Du Plooy, Kayla Jane; Swan, Gerry E.; Myburgh, Jan G.; Zeiler, Gareth Edward(Nature Research, 2023-11-20)
Electrical stunning is used to capture crocodiles to perform routine management procedures. It
is essential from a welfare point that electrical stunning must cause unconsciousness in animals.
However, there is no ...
Jordaan, Philip R.; Steyl, Johan(Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 2023-09)
Variation in fire behaviour has been suggested to affect faunal species differently depending on their physical condition and functional traits. Following a management burn in the Munywana Conservancy, KwaZulu-Natal province, ...
Jordaan, Philip R.; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham(Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 2023)
Scelotes bidigittatus is a small burrowing scincid with an obligate fossorial lifestyle (Maritz and Alexander, 2008). It lives in sandy substrate and leaf litter in savannah, forest, and grassland habitats and ranges from ...
The study aimed to investigate the nutritional composition, trace elements and anti-nutritional factors of fodder species belonging to the family Fabaceae potentially used as an alternative feed for cattle. The proximate ...
In this study, four antimicrobial growth promoters, including virginiamycin, josamycin, flavophospholipol, poly
2-propenal 2-propenoic acid and ultraviolet light, were tested for their capacity to induce stx-bacteriophages
in ...
Sebola, Dikeledi; Oguttu, James W.; Kock, Marleen M.; Qekwana, Daniel Nenene(Frontiers Media, 2023-01-09)
BACKGROUND : Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are associated with increased
mortality, morbidity, and an economic burden due to costs associated with
extended hospital stays. Furthermore, most pathogens associated ...
Phytopathogenic fungi and nematodes cause great losses in economically important crops and food production especially in developing countries. To minimize the use of fungicides and nematicides, researchers have concentrated ...
BACKGROUND : Sarcocephalus pobeguinii (Hua ex Pobég) is used in folk medicine to
treat oxidative-stress related diseases, thereby warranting the investigation of its
anticancer and anti-inflammatory properties. In our ...
Viljoen, Devon; Webb, E.C. (Edward Cottington); Myburgh, Jan G.; Truter, Johannes Christoff; Myburgh, Albert(Frontiers Media, 2023-09-18)
Population surveys of crocodilians using uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) or
drones may become accurate and cost-effective alternatives to more
traditional approaches. However, there are currently no quantitative methods
for ...
Temperate living primates cope with a variety of environmental stressors, which may vary by body mass. We studied two sympatric galagos, the thick-tailed greater galago, Otolemur crassicaudatus (1.5 kg) and the southern ...
Imidacloprid is a systemic neonicotinoid insecticide widely used to combat agricultural pests and flea infestations
in dogs and cats. Despite its low toxicity to mammals, imidacloprid is reported to cause male ...
Mathesh, Karikalan; Manickam, Kesavan; Mallord, John W.; Mahendran, K.; Asok, Kumar M.; Saikia, Debasish; Chandra, Mohan S.; Beena, V.; Sree, Lakshmi P.; Prakash, Nikita; Shringarpure, Rohan; Pawde, Abhijit M.; Green, Rhys E.; Naidoo, Vinny; Prakash, Vibhu(Elsevier, 2023-10)
Population declines of Gyps vultures throughout South Asia were caused by unintentional poisoning by the
NSAID diclofenac, which was subsequently banned. However, other vulture-toxic NSAIDs are available,
including ...
Cape Vultures (Gyps coprotheres) are a vulnerable Old-World Vulture species in southern Africa. Of the numerous
threats to their survival, malicious and accidental poisonings remain a major concern. Despite the dangers ...
Sodium fluoride (NaF) is one of the neglected environmental toxicants that has continued to silently cause toxicity to both humans and animals. NaF is universally present in water, soil, and atmosphere. The persistent and ...
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 ...
Pohlin, Friederike; Frei, Carolin; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Roch, Franz-Ferdinand; Quijada, Narciso M.; Conrady, Beate; Neubauer, Viktoria; Hofmeyr, Markus; Cooper, Dave; Stalder, Gabrielle; Wetzels, Stefanie U.(Oxford University Press, 2023-01)
Translocations of Rhinocerotidae are commonly performed for conservation purposes but expose the animals to a variety of stressors (e.g. prolonged fasting, confinement, novel environment, etc.). Stress may change the ...
Panaino, Wendy; Parrin, Francesca; Kamerman, Peter R.; Hetem, Robyn S.; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney; Smith, Dylan; VanDyk, Gus; Fuller, Andrea(Oxford University Press, 2023)
Climate change is impacting mammals both directly (for example, through increased heat) and indirectly (for example, through altered food resources). Understanding the physiological and behavioural responses of mammals in ...
Leiberich, Marion; Fitte, Agustina; Burroughs, Richard E.J.; Steyl, Johan Christian Abraham; Goddard, Amelia; Haw, Anna Jean; Boesch, Jordyn M.; Kohn, Tertius Abraham; Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney(Wildlife Disease Association, 2023)
Wild animals are commonly captured for conservation, research, and wildlife management purposes. However, capture is associated with a high risk of morbidity or mortality. Capture-induced hyperthermia is a commonly encountered ...