• Ketamine-butorphanol-medetomidine for the immobilisation of free-living hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) 

  Roug, Annette; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Netshitavhadulu, L.; Leiberich, Marion; Buss, Peter Erik (Medpharm Publications, 2024-03)

  Free-ranging spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) are immobilised for a variety of purposes, including wildlife-human conflict mitigation, research, and veterinary treatment. Combinations of tiletamine-zolazepam (Zoletil) and ...
• Comparison of the immobilisation and cardiorespiratory effects of thiafentanil-azaperone versus thiafentanil-medetomidine-azaperone in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) 

  Faber, Vanessa; Burroughs, Richard E.J.; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Hansen, H.J.; Gerber, D.; Koeppel, Katja Natalie (Medpharm Publications, 2024-03)

  African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) are frequently immobilised for veterinary interventions, disease screening and translocations. Concerns over user and animal safety, costs, and irregularities in opioid supply, have led ...
• Animal rabies in Mozambique : a retrospective study with focus on dog rabies and vaccination coverage 

  Bilaide, S.; Nicolau, Q.; Mapaco, L.; Rodrigues, F.; Pondja Junior, A.; Deve, J.; Sabeta, Claude Taurai; Bauhofer, A.; Chilundo, A.; Fafetine, J.; Abernethy, D.A. (Darrell); Mapatse, M. (Medpharm Publications, 2024-10)

  Rabies, a highly preventable zoonotic disease, remains a major public health problem in Mozambique with approximately 50 human fatalities per annum due to dog-mediated rabies. This study analysed animal rabies cases and ...
• Cutaneous plasmacytoma with systemic metastases in a Cape serotine bat (Laephotis capensis) 

  Van der Weyden, Louise; Avenant, Alida; O'Dell, Nicolize (MDPI, 2024-02-05)

  Despite their relatively long life-spans, reports of neoplasia in bats are rare and are limited to a handful of cases. In this report, we describe a 2-year-old female wild Cape serotine bat (Laephotis capensis) that had ...
• The recolonisation of the Piketberg leopard population : a model for human-wildlife coexistence in a changing landscape 

  McManus, J.S.; Smit, Albertus J.; Faraut, Lauriane; Couldridge, Vanessa; Van Deventer, Jaco; Samuels, Igshaan; Devens, C.H. (Carolyn); Smuts, Bool (MDPI, 2024-06)

  Important metapopulation dynamics are disrupted by factors such as habitat loss, climate change, and human-induced mortality, culminating in isolated wildlife populations and threatening species survival. Source populations, ...
• A portable fluid administration system for prolonged intravenous fluid administration in subadult and adult white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) 

  Leiberich, Marion; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Van Heerden, Bill; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (Wiley, 2024)

  While translocations of white rhinoceroses have become an important conservation tool, dehydration during long-distance transports has been identified as a welfare concern. Intravenous (iv) fluid administration might ...
• Spatial patterns of large African cats : a large-scale study on density, home range size, and home range overlap of lions Panthera leo and leopards Panthera pardus 

  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 ...
• Life-history and genetic relationships in cooperatively breeding dwarf mongoose groups 

  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 ...
• Case Report : cutaneous melanocytic schwannoma with concomitant melanocytoma in a canine 

  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 ...
• Reliability, clinical performance and trending ability of a pulse oximeter and pulse co-oximeter, in monitoring blood oxygenation, at two measurement sites, in immobilised white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) 

  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 ...
• Orthognathic surgery to improve malocclusion in a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) 

  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 ...
• Speculating on transverse grooves in African elephant tusks 

  Parker, Ian S.C.; Theleste, Erwan; Steenkamp, Gerhardus (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 2023-10)

  No abstract available.
• Blood flow rates to leg bones of extinct birds indicate high levels of cursorial locomotion 

  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 ...
• Left ventricular trabeculation in Hominidae : divergence of the human cardiac phenotype 

  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 ...
• Characterization of mosquito host-biting networks of potential Rift Valley fever virus vectors in north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa 

  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 ...
• Global retrospective review of severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS CO-2 infections in nondomestic felids : March 2020-February 2021 

  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 ...
• Efficacy and safety of three different opioid-based immobilisation combinations in blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) 

  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 ...
• A retrospective review of the histopathology of captive hornbill chicks 

  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 ...
• Chemical immobilisation of lions : weighing up drug effectiveness versus clinical effects 

  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 ...
• Cutaneous apocrine gland neoplasia in 16 captive African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) 

  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 ...

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