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Browsing Veterinary Science by Type "Preprint Article"
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(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)The electric stunner (e-stunner) is commonly used to handle Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) on commercial farms in South Africa, but while it seems to improve handling and safety for the keepers, no information ...
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(The Royal Society, 2019-11)Please read abstract in the article.
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-03)Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are commonly used to evaluate dogs with thoracolumbar myelopathy; however, relative diagnostic sensitivities for these two modalities have not been previously ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-11)Pansteatitis has been identified in wild populations of sharptooth catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell), and Nile crocodiles, Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti, inhabiting the same waters in the Olifants River Gorge in ...
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(Magnolia Press, 2015-12)Rumen contents were collected from ten adult female blesbok, five from a mine area with only acid drinking water available and five from a control group consuming normal, non-polluted drinking water. The mean concentration ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-11)Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) has been shown to be the main causative agent of tuberculosis in elephants worldwide. M. tb may be transmitted from infected humans to other species including elephants and vice versa, ...
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(Wiley, 2014-07)Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging characteristics are commonly used to help predict intracranial disease categories in dogs, however, few large studies have objectively evaluated these characteristics. The purpose of this ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-05)Lung ultrasound is superior to lung auscultation and supine chest radiography for many respiratory conditions in human patients. Ultrasound diagnoses are based on easily learned patterns of sonographic findings and artifacts ...
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Immune response at a vaccine-challenge study using beagle dogs and locally isolated Leptospira spp (Elsevier, 2023-01)Determination of the immune response of dogs by measuring the antibody levels (utilizing MAT) and levels of cytokines (TNF-α, IL-4 and IFN-γ) post-vaccination with locally produced killed whole-celled Leptospiral vaccine ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-01)The morphology of Kupffer cells was examined in the liver of the juvenile Nile crocodile using light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Pleomorphic Kupffer cells were located in the sinusoids, in the space ...
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(Wiley- Blackwell, 2013-05)OBJECTIVE : To describe laparoscopic ovariectomy and salpingectomy in the African lioness (Panthera leo). STUDY DESIGN : Descriptive clinical study. ANIMALS : Female lions (n = 16). METHODS : Lionesses were randomly ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-01)Culicoides species of the Obsoletus group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are potential vectors of the bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV 8) that was introduced into central Western Europe in 2006. A major difficulty encountered ...
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(Elsevier, 2022-02)Throughout South Asia, cattle are regularly treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and their carcasses are left for scavengers to consume. Residues of the NSAID diclofenac in cattle carcasses caused ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-06)In family Lemuridae, anatomical variations exist. Considering its conservation status (near threatened) and presence of similarities between strepsirrhines and primitive animals, it was thought to be beneficial to describe ...
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(CSIRO Publishing, 2020-02)CONTEXT : Wildlife tourism has been shown to increase stress in a variety of species and can negatively affect individuals’ survival, reproduction, welfare, and behaviour. In African elephants Loxodonta africana increased ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014-06)BACKGROUND : The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a quadruped arboreal primate primarily distributed in south and south-western Madagascar. This study was carried out to describe the normal radiographic thoracic ...
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(Brill Academic Publishers, 2020-04)Adult Mantispidae are general predators of arthropods equipped with raptorial forelegs. The three larval instars display varying degrees of hypermetamorphic ontogeny. The larval stages exhibit a remarkable life history ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-07)REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY: Sudden death adversely affects racehorse welfare, jockey safety and the public perception of horseracing. OBJECTIVE: To describe the risk of racing-associated sudden death in Thoroughbred ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-04)The objectives of this work were to determine the site of persistence of lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) in bulls shedding the virus in semen for a period longer than 28 days, to determine if the virus is present in all ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-07)Large numbers of adult Nile crocodiles, Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti), died from pansteatitis during autumn and winter 2008 in the lower Letaba and Olifants River gorge in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. ...
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