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Parasites of South African freshwater fish. VI. Nematode parasites of some fish species in the Kruger National Park.
  • J. Boomker
  • Environmental Science, Biology
    The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research
  • 1 March 1994
TLDR
The nematode parasites of 30 spot-tailed robbers, Brycinus imberi, five tiger-fish, Hydrocynus vittatus, 77 large-scaled yellowfish and two mudsuckers, caught in the Sabie, Crocodile and Olifants Rivers in the southern and central regions of the Kruger National Park, were collected, identified and counted.
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Parasites of South African freshwater fish. I. Some nematodes of the catfish [Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)] from the Hartbeespoort Dam.
  • J. Boomker
  • Environmental Science, Biology
    The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research
  • 1 March 1982
TLDR
This paper deals with 4 nematode species recovered from catfish, namely, Paracamallanus cyathopharynx, Procamallanus laeviconchus, Contracaecum sp.
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Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XXIII. Helminth and arthropod parasites of warthogs, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, in the eastern Transvaal Lowveld.
TLDR
A total of 69 warthogs, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, were collected from 4 localities within the Kruger National Park, eastern Transvaal Lowveld and the seasonal abundance of fleas of the genus Echidnophaga, of the sucking louse Haematopinus phacochOeri and the ixodid ticks was determined.
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The ixodid tick burdens of various large ruminant species in South African nature reserves.
TLDR
The tick burdens of animals shot at the same time and locality are compared, and the attachment sites of some tick species on some of the hosts are given.
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Parasites of South African freshwater fish. VII. Nematodes of some scaled fishes from the Hartbeespoort Dam, Transvaal.
  • J. Boomker
  • Environmental Science
    The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research
  • 1 June 1994
TLDR
Burdens in the infected fishes were generally small, and small-scaled yellowfish did not harbour any worms, but only Mozambique bream and canary kurper were caught at regular intervals, but even in these species no pattern of seasonal prevalence of the nematodes was evident.
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Helminths of guineafowls in Limpopo Province, South Africa.
TLDR
South Africa is a new geographic record for D. macrostomum, G. congolense and D. truncata from the Crested guineafowl constitute new host-parasite associations, and S. caudatus are recorded for the first time from Helmeted guineaafowls, as well as from South Africa.
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Helminth and arthropod parasites of indigenous goats in the northern Transvaal.
TLDR
Helminth and arthropod parasites of 60 female indigenous goats of three age groups on a farm in the northern Transvaal were collected, identified and counted and Strongyloides papillosus was the most numerous and most prevalent nematode in the youngest goats, while Haemonchus contortus was most abundant and prevalent in both older groups.
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Description of Pelonia africana n. g., n. sp. (Pentastomida: Sebekidae) from the lungs of Pelomedusa subrufa and Pelusios sinuatus (Chelonia) in South Africa.
TLDR
The terrapins Pelomedusa subrufa and Pelusios sinuatus taken from a water reservoir in the Northern Province, South Africa, were examined for pentastome infections and a new monospecific genus, Pelonia africana, is described, characterized by smooth, dorsally convex hooks with sharply bent blades.
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Parasites of South African freshwater fish. IV. Description of Spirocamallanus daleneae n. sp. (Nematoda: Camallanidae) from Synodontis zambezensis Peters, 1852 (Mochokidae) with comments on…
  • J. Boomker
  • Biology
    The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research
  • 1 June 1993
TLDR
During a survey of the parasites of fish in the Kruger National Park, a new species of Spirocamallanus Olson, 1952 was recovered from the small intestines of squeakers, Synodontis zambezensis Peters, 1952, and is described here as SpiroCamallanus daleneae n.
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The helminth parasites of various artiodactylids from some South African nature reserves.
TLDR
Host specificity of the parasites was not marked and crossinfestation was common; this was not true for the giraffe, since none of the helminths of these animals were found in the antelope and vice versa.
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