Research theme

Project

Student

Completed

One Health

Prevalence and characterization of Brucella spp. In slaughter animals in Gauteng province abattoirs: food safety implications for meat consumers and zoonotic hazards posed to abattoir workers

Francis Kolo; PhD

Zoonotic tuberculosis transmission at the wildlife/livestock/human interface

Petronillah Sichewo; PhD

The epidemiology of tuberculosis in cattle and humans living in the wildlife/livestock/human interface in the rural Mnisi community, Mpumalnaga province, South Africa

Jolly Musoke; PhD

2016

Epidemiology

Prevalence and characterization of brucellosis and tuberculosis in Rwanda

Jean B. Ntivuguruzwa; PhD

Seroprevalence and characterization of Brucella melitensis in South Africa

Barbara A. Glover; PhD

Brucellosis in Zimbabwe and the associated risk factors

R. Mwaramba, M.Sc

Prevention and surveillance methods for brucellosis in cattle and small ruminants in communal and commercial cattle in KwaZulu Natal

Songe L. Chisi; Ph.D

Prevalence and risk factors of bovine tuberculosis in livestock and humans in Eritrea

Michael Kahsay-Ghebremariam; PhD

Mycobacterium bovis at the wildlife/livestock interface in northern Botswana

Molefe Tladi; MSc

Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in African buffalo in the Chobe National Park, Botswana

John Mhongovoyo; MSc

Patterns of longitudinal M. bovis shedding in cow’s milk

Desiree Mazwi; MSc

Changes to the provision of bovine tuberculosis testing in England and the effects on veterinarians and farmers

Karen Gerber; MSc

Human Health Risk Factors of Informal Slaughter, focussing on Brucella abortus, in small scale farmers of Gauteng

Gillian Declerq; MSc

Immunopathogenesis

Immunopathogenesis and diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis in cattle and buffalo

Elise van der Heijden; PhD

Improved diagnostic developments

Investigations in improving Brucella culture, serology and molecular assays in South Africa

M. Betty Ledwaba; Ph.D

Immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis in domesticated African Elephant (b/) in the Victoria Falls and Livingstone area

Tapiwa Haniyre; MSc

Infectious causes of abortion

Annelize Jonker; PhD

Vaccine approaches for improved disease control

Host immune response profiles of calves vaccinated with live and inactivated M. bovis vaccines

Josephine Chileshe; MSc

2017