The cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, is classified as “vulnerable” on the IUCN red list of threatened species. With declining population numbers in the wild, conservation efforts have focused on captive breeding and investigating ...

Rabies is an acute, fatal, progressive, incurable viral encephalitis affecting all warm-blooded animals, including humans. Dogs are the primary reservoir of rabies virus (RABV) in Africa for both humans and animals. Although ...

African horsesickness (AHS) is a highly fatal arthropod-transmitted viral disease affecting mainly equids. Dogs are known to contract fatal AHS by ingestion to AHS-infected horse meat. At the Section of Pathology, Department ...

The spleen is the largest secondary lymphoid organ in the body and therefore not only does it perform many hematopoietic functions but it also mounts an immunological response to blood-borne antigens. Malaria and babesiosis, ...