Associate Professor
Prof. T. Hove
DPhil (UZ), MVSc (Edinburgh) DVM (Granma, Cuba)
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Areas of Specialization: Veterinary Parasitology (Protozoology and acarology)
Research Interests: Ticks and tick-borne pathogens and cyst-forming coccidia
Profile
Professor Thokozani Hove graduated with a DPhil degree from the FVS, UZ in 2004. Prof. Hove graduated from Bayamo Cuba in 1987. She worked for Government Veterinary Services for six years, five of which were spent in the Protozoology section at the CVL where she gained vast experience on epidemiology and control of tick and tick-borne disease infections affecting animals in Zimbabwe and the region. Whilst at CVL, she also obtained an MSc in Tropical Veterinary Science with the University of Edinburgh (1990). In October 1994, she joined UZ as a Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology where she has researched widely on parasitic infections of animals in Zimbabwe. She has also served as Chairperson of Department, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, and has gained ample knowledge on Veterinary Training at tertiary level over the years. Professor Thokozani Hove has so far published 30 peer-reviewed journal articles mainly in the field of Veterinary Parasitology.
Research Publications
1. Madzimure J, Nyahangare ET, Hamudikuwanda H, Hove T, Belmain SR, Stevenson PC, Mvumi BM (2013). Efficacy of Strychnos spinosa and Solanum incum (L) aqueous fruit extracts against cattle ticks. Tropical animal Health and Production, 45(6): 1341-1347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11250-013-0367-6
2. Caron A, Miguel E, Gomo C, Makaya P, Pfukenyi DM, Foggin C, Hove T, de Garine-Wichatitsky M (2013). Relationship between burden of infection in ungulate populations and wildlife/livestock interfaces. Epidemiology and Infection, 141(7): 1522-1535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268813000204
3. Nyahangare ET, Hove T, Mvumi BM, Hamudikuwanda H, Belmain SR, Madzimure J, Stevenson PC (2012). Acute mammalian toxicity of four pesticidal plants. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 6(13): 2674-2680, http://www.academicjournals.org/JMPRhttp://www.academicjournals.org/JMPR. DOI:10.5897/JMPR11.1767
4. Latif AA, Hove T (2011). History and critical review of the Theileria parva (Boleni), the vaccine stock against Zimbabwean cattle theileriosis. Tick Borne Diseases, 2:163-167
5. Madzimure J, Nyahangare ET, Hamudikuwanda H, Hove T, Stevenson P C, Belmain SR, Mvumi BM (2011). Acaricidal efficacy against cattle ticks and acute oral toxicity of Lippia javanica (Burm F.) Spreng. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 43: 481-489
6. Mukaratirwa S, Hove T (2009). A survey of ectoparasites, cestodes and management of free-range indigenous chickens in rural Zimbabwe. Journal of the South Africa Veterinary Association, 80(3): 188-191
7. Hove T, Mukandi R, Bere M, Horak IG, Latif AA (2008). Ixodid ticks infesting domestic goats in communal land areas of Zimbabwe. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 79(3): 116-120
8. Chikwati E, Mukaratirwa S, Hove T (2005). An outbreak of white sport disease (Ichthyophthirus multifilis) in ornamental fish. Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa, 53(4): 282-284
9. Hove T, Lind P, Mukaratirwa S Pathogenicity of the Zimbabwean Toxoplasma gondii isolate in BALB/c mice
10. Mukaratirwa S, Hove T, Cindzi ZM, Maononga DB, Taruvinga M, Matenga E (2005). First report of the oriental eye-fluke, Philophthalmus gralli (Mathis and Leger 1910), in commercially-reared ostriches (Struthio camelus) in Zimbabwe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 72: 203-206
11. Hove T, Lind P, Mukaratirwa S (2005). Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in goats and sheep in Zimbabwe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 72: 267-272
12. Hove T, Lind P, Mukaratirwa S (2005). Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic pigs reared under different management systems in Zimbabwe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 72: 231-237
13. Hove T, Lind P, Mukaratirwa S (2005). Preliminary characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from Zimbabwe, with stage-specific monoclonal antibodies. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 99 (4): 1-4
14. Hove T, Mukaratirwa S (2005). Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in farm-reared ostriches and wild game species from Zimbabwe. Acta Tropica, 94(1): 49-53
15. Kakono O, Hove T, Geysen D, Mahan S (2003). Detection of antibodies to the Ehrlichia ruminantium MAP1-B antigen in goat sera from three communal land areas of Zimbabwe by an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 70(3): 243-249
16. Hove T, Mukaratirwa S (2002). Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii in a pig from a local abattoir in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Veterinary Journal, 33(2): 79-83
17. Latif AA, Hove T, Kanhai GK, Masaka S (2002). Buffalo-associated Theileria parva: the risk to cattle of buffalo translocation into the Highveld of Zimbabwe. Annals of the New York Academy Sciences, 969: 275-279
18. Permin A, Esmann JB, Hoj CH, Hove T, Mukaratirwa S (2002). Ecto-, endo- and haemoparasites in free-range chickens in the Goromonzi District in Zimbabwe. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 54(3): 213-224
19. Latif AA, Hove T, Kanhai GK, Masaka S (2001). Laboratory and field investigations into the Theileria parva carrier-state in cattle in Zimbabwe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 68(3): 203-208
20. Latif AA, Hove T, Kanhai GK, Masaka S. (2001). Exposure of cattle immunized with different stocks of Theileria parva to buffalo-associated Theileria challenge on two game parks in Zimbabwe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 68(3): 197-201
21. Latif AA, Hove T, Kanhai GK, Masaka S, Pegram RG (2001). Epidemiological observations of Zimbabwean theileriosis: disease incidence and pathogenicity in susceptible cattle during Rhipicephalus appendiculatus nymphal and adult seasonal activity. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 68(3): 187-195
22. Mukaratirwa S, Hove T, Esmann JB, Hoj CJ, Permin A, Nansen P (2001). A survey of parasitic nematode infections of chickens in rural Zimbabwe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 68(3): 183-186
23. Hove T, Dubey JP (1999). Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in sera of domestic pigs and some wild game species from Zimbabwe. Journal of Parasitology, 85(2): 372-373
24. Hove T, Sithole N, Munodzana D, Masaka S (1998). Isolation and characterization of a Babesia species from Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi ticks picked off a sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) which died of acute babesiosis. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 65(2): 75-80
25. Mukaratirwa S, Hove T, Kyvsgaard N (1998). An abattoir survey of fluctuations of adults and larval stages of Haemonchus contortus in sheep in Zimbabwe. Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa, 45: 165-168
26. Mukaratirwa S, Charakupa R, Hove T (1997). A survey of anthelmintic resistance on ten sheep farms in Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 68(4): 140-143
27. Kanhai GK, Pegram RG, Hargreaves SK, Hove T, Dolan TT (1997). Immunization of cattle in Zimbabwe using Theileria parva (Boleni) without concurrent tetracycline therapy. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 29(2): 92-98
28. Pegram RG, James AD, Bamhare C, Dolan TT, Hove T, Kanhai GK, Latif AA (1996). Effects of immunization against Theileria parva on beef cattle productivity and economics of control options. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 28(1): 99-111
29. Hove T, Musisi FL, Kanhai GK, Latif A, Masaka S, Munatswa FC, Pegram RG, Kamwendo SP, Quiroga JC, Mwangondwe R (1995). Challenge of Theileria parva (Boleni) immunized cattle with selected east African Theileria stocks. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 27(4): 202-210
30. Bishop RP, Spooner PR, Kanhai GK, Kiarie J, Latif AA, Hove T, Masaka S, Dolan TT (1994). Molecular characterization of Theileria parasites: application to the epidemiology of theileriosis in Zimbabwe. Parasitology, 109 (Pt 5): 573-581