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Browsing by Subject "Veterinary science theses SDG-15"
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Cilliers, Maruchelle
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
The tragelaphine antelopes comprise a group of nine species, namely Tragelaphus eurycerus (bongo), Tragelaphus scriptus (bushbuck), Tragelaphus oryx (common eland), Tragelaphus derbianus (giant eland), Tragelaphus strepsiceros ...
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Wolfaard, Graeme
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Rangeland health plays an important role in increasing the connectivity/contact between wildlife, livestock and people. Communal rangelands throughout the savanna areas of South Africa are experiencing increasing magnitudes ...
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Grace, Justin Frederick
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
Objective To compare physiological and time variables of etorphine-azaperone (EA) to etorphine-midazolam (EM) immobilisation in African buffalo bulls.
Study design Randomised crossover study
Animal population A group of ...
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Fitte, Agustina
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
An unacceptable number of wild animals die or experience morbidity as a result of capture-related
complications. Capture-induced hyperthermia is believed to play a role in the morbidity and
mortality of captured animals. ...
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Locke, Sara Lindsey
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
The nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) diclofenac was responsible for the decimation of Gyps vulture species on the Indian subcontinent over the last two decades of the 20th century. For an unknown reason, Gyps ...
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Smit, Andeliza
(University of Pretoria, 2024-03-05)
Amblyomma, the third largest genus in the Ixodidae, are known for their vibrant decorative appearance and aggressive hunting behaviour. The genus comprises 24 species found across the African continent, with 17 identified ...
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Blignaut, Christiaan Johannes
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
Objective To compare ketamine-butorphanol-medetomidine (KBM) to butorphanolmidazolam-
medetomidine (BMM) for chemical capture (immobilisation) of serval (Leptailurus
serval).
Study design Blinded, randomised immobilisation ...
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Loots, Angelika Katrin
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Canine distemper virus (CDV) has emerged as a significant disease of wildlife, is highly contagious and readily transmitted between susceptible hosts. Initially described as an infectious disease of domestic dogs, it is ...
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Dlamkile, Zinathi
(University of Pretoria, 2023-04-03)
Heartwater is one of the major tick-borne diseases of both domestic and some wild ruminants in Africa and some Caribbean islands. The disease is caused by Ehrlichia ruminantium, a member of the phylum Proteobacteria and ...
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De Haast, Adel Riette
(University of Pretoria, 2016)
Like many other wildlife species, blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) are routinely captured for relocation purposes. Several studies have shown that physiologically this is a very stressful period for wild animals and ...
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Van Sittert, Sybrand Jacobus
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) have evolved into a unique and extreme shape. The
principle determinant of its shape is the skeleton and the overarching theme of the study
was to describe how this shape is achieved ...
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Chelopo, Ngwako David
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
Objective To determine the cardiopulmonary and blood gas status of elephants during
chemical capture (immobilisation) with a thiafentanil-azaperone drug combination kept in
lateral recumbency.
Study design Prospective ...
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Brothers, P.S. (Peter Stanley)
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a disease of ruminants in Africa, Madagascar and the Middle East, affecting primarily domestic, but also many wild species. The disease can be peracute to acute and is characterised by a necrotic ...
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Swanepoel, Hendrik Johannes
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
Rationale: Viral diseases are important in the African context as they cause significant clinical disease in both wild and domestic animals, as well as in humans. Viral diseases make up a large proportion of emerging ...
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Vhoko, Kudzaishe
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Fifteen lions from three captive/semi-captive establishments around Harare were captured for blood sampling. Routine health checks for viral diseases and other diseases of economic, public health or biodiversity conservation ...