Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies

Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies

Recent Submissions

  • NAms, Vilis; Parker, Dan M.; Weise, Florian Johannes; Patterson, Bruce D.; Buij, Ralph; Wageningen, P.B.; Radloff, Frans G.T.; Vanak Ashoka, Abi Tamim; Tumenta, Pricelia N.; Hayward, Matt W.; Swanepoel, Lourens H.; Funston, Paul J.; Bauer, Hans; Power, R. John; O'Brien, John; O'Brien, Timothy G.; Tambling, Craig; DeIongh, Hans H.; Ferreira, Sam M.; Owen‑Smith, Norman; Cain, James W.; Fattebert, Julien; Croes, Barbra M.; Spong, Goran F.; Loveridge, Andrew J.; Houser, Ann Marie; Golabek, Krytyna A.; Begg, Colleen M.; Grant, Tanith; Trethoman, Paul; Musyoki, Charles; Menges, Vera; Creel, Scott; Balme, Guy A.; Pitman, Ross T.; Bissett, Charlene; Jenny, David; Schuette, Paul; Wilmers, Christopher C.; Hunter, Luke T.B.; Kinnaird, Margaret F.; Begg, Keith; Owen, Cailey R.; Steyn, Villiers; Bockmuehl, Dirk; Munro, Stuart J.; Mann, Gareth K.H.; DuPreez, Byron D.; Marker, Laurie L.; Huqa, Tuqa J.; Cozzi, Gabriele; Frank, Laurence G.; Nyoni, Phumuzile; Stein, Andrew B.; Kasiki, Samuel M.; MacDonald, David W.; Martins, Quinton, E.; VanVuuren, Rudie J.; Stratford, Ken; Bidner, Laura R.; Oriol-Cotteril, Alayne; Maputla, N.W. (Nakedi Walter); Maruping-Mzileni, Nkabeng; Parker, Tim; Van't Zelfde, Maarten; Isbell, Lynne A.; Beukes, Otto B.; Beukes, Maya (Wiley, 2023-04)
    1. Spatial patterns of and competition for resources by territorial carnivores are typically explained by two hypotheses: 1) the territorial defence hypothesis and 2) the searching efficiency hypothesis. 2. According ...
  • Arbon, Josh J.; Morris-Drake, Amy; Kern, Julie M.; Howell, Gabrielle M.K.; Wentzel, Jeanette Maria; Radford, Andrew N.; Nichols, Hazel J. (Royal Society, 2024-10)
    Cooperatively breeding societies show distinct interspecific variations in social and genetic organization. Long-term studies provide invaluable data to further our understanding of the evolution and maintenance of cooperative ...
  • Monakali, Olwam H.; O'Dell, Nicolize; Van der Weyden, Louise (F1000 Research Ltd, 2024-08)
    Schwannoma is a nerve sheath tumour arising from differentiated Schwann cells, and melanocytic schwannoma (MS) is a rare variant where the Schwan cells produce melanin pigment. MS is typically associated with spinal nerve ...
  • Mtetwa, Thembeka Kim; Snelling, Edward P.; Buss, Peter Erik; Donaldson, Ashleigh C.; Roug, Annette; Meyer, L.C.R. (Leith Carl Rodney) (BMC, 2024-07)
    BACKGROUND: Monitoring blood oxygenation is essential in immobilised rhinoceros, which are susceptible to opioid induced hypoxaemia. This study assessed the reliability, clinical performance and trending ability of the ...
  • Steenkamp, Gerhard; Hoogendijk, Christiaan Fritz; Ruiz, José Carlos Almansa; Koeppel, Katja Natalie (Wiley, 2024-03)
    Malocclusion is a common finding in both companion animals and humans due to dental or maxillofacial discrepancies. Treatment depends on the complications and the species it presents in. In humans, orthognathic surgery is ...
  • Parker, Ian S.C.; Theleste, Erwan; Steenkamp, Gerhardus (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 2023-10)
    No abstract available.
  • 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 ...
  • Curry, Bryony A.; Drane, Aimee L.; Atencia, Rebeca; Feltrer, Yedra; Calvi, Thalita; Milnes, Ellie L.; Moittie, Sophie; Weigold, Annika; Knauf-Witzens, Tobias; Sawung Kusuma, Arga; Howatson, Glyn; Palmer, Christopher; Stembridge, Mike R.; Gorzynski, John E.; Eves, Neil D.; Dawkins, Tony G.; Shave, Rob E. (Nature Research, 2024-06)
    Although the gross morphology of the heart is conserved across mammals, subtle interspecific variations exist in the cardiac phenotype, which may reflect evolutionary divergence among closely-related species. Here, we ...
  • Makhanthisa, Takalani Irene; Guarido, Milehna M.; Kemp, Alan; Weyer, Jacqueline; Rostal, Melinda K.; Karesh, William B.; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.) (BMC, 2024-08)
    BACKGROUND : Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a zoonotic mosquito-borne virus with serious implications for livestock health, human health, and the economy in Africa, and is suspected to be endemic in north-eastern ...
  • Bartlett, Susan L.; Koeppel, Katja Natalie; Cushing, Andrew C.; Bellon, Hugo Fernández; Almagro, Vanessa; Gyimesi, Zoltan S.; Thies, Tammy; Hard, Therese; Denitton, Daniel; Fox, Kami Z.; Vodicka, Roman; Wang, Leyi; Calle, Paul P. (American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, 2023)
    Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in nondomestic felids have been documented in North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Between March 2020 and February 2021, at nine ...
  • Roug, Annette; Smith, C.; Raath, J.P.; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Laubscher, L.L. (MedPharm Publications, 2023-02)
    African wildlife species are increasingly being immobilised with combinations of a low dose of potent opioids combined with medetomidine and azaperone. The physiological effects of these combinations in comparison to ...
  • Mitchell, Emily P.; Kemp, L .; Koeppel, Katja Natalie; Guiot, A.P. (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 ...
  • Donaldson, Ashleigh C.; Fuller, Andrea; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Buss, Peter Erik (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 ...
  • Mitchell, Emily P.; Henker, Melanie S.; Lemberger, Karin; Gohl, Christine; Majzoub-Altweck, Monir; Falkenau, Almuth; Caldwell, Peter; Chenet, Baptiste; Mosca, Marion; Pin, Didier; Denk, Daniela (Elsevier, 2023-11)
    This retrospective study documents the occurrence of single and multiple cutaneous apocrine gland tumours (CATs) on the dorsal midline of 16 captive African wild dogs (AWDs, Lycaon pictus) derived from 161 submissions ...
  • Cossu, Carlo Andrea; Cassini, R.; Bhoora, Raksha Vasantrai; Menandro, M.L.; Oosthuizen, Marinda; Collins, Nicola E.; Wentzel, Jeanette Maria; Quan, Melvyn; Fagir, Dina M.; Van Heerden, Henriette (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 ...
  • Delsink, Audrey; Van Altena, J.J.; Grobler, D.; Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan; Kirkpatrick, J.; Slotow, Rob (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2006-09)
    Populations of the African elephant, Loxodonta africana, are growing rapidly in southern Africa, to the extent that population control has become essential. The management option of translocation is no longer realistically ...
  • Haring, Ronja D.; Beverley, Grant; Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.); Taylor, Andrew; O'Dell, Jacques Henry (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. ...
  • Dolton, Haley R.; Jackson, Andrew L.; Deaville, Robert; Hall, Jackie; McManus, Gavin; Perkins, Matthew W.; Rolfe, Rebecca A.; Snelling, Edward P.; Houghton, Jonathan D.R.; Sims, David W.; Payne, Nicholas L. (Inter-Research Science Publisher, 2023-07-20)
    Few fast-swimming apex fishes are classified as ‘regional endotherms’, having evolved a relatively uncommon suite of traits (e.g. elevated body temperatures, centralised red muscle, and thick-walled hearts) thought to ...
  • Taylor, R.; Bennitt, E.; Fynn, R.; Korte, L.; Naidoo, R.; Roug, Annette; Cornelis, D. (Cambridge University Press, 2023-11)
    African buffalo herd size varies across their distribution range from as few as 5–10 in the rainforests of West and Central Africa to as many as 2000 individuals in the floodplains of eastern and southern Africa. The home ...
  • Makgabo, Sekgota Marcus; Brayton, Kelly A.; Oosthuizen, Marinda C.; Collins, Nicola E. (Elsevier, 2023)
    Organisms in the genus Anaplasma are obligate intracellular alphaproteobacteria. Bovine anaplasmosis, predominantly caused by Anaplasma marginale, is the most prevalent tick-borne disease (TBD) of cattle worldwide. Other ...

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