Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a transboundary animal disease that has a major impact on livestock production and trade. Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is a single-stranded RNA virus that infects cloven-hoofed livestock ...

Wild animals are commonly captured for conservation, research, and wildlife management purposes. However, capture is associated with a high risk of morbidity or mortality. Capture-induced hyperthermia is a commonly encountered ...

One of the primary sources of perceived stress is the social environment of an animal and the interactions with conspecifics. An essential component of the response to a stressor is the activation of the hypothalamic–pit ...

The objective of our study was identification and molecular characterisation of piroplasms and rickettsias occurring in brown (Parahyaena brunnea) and spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) from various localities in Namibia ...

For various reasons, Southern Africa may be considered the playground as well as the thinking tank for many theories and practices in the natural resources management field. History has contributed to reshape conservation ...