Scientists. 1986 – 1994 Natural Scientist South African Council for Natural Scientists. 1994 – to date

7.4 Visits to local and overseas universities or research institutes as guest professor or researcher Details are required

7.4.1 Study the in situ hybridization technique, Heidelberg, Germany. Work with Dr Franz Bosch, University of Heidelberg. 1990 (6 months) 7.4.2 Visit to the Agriculture Research Service Arthropod-borne Animal Disease

Research Laboratory, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. Research on bluetongue virus 1996 (3 weeks) 7.4.3 Department of Microbiology, Section: Arthropod borne and infectious

diseases laboratory, Colorado State University, Colorado, USA Spent 6 months on sabbatical leave in this laboratory 1998 (6 months) 7.4.4 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Attend a molecular Biology training course as observer. 2000 (1 week) 7.4.5 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Act as internal examiner for a PhD thesis defence. 2007 (1 day)

7.4.6 Discipline of Veterinary Science, School of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary 2016 – to date Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville Australia Spent 5 months on sabbatical leave.

8. ARTISTIC OUTPUTS (if applicable) 8.1 Provide full details of artistic outputs, including public reviews of work, coordinating reports by experts in

the field, publisher, production company etc NONE

9. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES 9.1 List your involvement in departmental activities (e.g. administrative functions), faculty

(e.g. faculty committees) or other university activities.


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MEMBER OF COMMITTEES

• Head of the hostel: Hostel committee for Veterinary students, Onderstepoort Member 1988 – March 2004 • Onderstepoort Veterinary Student Council – OPVSC Advisor: 1998 • Dip Vet Nurses Curriculum committee, Faculty Veterinary Science. Member: 1990 – 1991 • Postgraduate Curriculum committee, Faculty Veterinary Science. Member: 1996 – 1997 • Postgraduate Curriculum committee, Faculty Veterinary Science. Acting chairperson: 1997 • Postgraduate Curriculum committee, Faculty Veterinary Science. Chairperson: 1997 – May 2001 • Postgraduate Curriculum committee, Faculty Veterinary Science. Member: 2001 – 2012 • Postgraduate Committee, Faculty Veterinary Science Member: 2003 – to date • Advisory Committee member TUT Veterinary Technology programme 2005 – 2011 • Continuing Education Committee Faculty of Veterinary Science 2012 – to date

ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

• Interpreting of results and writing reports, diagnostic tests: 1981 – 1984 • Co-ordinating of BVSc III Microbiology-course and practical work: 1986 – to date • Co-ordinating of Dip Vet Verpl. I Microbiology-course: 1986 – 1991 • Member of the organising committee, Virology Workshop, OVI 6-7 October 1988 • Member of the organising committee Immunology Workshop, Faculty Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria: 5-7 October 1989 • Member of the organising committee, Electronmicroscope Congress, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria: 4 – 7 December 1989 • Member of the planning committee: Planned new building for the Department Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty Veterinary Science. 1991 • Theme co-ordinator of the research theme of Vector-Borne Diseases of the DVTD 1993 – 2002 • Theme co-ordinator of the research theme ‘Orbiviruses’: Bluetongue virus of the DVTD 2002 – to date

• Post graduate student co-ordinator, DVTD 1996 – 2008

• Course co-ordinator and presenter Virology Diagnostic Series – Part one – host systems (Continue education course of the DVTD) 4 – 15 May 1998 and

14-25 August 2000

• Course co-ordinator and presenter Virology Diagnostic Series – Part Two – Applied Veterinary Virology (Continue education course of the DVTD) August 1999 • Course co-ordinator and presenter Virology Diagnostic Series – Applied Veterinary Virology (Continue education course of the DVTD) 13 – 31 August 2001

3- 16 May 2003 • Course co-ordinator and presenter Molecular biology and recombinant DNA technology short course – October 2001 October 2002 • Course co-ordinator and presenter Web-based course in Molecular Biology 2006 – to date • Course co-ordinator and presenter Web-based course in Applied Veterinary Virology 2007 – to date

• Member of team writing the self evaluation document of the Department of Veterinary 2008 Tropical Diseases • Acting Head of Department (1 – 3 week periods) 1994 – to date • Division Head DVTD – Microbiology – Two year term 2009 – 2011

10. COMMUNITY SERVICE OR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS


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10.1 Outreach projects

(e.g. project titles, institutions and communities involved, etc.) NONE

10.2 Professional service performed

(e.g. courses presented, lectures at professional associations/clubs, radio or TV appearances, outside expert or appointment committee, etc.)

10.2.1 Technical expert for the IAEA to the Central Veterinary laboratory, Zimbabwe, July 2005 (1 week)

10.2.2 Technical expert for SANAS. Visit to the Kutsaga Tobacco Research laboratory, Zimbabwe.

March 2006 (2 days)

10.2.3 Advisory Committee, Curriculum Btech degree programme, Technical University Pretoria, October 2005 (1 day),

September 2006 (1 day)

10.2.4 Technical expert for SANAS. Visit the UCT Vaccine Research laboratory Cape Town. September 2006, (1 day)

10.2.5 Technical expert for the IAEA to the Central Veterinary laboratory, Entebbe, Uganda

March 2007 (1 week)

10.2.6 Advisory Committee member TUT Veterinary Technology 2005 – 2011

10.2.7 Chairperson, review panel on quality assurance of the TUT Veterinary Technology programme 5 May 2011

10.2.8 Chairperson – scientific session Faculty Day, Faculty of Veterinary Science September 2013

10.2.9 Chairperson visitation team of the SAVC to visit TUT and evaluate the Diploma in Veterinary

Technology 28 September – 2 October 2015

10.3 Clinical service

(e.g. full detail of rank/level of joint appointment, level of clinical service rendering responsibilities, university administration and academic responsibilities, CPD involvement, clinical trials involvement, etc.) NONE

10.4 Involvement with other universities/scientific institutions

(e.g. external examiner, editor of journal, advisory council, CSIR, SA Council for Scientific Professions)


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UNDERGRADUATE • BVSc III Microbiology 301 University Pretoria June 1992 • Dip.Vet.Nurses.I Microbiology University Pretoria October 1992 • BVMCh III Microbiology MEDUNSA December 1992 • BVMCh III Microbiology MEDUNSA October 1993 • BVMCh III Microbiology MEDUNSA January 1995 • BVMCh III Microbiology MEDUNSA November 1997 • B Tech IV Molecular Biology Technikon Pretoria September 2002 • External examiner: Courses in Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Kenyatta University, Kenya 2009 - 2012

POSTGRADUATES 1990 - 1995

1. MMedSc (Virology) Thesis UOFS - December 1992 / January 1993 Title:'n Sero-epidemiologiese studie van Slenkdalkoorsvirus by klein soogdiere in die Oranje-Vrystaat en

Noord-Kaapland voor en na die 1988- vloed. (English: A sero-epidemiological study of Rift Valley Fever in small mammals in the Orange Free Sate before

and after the flood of 1988) By: A Pretorius

2. MSc (Med) (Physiology) Thesis MEDUNSA - July 1993

Title: The use of matrix-bound ligands in solid phase radioimmunoassay. By: T.S. Maaga

1995 - 2000

3. PhD (Microbiology) Thesis -The University of Sydney - October 1997 Title: Footrot in Nepal - Management by specific vaccination. By: Shiva Chandra Ghimire

4. MASTERS IN VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY. Dissertation Technikon Pretoria - February 1999

Title: Karakterisering van perdesiekte 4 virus isolate geassosieer met perde wat gevrek het na immunisering. (English: Characterisation of African horsesickness 4 virus isolate associated with dying of horses after

immunisation) By: Anna-Mari Bosman

5. MASTERS IN TECHNOLOGY (MTech) Dissertation Technikon Witwatersrand – June 2000

Title: Parvovirus and homeopathy. By: Traci Rozanne Cascioli

2001 – 2005

6. MSc (Med). Thesis University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg–May 2001 Title: Molecular epidemiology of Rift Valley fever virus By: A A Grobbelaar

7. MASTERS IN TECHNOLOGY (MTech) Dissertation Technikon Pretoria - November 2002

Title: Genetic characterization of African swine fever viruses of the ESAC-WA genotype. By: Jennifer Louise Edrich

8. MASTERS IN TECHNOLOGY (MTech) Dissertation Technikon Pretoria - November 2003

Title: African swine fever outbreaks in southern Africa. By: C I Boshoff

2006 – to date

9. PhD. Thesis University of the Free State – November 2007 Title: The oral susceptibility of South African livestock-associated Culicoides species to selected orbiviruses. By: G Venter

10. MAGISTER SCIENTIAE. Dissertation University of the Free State – June 2008

Title: The establishment of methods for the identification of unknown poultry viruses By: J-Y Lee


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11. MAGISTER SCIENTIAE. Dissertation James Cook University - December 2015 Title: Serological investigations of flavivirus prevalence in the horse population of North Queensland By Henaku Addo

REVIEW PANELS

• Review Panel Veterinary Technology Programme TUT May 2011 • Member of Editorial Board, Veterinary Quarterly 2013 -to date • Chairperson, SAVC committee evaluating Veterinary Technology Programme TUT 2015 • Member Editorial Review Board of Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (JBEI) 2015–to date

10.5 Referee duties

(e.g. journals, dissertations/theses)

10.5.1 Reviewed applications of researchers for NRF rating: 8 Applications have been reviewed

10.5.2 Revised NRF Grant proposals

9 Proposals have been reviewed

10.5.3 Refereed manuscripts for possible publication:

1. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research: 2003. Plaque characters of Indian bluetongue virus isolates on cell lines.

2. Theriogenology: 2004 Emmanuel Bréard, Nathalie Pozzi, Corinne Sailleau, Virginie Catinot, Benoit Durand, Pascal Dumont, Bernard Guérin and Stephan Zientara. Transient effect of the attenuated bluetongue virus serotype 2 vaccine on the quality of the ram semen.

3. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: 2006. Viruses from pools of biting Diptera collected from areas of lumpy skin disease outbreaks in Kenya.

4. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research: 2006 Abolnik, C. Detection of a North-American lineage H5 avian influenza virus in a South African wild duck.

5. Theriogenology: 2007. M. Z. Ali Al Ahmad, Y. Chebloune, B.A. Bouzar, G. Baril, F. Bouvier, G. Chatagnon B. Leboeu, M. Pepin, J.M. Guibert, P. Russo, E. Manfredi, J. Martin, F. Fieni. Vertical transmission of CAEV during embryo transfer: In vivo reliability of the IETS guidelines.

6. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research: 2007 Abolnik, C. A rapid and sensitive real-time reverse transcription PCR for the pathotyping of South African H5N2 avian influenza viruses.

7. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research: 2007. Phologane, B.S, Dwarka, R.M., Haydon, D.T., Gerber, L.J., Vosloo, W. Molecular characterization of SAT-2 foot-and-mouth disease virus isolates obtained from cattle during a fout month period in 2001 in Limpopo Province, Republic of South Africa.

8. Veterinary Microbiology: 2008. Valérie Chaignat, Gabriella Worwa, Nicole Scherrer, Monika Hilbe, Felix Ehrensperger, Carrie Batten, Mandy Cortyen, Martin Hofmann, Barbara Thuer.Toggenburg Orbivirus, a new bluetongue virus: Initial detection, first observations in field and experimental infection of goats and sheep.

9. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association: 2009. Van der Merwe M and Michel A. The influence of cooking and drying on meat infected with Mycobacterium bovis.

10. Veterinary Microbiology: 2009. E. Listeš, F. Monaco, A. Labrović, C. Paladini, A. Leone, L. Di Gialleonardo, C. Camma’, G. Savini. First evidence of bluetongue virus serotype 16 in Croatia.

11. Virus Research: 2009. Justin D Hoopes and Joseph K-K Li. Bluetongue virus induces proinflammatory cytokine expression from human carcinoma cells but does not require NFΚB or p38 MAPK signaling.

12. Veterinary Microbiology: 2009. A A El-Kenawy and M S El-Tholoth. Isolation and identification of lumpy skin diseases virus from cattle on chorioallantoic membranes (CAMs) of fertile eggs.

13. Veterinary Microbiology: 2009. S M Azimi and H Keyvanfar. Genetic variation of S7 segment of detected bluetongue viruses in Iran.

14. African Journal of Biotechnology: 2011. Comparisons of competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and one step RT-PCR tests for detection of Bluetongue virus in South West of Iran.

15. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association: 2011. Use of reverse transcriptase loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for field detection of Newcastle disease virus using less-invasive samples.

16. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association: 2011. A case study of rabies diagnosis from formalin-fixed brain material. Jessica Coertse, Louis H. Nel, Claude T. Sabeta, Jacqueline Weyer, Adri Grobler, Johan Walters and Wanda Markotter.

17. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research: 2011. Detection of Haemophilus parasuis isolates from South China by loop-mediated isothermal amplification and characterization of Haemophilus parasuis isolates by pulse field gel electrophrosis.

18. BMC Veterinary Research: 2012. The association between the porcine circovirus-associated disease outbreak in Ontario and the positivity of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus ELISA and PCR test results


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19. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association: 2012. Detection of bovine viral diarrhea virus in bovine and buffalo milk samples by evaluation of conventional and real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction.

20. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association: 2012. Genetic diversity of bovine viral diarrhoea virus in China, the Beijing region: 2009-2010.

21. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research: 2012. Development of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction assays to quantify insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor and insulin receptor expression in equine tissue.

22. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research: 2012. Ribonucleic acids in postmortem interval estimation in dogs in the tropics.

23. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: 2012 Analysis of immunomodulatory protein genes of Indian camelpoxvirus (CMLV) isolates.

24. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association: 2012. Estimation of plasma concentration of creatine kinase-MB isoenzyme in dogs diagnosed with intestinal form of canine parvovirus-2 infection by polymerase chain reaction.

25. Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: 2013 – Second revision - Analysis of immunomodulatory protein genes of Indian camelpoxvirus (CMLV) isolates.

26. Vaccine: 2013 Evaluation of the immunogenicity of an experimental DIVA subunit vaccine against Bluetongue virus serotype 8 in cattle.

27. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association: 2013 - Molecular detection of infectious anaemia virus in Quail, in Iran.

28. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research: 2013. Molecular epidemiology of Rift Valley fever in selected areas of Tanzania.

29. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association: 2013. Evaluation of reverse transcription-PCR protocols based on the fusion gene for diagnosis of bovine respiratory syncytial virus infections.

30. Epidemiology and Infection: 2013. Schmallenberg virus detection in bovine semen after experimental infection of bulls.

31. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases: 2013. Lumpy skin disease in Jordan: Disease emergence, clinical signs, complications and preliminary associated economic losses.

32. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research: 2013. Validation of an ELISA for the concurrent detection of IgM and IgG antibodies to Rift Valley fever virus.

33. BMC Veterinary Research: 2013: An international collaborative study for contagious caprine pleuropneumonia prevalence evaluation with a specific cELISA method.

34. Preventative Veterinary Medicine 2013: Towards effective vaccine production: A controlled field trial on the immunological response of three lumpy skin disease vaccine strains in dairy farms.

35. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 2014: Safety and efficacy of OBP Rift Valley fever clone 13 vaccine in sheep and goats under field conditions in Senegal.

36. South African Journal of Science 2014: Directed genetic modification of African horse sickness virus by reverse genetics.

37. Veterinary Quarterly 2014: Foot-and-mouth disease; An overview of motives of disease spread and efficacy of available vaccines.

38. Veterinary Microbiology 2014: Segment-2 sequencing and cross-neutralization studies confirm existence of a neutralization resistant VP2 phenotypic variant of bluetongue virus serotype 1 in India.

39. BMC Veterinary Research 2015: Duration of protective immunity after a single vaccination with a live attenuated bivalent bluetongue vaccine.

40. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 2015: Evidence of zoonotic Poxviridae co-infections in clinically diagnosed "papillomas" using a newly developed mini-array test – reviewed twice.

41. Journal of Agricultural Engineering and Biotechnology 2015: Comparative assessment of efficiency of cultivation methods of bluetongue virus.

42. Veterinary Research Communication 2015: Duration of protective immunity after a single vaccination with a live attenuated bivalent bluetongue vaccine.

43. PLoS One 2015: Identification of the Genome Segments of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 26 (Isolate KUW2010/02) that Restrict Replication in a Culicoides sonorensis Cell Line (KC Cells).

44. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 2016: Incidence and molecular characterisation of lumpy skin disease virus using the PCR and sequencing of the P32 gene.

45. BioMed Research International 2016: Serum Biochemistry of lumpy skin disease virus-infected cattle. 46. World Journal of Virology 2016: Development and evaluation of recombinant P32 protein based ELISA for sero-

monitoring and surveillance of Capripox in sheep and goats 47. Journal of Veterinary Medicine 2016: Seroprevalence of canine parvovirus in dogs in Lusaka districts, Zambia. 48. American Journal of Experimental Agriculture 2016: Evaluation of potency and efficacy of commercial brands of

Newcastle disease vaccines in Nigeria

10.5.4 Faculty of Veterinary Science: Faculty Day committee Evaluation of posters at Faculty Day: 1996 Evaluation of abstracts for Faculty Day: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Chairperson of sessions: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013


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11. AWARDS AND SCIENTIFIC/SCHOLARLY RECOGNITION 11.1 Evaluation status as scientist/scholar

(e.g. NRF; first evaluation and date, subsequent evaluations and dates)

• NRF First Rating - Y rated 1998 • Second Rating application 2004 – Failed: Main reason, I am not focused enough in my research outputs • Rating obtained 2012. C2 – Established researcher.

11.2 Research awards and prizes

Full details are required • Top 10 senior researcher of the year. Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort - 2008 • Top 10 senior researcher of the year. Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort - 2012 • Top 10 senior researcher of the year. Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort – 2013 • Top 10 senior researcher of the year. Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort – 2014 • Top 10 senior researcher of the year. Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort – 2015

11.3 Teaching awards and prizes

Full details are required NONE

11.4 Artistic awards and prizes

Full details are required NONE

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