Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

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Vol. 96 No. 1 (2025)

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Published: 2025-12-01

Editorial

Shaping the future of veterinary medicine in southern Africa

Adrian SW Tordiff

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Original Research

The prevalence of OvHV-2 in the smegma, nasal secretions and penile environment of rams (Ovis aries)

L Fernhout, H Lambrechts, JHC van Zyl

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Equine colic outcomes and prognostic factors at a South African academic hospital (2019–2021)

LM van der Merwe, EC Schliewert

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Evaluation of immobilisation using a fixed-dose combination of butorphanol, azaperone, and medetomidine, along with a low dose of ketamine, in chacmababoons (Papio ursinus)

S Pfitzer, LC Bäckström, JP Raath, A Semjonov, LL Laubscher

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Factors affecting in vitro oocyte maturation in Southern white rhinoceros(Ceratotherium simum simum)

M Smuts, PR De Bruin, GT Fosgate, L Vorster, M De La Rey, C Lichtenberg, C Young, BS Durrant, LCR Meyer, DE Holm

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The incision and beyond: successful implantation of temperature loggers in thecoelom of ostrich chicks

MR Kekana, A Fuller, A Angelbrecht, AC Donaldson, N Lotz, A Olivier, SWP Cloete, SK Maloney, AJ Haw

49-55
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Ovine balanoposthitis: observations on the microbiome and immunoglobulin response

L Fernhout, H Lambrechts, JHC van Zyl

80-87
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Swelling disease of Angora goats is characterised by panhypoproteinaemia,leukocytosis, and hyperaldosteronaemia

SDC Parsons, M Hobson, M Wepener, T Mtetwa, EH Hooijberg, SJ Clift

88-93
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Technical aspects of improved semen collection procedures in Africanrhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum; Diceros bicornis) under field conditions

J Meuffels-Barkas, I Luther-Binoir, H Bertschinger, I Callealta, B Tindall, I Lueders

94-102
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Review

Systematic review and meta-analysis of fertility outcome following in vivo insemination with sex-sorted semen in sheep

JG Nel, PN Thompson, DE Holm

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Case Report

Accidental intravenous overdose of meloxicam in a Cape Vulture(Gyps coprotheres)

BAT Gazendam, KN Koeppel

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Left-lateral laparotomy using a dorsoventral incision for unilateral ovariohysterectomy in free-ranging African lions (Panthera leo)

RJ Harvey, DA Bantlin

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First report of a Sporidesmin Toxicity (Facial Eczema) outbreak in a South Africandairy herd

AJ Davis, DDPS Jordaan, JG Myburgh

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Semi-cylindrical recession trochleoplasty using 3D saw guides for caninepatellar luxation

SB Park, JY Baek, SY Heo

56-59
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Canine vertebral venous thrombosis: confirmatory MRA before retreatment following symptom recurrence

TK Lai, P Jull

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Short Communications

Quantification of Angora goat beta chain haemoglobin variants using the Sebia Capillarys 2 Flex-Piercing system

SDC Parsons, A Vermeulen, M Hobson, EH Hooijberg

64-65
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Letter to the editor

Could it have been spirocercosis?

Johann Schröder

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