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Prof AM Tsotetsi-Khambule

College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
School of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department: Life and Consumer Sciences
Associate Professor
E-mail: tkhamam@unisa.ac.za

Expertise

  • Veterinary Parasitology

Qualifications

  • PhD (Zoology)
  • MSc (Zoology)
  • BSc Hons (Zoology)
  • BSc (Botany and Zoology)

NRF Rating

C3

Currently teaching

  • Cytogenetics and Embryology
  • Entomology: Insects and Arachnids

Field of Specialisation

  • Veterinary Helminthology
  • Parasites of One Health importance
  • Ethnoveterinary medicine

Journal articles

  • Chitura, T., Shiba, M.R., Afful, D.B., Shai, K., Muvhali, P.T., Tsotetsi-Khambule, A.M., 2019. In vitro anthelmintic activity of seven medicinal plants used to control livestock internal parasites in Chief Albert Luthuli municipality, South Africa. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 31, Article #14. 
  • Sebatjane, P., Njuho, P., Tsotetsi-Khambule, A.M., 2019. Statistical models for helminth faecal egg counts in sheep and goats. Small Ruminant Research, 170: 26-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.11.006.
  • Mphahlele, M., Tsotetsi-Khambule, A.M., Moerane, R., Mashiloane, M.L., Thekisoe, O.M.M. 2019. Risk factors associated with occurrence of anthelmintic resistance in sheep of resource poor farmers in Limpopo province, South Africa. Journal of Tropical Animal Health and Production, 51:555-563. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-018-1724-2.
  • Tsotetsi-Khambule, A.M., Njiro, S., Katsande, T.C., Harrison, L.J.S., 2018. Risk Factors Associated with Taeniosis-Cysticercosis In Rural Farming Communities In Gauteng Province, South Africa. Journal of Tropical Animal Health and Production, 50: 1951-1955. DOI: 10.1007/s11250-018-1627-2. 
  • Tsotetsi-Khambule, A.M., Njiro, S., Katsande, T.C., O.M.M. Thekisoe, Harrison, L.J.S., 2017. Sero-prevalence of Taenia spp. infections in cattle and pigs in rural communities in Free State and Gauteng provinces, South Africa. Acta Tropica, 172: 91-96.
  • Mphahlele, M., Tsotetsi-Khambule, A.M., Shai, L.J., Luseba, D., 2016. In vitro anthelmintic activity of aqueous extracts of five medicinal plant against eggs and the infective stage of Haemonchus contortus. Livestock Research for Rural Development. Volume 28, Article #225. http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd28/12/luse28225.html.
  • Malatje, D.P., Tsotetsi, A.M., van Marle-Koster, E., Muchadeyi, F.C., 2016. A description of village chicken production systems and prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites: Case studies in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 83(1), a968. http://dx.doi. org/10.4102/ojvr.v83i1.968.
  • Malatje, D.P., Tsotetsi, A.M., van Marle-Koster, E., Muchadeyi, F.C., 2016. Population genetic structure of Ascaridia galli of extensively raised chickens of South Africa. Veterinary Parasitology, 216: 89-92.
  • Motholo, Lisemelo F.,  Tsotetsi, Ana M.,  Nkhebenyane, Jane S.,  Mokoatsi, Teboho E. Thekisoe, Oriel M.M., 2015. Assessment of water quality and documentation of macro- and micro-invertebrates of in dams and rivers of Qwa-qwa, South Africa. The 7th International Toxicology Symposium in Africa. 31 August 2015. Johannesburg, South Africa. Page: 22-23. ISBN - 978-0-620-66117-7.
  • Mtshali, Phillip Senzo, Tsotetsi, Ana, Thekisoe, Oriel M.M., Mtshali, Moses Sibusiso, 2014. Nested PCR-based detection of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina infections in cattle from Gauteng Province, South Africa. The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 76 (1): 145-150.
  • Tsotetsi, A.M., Njiro, S., Katsande, T.C., Moyo, G., Baloyi, F. and Mpofu, J., 2013. Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths and anthelmintic resistance in the small-scale farms in the Gauteng Province, South Africa. Journal of Tropical Animal Health and Production, 45:751–76. DOI 10.1007/s11250-012-0825-z.
  • Molefe, N.I., Tsotetsi, A.M., Ashafa, A.O.T., Thekisoe O. M.M., 2013.  In vitro anthelmintic activity of Cotyledon orbiculata, Hermannia depressa and Nicotiana glauca against parasitic gastrointestinal nematodes of livestock. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 7(9): 536-542.
  • Molefe, N.I., Tsotetsi, A.M., Ashafa, A.O.T., Thekisoe O. M.M., 2012.  In vitro anthelmintic effects of Artemisia afra and Mentha longifolia against parasitic gastrointestinal nematodes of livestock. A journal of the Bangladesh Pharmacological Society, 7:157-163.
  • Njiro, S.M. Kidenamariam, A.G., Tsotetsi, A.M., Katsande, T.C., Mnisi, M., Lubisi, B.A., Potts, A.D., Baloyi, F., Moyo, G., Mpofu, J., Kalake, A. and Williams, R., 2011. A study of some infectious causes of reproductive disorders in cattle owned by resource-poor farmers in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Journal of South African Veterinary Association, 82 (4): 213-218.
  • Tsotetsi A.M., Avenant-Oldewage A. and Mashego S.N., 2005. Aspects of the pathology of Lamproglena clariae (Copepoda: Lernaeidae) from the Vaal River System, South Africa. African Zoology, 40 (2): 169-178.
  • Tsotetsi A.M., Avenant-Oldewage A. and Mashego S.N., 2004. Aspects of the ecology of Lamproglena clariae from the Vaal River System, South Africa. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 24 (4): 529-536. 
  • Tsotetsi A.M. and Mbati P.A., 2003. Parasitic helminths of veterinary importance in cattle, sheep and goats on communal farms in the north-eastern Free State, South Africa. Journal of South African Veterinary Association, 74 (2): 45-48.
  • Mtshali M.S., Mbati P.A., Tsotetsi A.M. and De Waal T., 2001. A sero-epidemiological survey of parasites in cattle in the north-eastern Free State. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 72(2):109.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7398-1741