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Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies: Recent submissions
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(Elsevier, 2021-03)Please read abstract in the article.
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(Public Library of Science, 2022-01-25)BACKGROND : Rabies is a viral zoonotic disease that kills more than 26,000 people each year in Africa. In Mozambique, poverty and inadequate surveillance result in gross underreporting and ineffective control of the ...
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South Africa’s private wildlife ranches protect globally significant populations of wild ungulates (Springer, 2021-11)Reversing biodiversity loss is a global imperative that requires setting aside sufficient space for species. In South Africa, an estimated area of 20 million ha is under wildlife ranching, a form of private land enterprise ...
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(Elsevier, 2021-03)The two black rhinoceros subspecies (Diceros bicornis bicornis and D. b. minor) in South African conservation areas are managed as separate metapopulations. Since infection with Babesia bicornis can be fatal in black ...
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(BioMed Central, 2021-11-26)In South Africa, the prevalence of cattle handler exposure to Brucella on cattle farms is unknown and risk factors and cattle symptoms associated with infected cattle herds are unavailable. To address this gap, a ...
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(MDPI, 2021-11-14)Brucellosis in humans is under-detected and underreported in sub-Saharan Africa. Risk factors associated with Brucella infection and health seeking behaviour in response to brucellosis-like symptoms, amongst cattle farm ...
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(Wiley, 2021-07)BACKGROUND : Opioid-induced respiratory compromise remains a significant challenge in etorphine-immobilised wildlife. Serotonergic agonists offer a potential avenue for preventing or treating opioid-induced respiratory ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2021-06-24)Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a slow growing but locally invasive neoplasm, most commonly caused by prolonged exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Whilst SCC accounts for 15% of skin tumours in domesticated ...
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(Wiley, 2021-09)Congenital peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia was diagnosed in a 2-week-old sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) calf with subsequent fatal acute heart failure. Histopathological examination of the lung, liver and ...
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(Wiley, 2022-12)No abstract available.
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(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2022)Most vulture species worldwide are in decline and of conservation concern. Despite the growing attention to vultures, relatively few studies have focused on their breeding behaviour. Understanding all aspects of a species’ ...
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(MDPI, 2022-04)Infectious pneumonia associated with the bacterial pathogen Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae is an impediment to bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) population recovery throughout western North America, yet the full range of M. ...
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Absence of 2899C<T mutation in the WNK4 gene in a free-ranging lion (Panthera leo) with polymyopathy (MDPI, 2022-02)Polyphasic skeletal muscle degeneration, necrosis and mineralization of skeletal muscle was diagnosed in eight juvenile free-ranging lions (Panthera leo), from five different litters in the Greater Kruger National Park ...
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(Wiley, 2022-12)The pangolin (Manidae family) is the world's most trafficked animal, yet very little is known about its physiology and metabolism primarily due to its inconspicuous and solitary nature. Skeletal muscle samples from the ...
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(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2021)In South Africa, blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) are routinely captured for relocation purposes. To monitor the stress caused by this practise, a non-invasive method assessing adrenocortical function as a measure ...
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(Nature Research, 2021)This study aimed to consolidate current knowledge of wildlife brucellosis in Africa and to analyse available predictors of infection. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta analyses guidelines were ...
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Collaboration for conservation : assessing countrywide carnivore occupancy dynamics from sparse data (Wiley, 2022-05)AIM : Assessing the distribution and persistence of species across their range is a crucial component of wildlife conservation. It demands data at adequate spatial scales and over extended periods of time, which may only ...
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(Company of Biologists, 2021-02)Mammals in drylands are facing not only increasing heat loads but also reduced water and food availability as a result of climate change. Insufficient water results in suppression of evaporative cooling and therefore ...
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(AOSIS, 2021-08-24)Chemical immobilisation is essential for veterinarians to perform medical procedures in wild African ungulates. Potent opioids combined with neuroleptic drugs are most often used for this purpose. The present study aimed ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2021-06)Etorphine–azaperone is the most commonly used drug combination for chemical immobilisation of free-ranging white rhinoceroses, but causes several profound physiological disturbances, including muscle tremors. The addition ...
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