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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...