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Browsing Research Articles (Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies) by Title
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Dalton, Desiré L.; Pretorius, Chantelle; de Klerk-Lorist, Lin-Mari; Reininghaus, Bjorn; Buss, Peter Erik; Mitchell, Emily P.
(MDPI, 2022-02)
Polyphasic skeletal muscle degeneration, necrosis and mineralization of skeletal muscle
was diagnosed in eight juvenile free-ranging lions (Panthera leo), from five different litters in the
Greater Kruger National Park ...
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Koster, Liza Sally; Schoeman, Johan P.; Meltzer, David George Anton
(South African Veterinary Association, 2007-09)
Please refer to abstract in article
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Taylor, William Andrew; Skinner, J.D. (John Dawson), 1932-; Krecek, R.C.
(Blackwell, 2006-11)
Behavioural observations were carried out on grey rhebok and mountain reedbuck at Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve, South Africa, for a period of 1 year between May 2001 and April 2002. Four harem herds of grey rhebok, five ...
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Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Cray, Carolyn
(Wiley, 2023-02)
Applications for acute phase reactants (APRs) in nondomesticated mammals include identifying inflammatory disease, monitoring the course of specific disease processes and recovery during rehabilitation, detecting preclinical ...
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Wolf, Tanja Esther; Schaebs, F.S.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Burroughs, Richard E.J.; Ganswindt, Andre
(Elsevier, 2018-01)
In many mammal species, androgen levels in males are elevated during periods of mating activity, often to facilitate aggressive behavior between males over access to fertile females. However, this pattern might be less ...
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Mitchell, Graham; Skinner, J.D. (John Dawson), 1932-
(Elsevier, 2009-12)
There has been co-evolution of a long neck and high blood pressure in giraffes. How the cardiovascular
system (CVS) has adapted to produce a high blood pressure, and how it compares with other similar sized
mammals largely ...
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Bilaide, S.; Nicolau, Q.; Mapaco, L.; Rodrigues, F.; Pondja Junior, A.; Deve, J.; Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Bauhofer, A.; Chilundo, A.; Fafetine, J.; Abernethy, D.A. (Darrell); Mapatse, M.
(Medpharm Publications, 2024-10)
Rabies, a highly preventable zoonotic disease, remains a major public health problem in Mozambique with approximately 50
human fatalities per annum due to dog-mediated rabies. This study analysed animal rabies cases and ...
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Scheijen, Ciska P.J.; Van der Merwe, Sean; Ganswindt, Andre; Deacon, Francois
(MDPI, 2021-04)
Giraffes are an important tourist attraction, and human presence to wildlife is increasing.
This has an impact on an animal’s behavior and its endocrine correlates. Studies on other species
show alterations in movement ...
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Koeppel, Katja Natalie; Geertsma, Peter; Kuhn, Brian F.; Van Schalkwyk, Ockert Louis; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.)
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2022-02-10)
Rabies is a zoonotic disease that remains endemic in large parts of southern Africa because of
its persistence in wildlife and domestic dog vectors. The black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas)
is primarily the wildlife ...
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Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Cray, Carolyn; Steenkamp, Gerhardus; Buss, Peter Erik; Goddard, Amelia; Miller, Michele
(Frontiers Media, 2020-01-09)
Acute phase reactants (APRs) have not been investigated in white rhinoceros
(Ceratotherium simum). This study aimed to identify clinically useful APRs in this species.
Reference intervals (RIs) were generated for albumin, ...
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Zimmermann, David E.; Penzhorn, Barend Louis; Vorster, Ilse; Troskie, Milana; Oosthuizen, Marinda C.
(Elsevier, 2021-03)
The two black rhinoceros subspecies (Diceros bicornis bicornis and D. b. minor) in South African conservation areas are managed as separate metapopulations. Since infection with Babesia bicornis can be fatal in black ...
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Natusch, Daniel J.D.; Aust, Patrick W.; Khadiejah, Syarifah; Ithnin, Hartini; Isa, Ain; Zamzuri, Che Ku; Ganswindt, Andre; DeNardo, Dale F.
(Public Library of Science, 2020-10)
The use of carbon dioxide (CO2) exposure as a means of animal euthanasia has received
considerable attention in mammals and birds but remains virtually untested in reptiles. We
measured the behavioral responses of four ...
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Manlove, Kezia R.; Roug, Annette; Sinclair, Kylie; Ricci, Lauren E.; Hersey, Kent R.; Martinez, Cameron; Martinez, Michael A.; Mower, Kerry; Ortega, Talisa; Rominger, Eric; Ruhl, Caitlin; Tatman, Nicole; Taylor, Jace
(Wiley Open Access, 2022-07)
Ecological context—the biotic and abiotic environment, along with its influence on
population mixing dynamics and individual susceptibility—is thought to have major
bearing on epidemic outcomes. However, direct comparisons ...
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Viljoen, S.; O'Riain, M.J.; Penzhorn, Barend Louis; Drouilly, M.; Vorster, Ilse; Bishop, J.M.
(Elsevier, 2021-04)
Despite the importance of disease as a wildlife management challenge in South Africa, baseline data on the epidemiology of pathogens occurring in free-ranging species has received little attention to date. Black-backed ...
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Hu, Qiaohui; Seymour, Roger S.; Snelling, Edward P.; Wells, Rod T.
(Springer, 2024-01)
The stocky skeletons and post-cranial anatomy of many extinct kangaroos indicate that they might have engaged in varied locomotor behaviors, rather than bipedal hopping, as their primary mode of locomotion. This study ...
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Hu, Qiaohui; Miller, Case Vincent; Snelling, Edward P.; Seymour, Roger S.
(Cambridge University Press, 2023-11)
Foramina of bones are beginning to yield more information about metabolic rates and activity
levels of living and extinct species. This study investigates the relationship between estimated blood flow
rate to the femur ...
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Mitchell, Graham; Van Sittert, Sybrand J.; Roberts, D.G. (David); Mitchell, Duncan
(Elsevier, 2017-10)
One of several hypotheses for the evolution of the shape of giraffes is that it evolved to maximize heat loss via a high surface area to mass ratio. We calculated the surface area (SA) of the head, neck, trunk and upper ...
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Govindasamy, K.; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Harris, Bernice Nerine; Rossouw, Jennifer; Abernethy, D.A. (Darrell); Etter, Eric Marcel Charles
(BioMed Central, 2021-11-26)
In South Africa, the prevalence of cattle handler exposure to Brucella on cattle farms is
unknown and risk factors and cattle symptoms associated with infected cattle herds are unavailable.
To address this gap, a ...
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Simpson, Gregory J.G.; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Saegerman, Claude; Marcotty, Tanguy; Letesson, Jean‑Jacques; De Bolle, Xavier; Godfroid, Jacques
(Nature Research, 2021)
This study aimed to consolidate current knowledge of wildlife brucellosis in Africa and to analyse available predictors of infection. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta analyses guidelines were ...
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Haw, Anna; Hofmeyr, Markus; Fuller, Andrea; Buss, Peter Erik; Miller, Michele; Fleming, Gregory; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney
(BioMed Central, 2014-10)
BACKGROUND : Opioid-induced immobilization is associated with severe respiratory depression in the white rhinoceros.
We evaluated the efficacy of butorphanol and oxygen insufflation in alleviating opioid-induced respiratory ...