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Browsing Research Articles (Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies) by UP Author "Buss, Peter Erik"
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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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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 ...
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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 Claire; 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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Donaldson, Ashleigh Claire; 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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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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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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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 Claire; 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.