The mode frequencies of a weakly interacting Bose gas in a magnetic trap ar
e studied as a function of the anisotropy of the trap. As in earlier works,
the generalized Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov equations within the Popov approxi
mation are used for our calculations. A feature of our work is the combined
use of a mode expansion in a finite basis and a semiclassical approximatio
n of the highly excited states. The results are applied to check the accura
cy of the recently suggested equivalent zero temperature condensate approxi
mation, which involves a much simpler model. [S1050-2947(99)00105-5].