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Research Articles (Production Animal Studies): Recent submissions
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(MedPharm Publications, 2023-02)Four healthy, male, adult African lions (Panthera leo) were presented for vasectomy, which was performed for management purposes. After immobilisation with medetomidine and tiletamine/zolazepam the lions were intubated ...
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(MedPharm Publications, 2023-02)BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : Captive rearing of chicks can be crucial to the success of management plans for endangered species of birds. This study was conducted to document lesions of hornbill chicks to provide information ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2023-02)Selection of an effective drug combination to immobilise African lions (Panthera leo) requires balancing immobilisation effectiveness with potential side effects. We compared the immobilisation effectiveness and changes ...
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(Springer, 2023-03)The leopard (Panthera pardus) is facing the threat of continued population decline across its range. In order to inform more effective conservation management programs, genetic information is needed from leopard populations ...
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(Wiley, 2024-03)Village poultry plays a vital role in providing essential nutrition and income for rural communities in Africa. In this context, poultry are often traded through live bird markets (LBMs), which serve as central trading ...
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(CSIRO Publishing, 2024-02)CONTEXT : Mitigating financial risk in the feedlot environment is an ongoing occurrence, and good production is a key risk mitigator. However, production protocols are based on historic averages because of the inability ...
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(MDPI, 2024-01-01)African swine fever (ASF) is a haemorrhagic fever of swine that severely constrains pig production, globally. In Uganda, at least 388 outbreaks of ASF were documented from 2001 to 2012. We undertook a retrospective ...
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(Elsevier, 2024-09)INTRODUCTION : Tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) constitute an emerging threat to public and animal health especially in the African continent, where land-use change, and wildlife loss are creating new opportunities for disease ...
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(BioScientifica, 2023-07-03)Recent loss of rhinoceros subspecies has renewed interest in using more advanced assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in rhinoceroses and elephants. Currently, only semen collection, semen preservation and artificial ...
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(CSIRO Publishing, 2024-01)Globally, African savanna elephants have been assessed as ‘endangered’. Consequently, additional threats and losses due to human–elephant conflict (HEC) could further exacerbate the species’ decline. In stark contrast, ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2023-07-05)INTRODUCTION : Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Gallinarum biovar Gallinarum (SG) is associated with fowl typhoid fever, and the attenuated rough strain SG9R is widely used as a vaccine in many regions. ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2023-04-26)Q fever in animals and humans and its economic and public health significance has been widely reported worldwide but in South Africa. There are few studies on the prevalence of this zoonosis and its associated risk factors ...
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(CSIRO Publishing, 2023-01)CONTEXT : The conservation of the Endangered African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) poses a major challenge to conservationists because outside the boundaries of protected areas, wild dogs are prone to conflict with farmers. ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2023-02)Newcastle disease (ND) is a highly contagious viral respiratory and neurological disease that has a severe impact on poultry production worldwide. In the present study, an expression platform was established for the ...
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(MDPI, 2023-02)Please read abstract in article.
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(Elsevier, 2024-05)Foot-and-mouth disease is a controlled disease in accordance with the South African Animal Diseases Act (Act 35 of 1984). The country was classified by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) as having a FMD free ...
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(MDPI, 2023-01)The presence of zoonotic diseases adversely affects livestock production and farmers’ livelihood in communal areas. A lack of awareness about zoonotic diseases among rural farmers results in economic losses and health ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2023-01)Free-living lions (12 per group) were immobilized with tiletamine-zolazepam-medetomidine (TZM), ketamine-medetomidine (KM), or ketamine-butorphanol-medetomidine (KBM). During immobilization, respiratory, blood gas and ...
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(Springer Nature, 2023-12)Newcastle disease (ND) is among the most important poultry diseases worldwide. It is the major threat to poultry production in Africa and causes major economic losses for both local and commercial chickens. To date, half ...
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(American Society for Microbiology, 2024-03)Rift Valley Fever phlebovirus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic pathogen that causes major agricultural and public health problems in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is considered a potential agro-bioterrorism agent ...
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