Dr David Blignaut ~ Senior Lecturer, Cattle Health and Production

Teaching

• TV1101: Introduction to Veterinary Science (Level 1; TSV)
• TV1103: Fundamentals of Veterinary Science (Level 1; TSV)
• TV3001: Transitions from Health to Disease 1 (Level 3; TSV)
• TV3002: Transitions from Health to Disease 2 (Level 3; TSV)
• TV4001: Veterinary Clinical Sciences Part 1 of 2 (Level 4; TSV)
• TV4002: Veterinary Clinical Sciences Part 2 of 2 (Level 4; TSV)
• TV5211: Veterinary Professional and Clinical Practice 1/3 (Level 5; TSV)
• TV5212: Veterinary Professional and Clinical Practice 2/3 (Level 5; TSV)
• TV5213: Veterinary Professional and Clinical Practice 3/3 (Level 5; TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Animal production (3003)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Livestock raising (1004)

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Journal Articles

• Mwangi F, Blignaut D, Charmley E, Gardiner C, Malau-Aduli B, Kinobe R and Malau-Aduli A (2021) Lipid metabolism, carcass characteristics and Longissimus dorsi muscle fatty acid composition of tropical crossbred beef cattle in response to Desmanthus spp. forage backgrounding. Metabolites, 11 (12).
• Blignaut D, Thompson P and Petzer I (2018) Prevalence of mastitis pathogens in South African pasture-based and total mixed ration-based dairies during 2008 and 2013. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 85 (1).
• Zahedi A, Lee G, Greay T, Walsh A, Blignaut D and Ryan U (2018) First report of Cryptosporidium parvum in a dromedary camel calf from Western Australia. Acta Parasitologica, 63 (2). pp. 422-427
• Lehmann H, Blache D, Drynan E, Tshewang P, Blignaut D and Musk G (2017) Optimum drug combinations for the sedation of growing boars prior to castration. Animals, 7 (8).