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Browsing by Subject "Veterinary science articles SDG-15"

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  • Anthropogenic influences on distance traveled and vigilance behavior and stress-related endocrine correlates in free-roaming giraffes 
    Scheijen, Ciska P.J.; Van der Merwe, Sean; Ganswindt, Andre; Deacon, Francois (MDPI, 2021-04)
    Giraffes are an important tourist attraction, and human presence to wildlife is increasing. This has an impact on an animal’s behavior and its endocrine correlates. Studies on other species show alterations in movement ...
  • Assessment of the acute phase response in healthy and injured southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) 
    Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Cray, Carolyn; Steenkamp, Gerhardus; Buss, Peter Erik; Goddard, Amelia; Miller, Michele (Frontiers Media, 2020-01-09)
    Acute phase reactants (APRs) have not been investigated in white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). This study aimed to identify clinically useful APRs in this species. Reference intervals (RIs) were generated for albumin, ...
  • Bacterial enteritis in ostrich (Struthio Camelus) chicks in the Western Cape Province, South Africa 
    Keokilwe, L.; Olivier, A.; Burger, W.P.; Joubert, H.; Venter, Estelle Hildegard; Morar-Leather, Darshana (Oxford University Press, 2015-06)
    Ostrich (Struthio camelus) chicks less than 3 mo age are observed to experience a high mortality rate that is often associated with enteritis. This study was undertaken to investigate the infectious bacteria implicated ...
  • Behavioral and corticosterone responses to carbon dioxide exposure in reptiles 
    Natusch, Daniel J.D.; Aust, Patrick W.; Khadiejah, Syarifah; Ithnin, Hartini; Isa, Ain; Zamzuri, Che Ku; Ganswindt, Andre; DeNardo, Dale F. (Public Library of Science, 2020-10)
    The use of carbon dioxide (CO2) exposure as a means of animal euthanasia has received considerable attention in mammals and birds but remains virtually untested in reptiles. We measured the behavioral responses of four ...
  • Biodiversity baselines : tracking insects in Kruger National Park with DNA barcodes 
    D'Souza, Michelle L.; Van der Bank, Michelle; Shongwe, Zandisile; Rattray, Ryan D.; Stewart, Ross; Van Rooyen, Johandre; Govender, Danny; Hebert, Paul D.N. (Elsevier, 2021-04)
    Reflecting their species richness and ecological diversification, insects play a central role in terrestrial ecosystems but difficulties in species-level assignments have restricted large-scale analysis of their community ...
  • Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) from semi-arid rangelands in South Africa harbour Hepatozoon canis and a Theileria species but apparently not Babesia rossi 
    Viljoen, S.; O'Riain, M.J.; Penzhorn, Barend Louis; Drouilly, M.; Vorster, Ilse; Bishop, J.M. (Elsevier, 2021-04)
    Despite the importance of disease as a wildlife management challenge in South Africa, baseline data on the epidemiology of pathogens occurring in free-ranging species has received little attention to date. Black-backed ...
  • Body surface area and thermoregulation in giraffes 
    Mitchell, Graham; Van Sittert, Sybrand J.; Roberts, D.G. (David); Mitchell, Duncan (Elsevier, 2017-10)
    One of several hypotheses for the evolution of the shape of giraffes is that it evolved to maximize heat loss via a high surface area to mass ratio. We calculated the surface area (SA) of the head, neck, trunk and upper ...
  • Can stress and anxiety be assessed in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) using self-directed behaviour? 
    Manning, Primrose; Hauff, Lindsey; Padfield, Clare; Olivier, Lisa; Ganswindt, Andre; Young, Debbie (Elsevier, 2022-11)
    Captive African elephants used in the tourism industry face numerous welfare issues which are often stress related and linked to high numbers of tourists or human-elephant interactions. Elephant welfare is commonly assessed ...
  • Carcass utilization by tigers : implications for calculating prey requirements 
    Fabregas, María C.; Garces-Narro, Carlos; Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan; Koehler, Gary (Wiley, 2017-02)
    Fewer than 3,500 tigers (Panthera tigris) remain in the wild. Habitat loss and fragmentation, and depletion of prey are key factors contributing to their decline, prompting investigations on prey requirements needed to ...
  • Carnivore detection at the domestic/wildlife interface within Mpumalanga Province, South Africa 
    Wentzel, Jeanette Maria; Gall, Cory A.; Bourn, Mark; De Beer, Juan; Du Plessis, Ferreira; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore (MDPI, 2021-08-29)
    South African protected areas account for 8% of the total landmass according to World Bank indicators. Effective conservation of biodiversity in protected areas requires the development of specific reserve management ...
  • Challenges to animal welfare associated with capture and long road transport in boma-adapted black (Diceros bicornis) and semi-captive white (Ceratotherium simum) rhinoceroses 
    Pohlin, Friederike; Hofmeyr, Markus; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Blackhurst, Dee; Reuben, Mmadi; Cooper, Dave; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (Wildlife Disease Association, 2020-04)
    Capture and transport are part of translocation and expose animals to a variety of stressors that can lead to morbidity and mortality. We aimed to establish a better understanding of the physiologic responses to capture ...
  • A comparison of hematological, immunological, and stress responses to capture and transport in wild White Rhinoceros Bulls (Ceratotherium simum simum) supplemented with azaperone or midazolam 
    Pohlin, Friederike; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Buss, Peter Erik; Huber, Nikolaus; Viljoen, Francois P.; Blackhurst, Dee; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (Frontiers Media, 2020-10)
    Capture and transport are essential procedures for the management and conservation of southern white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum), but are associated with stress-induced morbidity and mortality. To improve ...
  • Conserving large carnivores : dollars and fence 
    Packer, C.; Loveridge, A.; Canney, S.; Caro, T.; Garnett, S.T.; Pfeifer, Marion; Zander, K.K.; Swanson, A.; MacNulty, D.; Balme, Guy Andrew; Bauer, H.; Begg, C.M.; Begg, K.S.; Bhalla, S.; Bissett, C.; Bodasing, T.; Brink, H.; Burger, A.; Burton, A.C.; Clegg, B.; Dell, S.; Delsink, Audrey K.; Dickerson, T.; Dloniak, S.M.; Druce, D.; Frank, L.; Funston, Paul J.; Gichohi, N.; Groom, R.J. (Rosemary); Hanekom, C.; Heath, B.; Hunter, Luke T.B.; De Iongh, Hans H.; Joubert, C.J.; Kasiki, S.M.; Kissui, B.; Knocker, W.; Leathem, B.; Lindsey, Peter Andrew; MacLennan, S.D.; McNutt, J.W.; Miller, Susan M.; Naylor, S.; Nel, P.; Ngweno, C.; Nicholls, K.; Ogutu, Joseph O.; Okot-Omoya, E.; Patterson, B.D.; Plumptre, A.; Salerno, J.; Skinner, K.; Slotow, Robert; Sogbohossou, E.A.; Stratford, K.J.; Winterbach, Christiaan W.; Winterbach, Hanlie Evelyn Kathleen; Polasky, S. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-05)
    Conservationists often advocate for landscape approaches to wildlife management while others argue for physical separation between protected species and human communities, but direct empirical comparisons of these alternatives ...
  • Conserving wildlife in a changing world : understanding capture myopathy—a malignant outcome of stress during capture and translocation 
    Breed, Dorothy; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Goddard, Amelia; Burroughs, Richard E.J.; Kohn, Tertius Abraham (Oxford University Press, 2019-07)
    The number of species that merit conservation interventions is increasing daily with ongoing habitat destruction, increased fragmentation and loss of population connectivity. Desertification and climate change reduce ...
  • Contacts between domestic livestock and wildlife at the Kruger National Park interface of the Republic of South Africa 
    Brahmbhatt, Dipa P.; Fosgate, Geoffrey Theodore; Dyason, Edwin; Budke, Christine M.; Gummow, Bruce; Jori, Ferran J.; Ward, Michael P.; Srinivasan, R. (Elsevier, 2012-01)
    One of the most important transboundary animal diseases (TADs) in the southern African region is foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). In this region, a pathway for spread of FMD virus is contacts between cattle and certain species ...
  • Dead-reckoning animal movements in R : a reappraisal using Gundog.Tracks 
    Gunner, Richard M.; Holton, Mark D.; Scantlebury, Mike D.; Van Schalkwyk, Ockert Louis; English, Holly M.; Williams, Hannah J.; Hopkins, Phil; Quintana, Flavio; Gómez‑Laich, Agustina; Borger, Luca; Redcliffe, James; Yoda, Ken; Yamamoto, Takashi; Ferreira, Sam; Govender, Danny; Viljoen, Pauli; Bruns, Angela; Bell, Stephen H.; Marks, Nikki J.; Bennett, Nigel Charles; Tonini, Mariano H.; Duarte, Carlos M.; Van Rooyen, Martin C.; Bertelsen, Mads F.; Tambling, Craig J.; Wilson, Rory P. (BioMed Central, 2021-07)
    BACKGROUND: Fine-scale data on animal position are increasingly enabling us to understand the details of animal movement ecology and dead-reckoning, a technique integrating motion sensor-derived information on heading ...
  • Demography of giraffe deaths in a drought 
    Mitchell, Graham; Van Sittert, Sybrand J.; Skinner, J.D. (John Dawson), 1932- (Royal Society of South Africa, 2010-11)
    Darwin’s theory for the evolution of the long neck of giraffes is that height confers access to browse free of competition from smaller browsers. The theory predicts that survivors of a drought will be the tallest animals ...
  • Dental pathology in a wild serval (Leptailurus serval) population 
    Emslie, Roxanne S.; Zeiler, Gareth Edward; Loock, Daan; Boy, Sonja C.; Steenkamp, Gerhardus (Elsevier, 2020-10)
    Members of the family Felidae suffer from a wide range of dental, oral and maxillofacial conditions that can cause significant morbidity and mortality. Although many dental, oral and maxillofacial anomalies of the domestic ...
  • Diclofenac toxicity in susceptible bird species results from a combination of reduced glomerular filtration and plasma flow with subsequent renal tubular necrosis 
    Nethathe, Bono; Chipangura, John; Hassan, Ibrahim Zubairu; Duncan, Neil; Adawaren, Emmanuel Oluwasegun; Havenga, Lauren (PeerJ, 2021-08-23)
    Diclofenac caused the death of millions of vultures on the Asian subcontinent. Other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have since also been shown to be toxic to vultures with the exception of meloxicam. For ...
  • The digestive morphophysiology of wild, free-living, giraffes 
    Mitchell, Gillian; Roberts, D.G.; Van Sittert, Sybrand J. (Elsevier, 2015-09)
    We have measured rumen-complex (rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum) and intestine (small and large combined) mass in 32 wild giraffes of both sexes with body masses ranging from 289 to 1441 kg, and parotid gland mass, ...