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  1. Effects of feeding <i>B. subtilis</i> and <i>B. licheniformis</i> on the growth and carcass characteristics of feedlot lambs

    Article • South African Journal of Animal Science, April 2026, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Prof Edward Cottington Webb, Dr Lieza Odendaal

  2. Immunohistochemical Detection of Foot‐and‐Mouth Disease Virus in Carrier African Buffalo ( Syncerus caffer )

    Article • Veterinary Medicine and Science, March 2026, Wiley

    Dr Lieza Odendaal

  3. Demonstrating persistence of foot-and-mouth disease virus in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) using BaseScope™ in situ hybridisation

    Article • Veterinary Research Communications, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lieza Odendaal

  4. Experimental Infection of Domestic Pigs (Sus scrofa) with Rift Valley Fever Virus

    Article • Viruses, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Lieza Odendaal

  5. Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of immunohistochemistry for the detection of rabies virus in domestic and wild animals in South Africa

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, February 2023, SAGE Publications

    Prof Claude Sabeta, Dr Lieza Odendaal

  6. Vaccination with Rift Valley fever virus live attenuated vaccine strain Smithburn caused meningoencephalitis in alpacas

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, May 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Lieza Odendaal

  7. Insights into the Pathogenesis of Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Based on Virus Tropism and Tissue Lesions of Natural Rift Valley Fever

    Article • Viruses, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Sally Davis, Dr Lieza Odendaal

  8. Retrospective phylogenetic analyses of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples from the 2011 Rift Valley fever outbreak in South Africa, through sequencing of targeted regions

    Article • Journal of Virological Methods, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Lieza Odendaal

  9. Ovine Fetal and Placental Lesions and Cellular Tropism in Natural Rift Valley Fever Virus Infections

    Article • Veterinary Pathology, September 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Lieza Odendaal

  10. Lesions and Cellular Tropism of Natural Rift Valley Fever Virus Infection in Young Lambs

    Article • Veterinary Pathology, December 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Lieza Odendaal, Anne Davis

  11. Rift Valley Fever Viral RNA Detection by In Situ Hybridization in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissues

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, July 2019, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Lieza Odendaal

  12. Rift Valley fever virus infects many cell types in sheep

    Article • Veterinary Pathology, October 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr Lieza Odendaal

  13. Mutation of adjacent cysteine residues in the NSs protein of Rift Valley fever virus results in loss of virulence in mice

    Article • Virus Research, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Lieza Odendaal

  14. Evaluation of positive Rift Valley fever virus formalin-fixed paraffin embedded samples as a source of sequence data for retrospective phylogenetic analysis

    Article • Journal of Virological Methods, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Lieza Odendaal

  15. Lack of Marburg Virus Transmission From Experimentally Infected to Susceptible In-Contact Egyptian Fruit Bats

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lieza Odendaal

  16. Sensitivity and specificity of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, histopathology, and immunohistochemical labeling for the detection of Rift Valley fever virus in naturally infected cattle and sheep

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, January 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Lieza Odendaal