DOCTORAL THESES OF THE FACULTY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
1920 - 2006
1921
NESER, C.P. The blood of domestic equines UNISA DSc
1928
QUIN, J.I.
1928
QUINLAN, J.B. Researches into sterility of cows in South Africa UNISA DVSc
1928
THOMAS, A.D. Skin cancer of the Angora goat in South Africa. UNISA DVSc
1929
ROBINSON, E.M. The Bacteria of the Clostridium Botolinum “C” and “D” types. UNISA DVSc
1931
BEKKER, J.G. The Administration of Phosphorus to cattle in their drinking water. UP DVSc
1932
GRAF, H. Comparative chemical studies on “Laked and Unlaked” blood filtrates of domestic animals
in health and disease. UP DVSc
1932
PARKIN, B.S. The Trypanosomiases of domestic animals of the Union of South Africa. UNISA DSc
Studies on Anthrax immunity UNISA DVSc
1934 ALEXANDER, R.A. A Study of the Neurotropic Virus of Horse-sickness. UNISA DVSc
1936
JACKSON, C. The Incidence and pathology of tumours of domesticated animals in South Africa. A
Study of the Onderstepoort Collection of Neoplasms with special reference to their histopathology.
UNISA DSc
1936
STERNE, M. Studies in variation in Anthrax . UNISA DVSc
1937
VILJOEN, N.F. Cysticercosis in swine and bovines with special reference to S.A. conditions. UNISA
DVSc
1937
VILLIERS, O.T. The Blood of the ostrich. UNISA DVSc
1938
CLOETE, J.H.L. Prenatal growth in the Merino sheep. UNISA DVSc
1938
HENNING, M.W. The antigenic structure of Salmonellas obtained from domestic animals and birds
in South Africa. UNISA DSc
1940
SNYMAN, P.S. The Study and control of the Vectors of Rabies in South Africa UNISA DVSc
1941
CANHAM, A.S. The double intradermal test for tuberculosis in cattle, with reference to the “no lesion”
reactor, nonspecific reactions and the part played by saphrophytic acid fast organisms in causing
sensitisation to bovine and human tuberculin UNISA DVSc
1942
VAN DER WATH, J.G. Studies on the alimentary tract of the Merino sheep with special reference to
the role of the ruminal microfauna and flora. UP DVSc
1943
VAN DER WALT, S.J. Some aspects of the toxicology of hydrocyanic acid in ruminants. UP DVSc
1944
LOUW, P.G.J. Struktuur ondersoek van lantadeen A, die aktiewe bestanddeel van lantana camara.
UP DSc
1948
PULLINGER, E.J. The provision of a safe and satisfactory milk supply on a national basis; with
special reference to South African conditions. UP DVSc
1953
DU TOIT, R.M. Trypanosomiasis in Zululand and the control of tsetse flies by chemical means. UP
DVSc
1953
WEISS, K.E. Studies on the pathogenesis of acute bloat in ruminants. UP DVSc
1956
HAIG, D.A. Canine distemper: immunization with avianised virus. UP DVSc
1958
REINECKE, R.K. A field study of some nematode parasites of bovines in a semi-arid area, with
special reference to their biology and possible methods of prophylaxis. UP DVSc
1958
MCINTOSCH, B.M. Immunological types of horsesickness virus and their significance in
immunization. UP DVSc
1958
BELONJE, C.W.A. Fertility and infertility of thoroughbred mares under the environmental conditions
prevailing in the Karroo midlands of South Africa. UNISA DVSc
1959
POLS. J.W. Studies on bovine besnoitiosis with special reference to the aetiology.
1960
JANSEN, B.C. The beta toxin of Clostridium welchii type B, Wilsdon, in relation to the production of
a vaccine against lamb dysentery. UP DVSc
1961
VAN HEERDEN, K.M. Investigations into the cause of abortions in Angora goats in South Africa.
UNISA DVSc
1962
KASCHULA, V.R. The propagation and modification of Rift Valley fever virus strains in chick
embryos and their use of immunizing agents for domestic ruminants. UP DVSc
1964
PLOWRIGHT, W. Studies on malignant catarrhal fever of cattle. UP DVSc
1966
DORRINGTON, J.E. Studies on Filaroides osleri (Cobbold, 1879). UP DVSc
1966` HOFMEYR, C.F.B. Surgery of bovine impotentia coeundi.
UP DVSc
1966 HORAK, I.G. Host-parasite relationships of Paramphistomum Microbothrium Fischoeder, 1901, in
experimentally infested ruminants, with particular reference to sheep. UP DVSc
1967
ERASMUS, T. Water metabolism studies with ruminants. UP DVSc
1967
MULLER, G.L. The epizootiology of helminth infestation in sheep in the south western districts of
the Cape. UP DVSc
1967
WORTHINGTON, R.W. Mycobacterial PPD sensitins and the non-specific reactor problem. UP
DVSc
1968
BIGALKE,R.D. New concepts on the epidemiological features of bovine
besnoitiosis as determined by laboratory and field investigations. UP DVSc
1968
BROWN, J.M.M. Biochemical studies on geeldikkop and enzootic icterus. UP
DVSc
1969 HOWELL, P.G. The antigenic classification of strains of bluetongue virus, their significance and use
in prophylactic immunization. UP PhD
1969
NEETHLING, L.P. ‘n Vergelykende fisiologies-chemiese studie van die rooisel van die skaap en die
1969
hond. UP DSc
VERWOERD, D.W. Die biochemiese karakterisering van die bloutongvirus. UP DVSc
1970
ERASMUS, J.A. Koper en seleen as etiologiese faktore by geeldikkop en ensootiese ikterus in
skape in Suid-Afrika. UP DVSc
1970
van RENSBURG, S.J. Reproductive physiology and endocrinology of normal and habitually
aborting Angora goats. UP DVSc
1971
BARGAI, U. The radiological examination of the digestive system of the horse.
UP DVSc
1973
ALCANTARA, P.J.dC.F. A new method for the measurement of lymph flow and its application to the
study of experimental and clinical conditions. UP DVSc
1973
CAMERON, C.M. The immunogenicity of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (Buchanan, 1911).
UP DVSc
1973
PEREIRA, M.L.G.C. Arterial blood supply of the cerebellum of cattle, sheep and
goats, including observations on morphology and considerations of terminology. UP DVSc
1974
STEYN, D.G. The effect of captivity stress on the physiology of the chacma baboon (papio ursinus)
UP DVSc
1975
OWEN, N.C. Some physiological aspects of renal function in the sheep. UP DVSc
1976
SMUTS, M.M.S. The blood supply of the cervical vertebrae of the ox, Bos Taurus L. with special
reference to the vascular foramina and areas of nuscular attachment. UP DVSc
1977
BARROWMAN, P.R. Studies on trypanosome equiperdum infection in horses and the
immunopathology of trypanosome brucei infection in sheep. UP DVSc
1977
PINI, A. Strains of African swine fever virus isolated from domesticated pigs and
from tick Ornithodoros moubata in South Africa . UP DVSc
1978
LITTLEJOHN, A. Studies on the physiopathology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the
horse. UP DVSc
1980
NEVILL, E.M. Studies on Parafilaria Bovicola Tubangui in South Africa with particular reference to
the role played by insects in its transmission and distribution. UP DVSc
1981
BEZUIDENHOUT, A. J. The anatomy of the heart of the ostrich Struthio Camelus (Linn). UP DVSc
1982
MITCHELL, G. Porcine stress syndromes. UP DVSc
1983
VILJOEN, J.H The parasitic life cycle of Parafilaria bovicola and its
pathogenesis in cattle. UP DVSc
1987
LANGE, A.L. The pathology and biochemistry of a phospholipid lysosomal storage disease in
Abyssinian cats. UP DVSc
1987
LOUW, G.J. The development of the arterial blood supply to the bovine brain in association with the
developing brain. UP DVSc
1988
BEZUIDENHOUT, J.D. Sekere aspekte van hartwateroordraging, voorkoms van die organisme in
bosluise en in vitro kweking. UP DVSc
1989
HORAK, I.G. Studies on helminth and arthropod parasites of some domestic and wild animals in
Southern Africa. UP DVSc
1992
GROENEWALD, H.B. A comparative anatomical and histological study of the
forestomach and abomasum of homozygous grey, homozygous white and black karakul lambs. UP
PhD
1992
MEINTJES, R.A. Sodium and water homeostasis in sheep. UP DVSc
1992
SOLEY, J.T. A histological study of spermatogenesis in the ostrich (Struthio camelus) . UP PhD
1993
LOUW, J.P. The epidemiology, economic effect and control of the internal parasites of sheep in the
Southern Cape Province. UP DPhil
1993
VENTER, E.H. The development and use of nucleic acid probes for the detection of Bluetongue
virus. UP PhD
1994
BREMER, C.W. Characterisation of the African horsesickness virus genome and the development
of new methods for virus detection. UP PhD
1994
DU PREEZ, J.H. The role of heat stress in the performance of dairy cattle in
Southern Africa. UP PhD
1995
BRAGG, R.R. Monoclonal antibody detection of both growth stage and isolate dependent antigen
expression of Haemophilus Paragallinarum. UP PhD
1995
DE WAAL, D.T. Distribution, transmission and serodiagnosis of Babesia Equi and Babesia Caballi
in South Africa. UP PhD
1995
VAN DEN BERG, S.S. An investigation into the aetiology of lamina interna eversion and prolapse in
the Brahman. UP DVSc
1996
HUCHZERMEYER, F.W. Plasmodium durae in domestic turkeys (Maleagris
gallopavo)and Swainson’s francolin (Francolinus Swainson): characteristics, pathology and
chemotherapy. UP PhD
1996
NGERANWA, J.J.N. Characterization of two anaplasma species from elands (taurotragus oryx) and
a serologic survey of anaplasma in wild and domestic animals in Kenya. UP D.Phil
1998
LEWIS, B.D. Transplacental transmission of babesia equi in horses and
chemotherapy of small babesia species. UP D.Phil
1998
SLABBERT, J.M. Early prediction of adult police dog efficiency. UP PhD
1999
MOGOA, E.G.M. Effects of environmental temperature on pharmacokinetics of, and clinical
response to xylazine in goats. UP D.Phil
1999
ODENDAAL, J.S.J. A Physiological basis for animal-facilitated psychotherapy.
UP PhD
1999
ODENDAAL, M.W. The management of stress-induced respiratory disease caused by Pasteurella
haemolytica in feedlot cattle. UP PhD
1999
WANDRAG, D.B.R. The bioavailability of amino acids and minerals in commercial dog food. UP
D.Phil
2000
LUND, R.J. Contribution of respiratory heat loss to heat balance in Thoroughbred
horses performing near maximal exercise under thermoneutral and hot-humid conditions. UP
D.Phil
2000
MATTHEE, S. Effect of management interventions on helminth levels and body condition of
working donkeys in South Africa. UP D.Phil
2000
VAN DEN BOSCHE, P. The development of a new strategy for the sustainable
control of bovine trypanosomosis in Southern Africa. UP D.Phil
2002
LUSEBA, D. The effect of selenium and chromium on stress level, growth performance, selected
carcass characteristics and mineral status of feedlot cattle. UP DVSc
2002
NDUNG’U, L.W. Assessing animal health delivery for tick and tick-borne
disease control in smallholder dairy systems of Kenya; an application of new institutional economics.
UP PhD
2002
SANGARE, O. Molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth-disease virus in West
Africa. UP PhD
2004
SAHLE, M. (FORSA, M.S.?) An epidemiological study on the genetic relationships of foot and
mouth disease viruses in East Africa. UP D.Phil
2004
TAYLOR, W.A. Factors influencing productivity in sympatric populations of
Mountain Reedbuck and Grey Rhebuck in the Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve, South Africa. UP
D.Phil
2005
JACOBSON, L.S. Aspects of pathophysiology of severe and complicated canine babesiosis. UP
PhD
2005
KOMA, L.M.P.K. Abdominal splanchnic haemodynamics in a canine
normovolaemic anaemia model and uncomplicated canine babesiosis; a comparative Doppler study.
UP PhD
2005
LOBETTI, R.G. The pathophysiology of renal and cardiac changes in canine
babesiosis. UP PhD
2005 LOOTS, C. The comparison and validation of methods for monitoring coccidiosis in broilers. UP
PhD
2005
NTLOEDIBE, D.T. Potentising And Application Of Plant Extracts Which Can Be Used As An
Alternative For Antibiotic Feed Additives In Poultry Production. UP PhD
2005
WOLDEMARIAM, D.L. Nematode prevalence, helminth management practices and anthelmintic
resistance in small ruminants in the Mid-Rift Valley of Ethiopia. UP PhD
2005
ANGEH, J.E. Isolation and characterization of anti-bacterial compounds present in Combretum
section Hypocrateroptis. UP PhD
2006
HORNSVELD, M. The osteology of the cranial and facial bones of the savannah buffalo (Syncerus
caffer caffer) Sparman, 1779. UP PhD
TOTAL NUMBER OF DOCTORAL THESES (DVSc, DSc, PhD and DPhil)
1920-1974 = 50
1975-2006 = 46 (including 9 electronic)
The Faculty of Veterinary Science, established 1920, has always been part of the Transvaal University
College, which from 1918 – 1930 was a constituent College of the University of South Africa (est. 1918).
Since 1930 the Transvaal University College has been autonomous, being the University of Pretoria.
Brown, M.H.V and Curson, H.H. 1933 The Veterinary profession in South Africa. 6. Theses for the
Doctorate. Journal of the South African Veterinary Medical Association 4(3): 186-190.
List compiled by Erica van der Westhuizen with the help of David Swanepoel, Librarian of the Onderstepoort
Veterinary Institute, the Archives Librarian at the University of South Africa, Annette le Roux and Antoinette Burger of
the Faculty Administration.
October 2006