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Haw, Anna; Hofmeyr, Markus; Fuller, Andrea; Buss, Peter Erik; Miller, Michele; Fleming, Gregory; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (BioMed Central, 2014-10)BACKGROUND : Opioid-induced immobilization is associated with severe respiratory depression in the white rhinoceros. We evaluated the efficacy of butorphanol and oxygen insufflation in alleviating opioid-induced respiratory ...
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Haw, Anna; Hofmeyr, Markus; Fuller, Andrea; Buss, Peter Erik; Miller, Michele; Fleming, Gregory; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-08-12)Opioid-induced immobilisation results in severe respiratory compromise in the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). The effectiveness of oxygen insufflation combined with butorphanol in alleviating respiratory depression ...
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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 ...
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Donaldson, Ashleigh C.; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Fuller, Andrea; Buss, Peter (Oxford University Press, 2023-01)Thirty-six free-ranging lions (12 per group) were immobilized with tiletamine–zolazepam (Zoletil 0.6 mg/kg i.m.) plus medetomidine (0.036 mg/kg i.m.) (TZM), ketamine (3.0 mg/kg i.m.) plus medetomidine (0.036 mg/kg i.m.) ...
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Steyrer, Christof; Pohlin, Friederike; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Buss, Peter; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette (Wiley, 2022-06)BACKGROUND: Hematocrit (HCT) determination is an integral part of health and disease assessments in captive and wild white rhinoceroses. Several affordable automated hematology analyzers have been developed for in-clinic ...
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Glidden, Caroline K.; Beechler, Brianna; Buss, Peter Erik; Charleston, Bryan; De Klerk-Lorist, Lin-Mari; Maree, Francois Frederick; Muller, Timothy; Perez-Martin, Eva; Scott, Katherine Anne; Van Schalkwyk, Ockert Louis; Jolles, Anna (Frontiers Media, 2018-01-11)Detecting exposure to new or emerging pathogens is a critical challenge to protecting human, domestic animal, and wildlife health. Yet, current techniques to detect infections typically target known pathogens of humans or ...
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Bengis, Roy; Govender, Dhanashree (Danny); Lane, Emily; Myburgh, Jan G.; Oberholster, Paul Johan; Buss, Peter Erik; Prozesky, Leon; Dewald, Keet (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-10-31)Over the past decade, several clustered, multispecies, wildlife mortality events occurred in the vicinity of two man-made earthen dams in the southern and south central regions of the Kruger National Park, South Africa. ...
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Donaldson, Ashleigh C.; Buss, Peter Erik; Fuller, Andrea; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (Oxford University Press, 2023-01)Free-living lions (12 per group) were immobilized with tiletamine-zolazepam-medetomidine (TZM), ketamine-medetomidine (KM), or ketamine-butorphanol-medetomidine (KBM). During immobilization, respiratory, blood gas and ...
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Buss, Peter Erik; Olea-Popelka, Francisco; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Hofmeyr, Jennifer; Mathebula, Nomkhosi; Kruger, Marius; Bruns, Angela; Martin, Laura; Miller, Michele (American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, 2015)Ten white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) were immobilized for a total of 13 procedures in holding facilities in Kruger National Park using etorphine, azaperone, and hyaluronidase to assess the effect of extended immobilization ...
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Michel, Anita Luise; Lane, Emily P.; De Klerk-Lorist, Lin-Mari; Hofmeyr, Markus; Van der Heijden, Elisabeth M.D.L.; Botha, Louise; Van Helden, Paul David; Miller, Michele; Buss, Peter Erik (Public Library of Science, 2017-07-07)Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis is endemic in the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) population in the Kruger National Park and other conservation areas in South Africa. The disease has been diagnosed in a total ...
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Grace, Justin Frederick; Miller, Michele A.; Raath, Jacobus P.; Laubscher, Liesel L.; Buss, Peter; Zeiler, Gareth Edward (Elsevier, 2021-09)Please read abstract in the article.
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Steyrer, Christine; Miller, Michele; Hewlett, Jennie; Buss, Peter; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette (American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 2023-02)INTRODUCTION: Acute phase reactants (APRs) have not been investigated in free-living African elephants (Loxodonta africana), and there is little information about negative APRs albumin and serum iron in elephants. OBJECTIVES: ...
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Pohlin, Friederike; Buss, Peter Erik; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (MDPI, 2020-07)Acidemia represents a major life-threatening factor during rhinoceros capture. The acid-base status during rhinoceros transport is unknown. The purpose of this study was to describe changes in acid-base status during ...
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Nasr, Mary; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Buss, Peter Erik; Fabregas, María C.; Gleed, Robin D.; Boesch, Jordyn M.; Pohlin, Friederike (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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Lane, Emily P.; Huchzermeyer, Fritz W.; Govender, Dhanashree (Danny); Bengis, Roy G.; Buss, Peter Erik; Hofmeyr, Markus; Myburgh, Jan G.; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Pienaar, Daniel J.; Kotze, Antoinette (American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, 2013-12)Annual mortality events in Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Olifants River Gorge in Kruger National Park, South Africa, were experienced between 2008 and 2012, during which at least 216 crocodiles died. Live ...
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Buss, Peter Erik; Miller, Michele; Fuller, Andrea; Haw, Anna; Stout, Eliza; Olea-Popelka, Francisco; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (Elsevier, 2018-01)Please read abstract in the article.
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Steyrer, Christine; Miller, Michele; Hewlett, Jennie; Buss, Peter Erik; Hooijberg, Emma Henriette (Frontiers Media, 2021-03-01)The African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is listed as vulnerable, with wild populations threatened by habitat loss and poaching. Clinical pathology is used to detect and monitor disease and injury, however existing ...
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Mtetwa, Thembeka Kim; Snelling, Edward P.; Donaldson, Ashleigh C.; Buss, Peter Erik; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (Wiley, 2023-09)CONCLUSIONS: The EPOC cSaO2 is unreliable and should not be used to monitor blood oxygenation in immobilized white rhinoceroses.
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Postma, Martin; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Hofmeyr, M.S.; Reisinger, Ryan Rudolf; Bester, L. Catherine; Buss, Peter Erik; De Bruyn, P.J. Nico (Ecological Society of America, 2015-12-22)Assessing body mass in mammals is of importance as it influences virtually all aspects of mammal physiology, behavior and ecological parameters. However, the assessment of body mass of large mammals is potentially dangerous ...
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De Lange, Stephanie S.; Fuller, Andrea; Haw, Anna; Hofmeyr, Markus; Buss, Peter Erik; Miller, Michele; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-02-24)Little is known about the mechanisms causing tremors during immobilisation of rhinoceros and whether cardiorespiratory supportive interventions alter their intensity. Therefore, we set out to determine the possible ...
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