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Browsing Paraclinical Sciences by UP Author "Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan"
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Cassia, Emma V. Sant; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan (Elsevier, 2023-03)OBJECTIVES : To evaluate the agreement between high-definition oscillometry (HDO) used on the metatarsus or tail base with invasive arterial blood pressures measured in the dorsal pedal artery in anaesthetised cheetahs. STUDY ...
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Assessment of a portable lactate meter for field use in the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Cole, Georgina C.; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Steenkamp, Gerhardus (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-11-10)Blood lactate is a predictor of mortality in critically ill humans and animals. Handheld lactate meters have the potential to be used in the field to evaluate the condition of severely injured rhinoceroses but have not ...
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Sliwa, Alexander; Lai, Sandra; Kusters, Martina; Herrick, Jason; Lawrenz, Arne; Lamberski, Nadine; Eggers, Birgit; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Marais, Sterrie; Marais, Pieter; Schroeder, Michelle; Anver, Javed; Wilson, Beryl (Wiley, 2022-12)No abstract available.
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Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Wachter, Bettina; Heinrich, Sonja K.; Reyers, Fred; Mienie, Lodewyk J. (Public Library of Science, 2016-12-19)Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are highly specialised large felids, currently listed as vulnerable on the IUCN red data list. In captivity, they are known to suffer from a range of chronic non-infectious diseases. Although ...
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Van Boom, Kathryn Merle; Kohn, Tertius Abraham; Tordiffe, A.S.W. (Adrian Stephen Wolferstan) (Wiley, 2024-01)Captive cheetahs are prone to unusual diseases which may be attributed to their high muscle meat, collagen deficient captive diet. Glycine is a simple amino acid that is abundant in collagen rich tissues and has many ...
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Steenkamp, Gerhardus; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Nemec, Ana (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-11)No abstract available.
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Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Van Reenen, Mari; Reyers, Fred; Mienie, Lodewyk Jacobus (Elsevier, 2017-04)In captivity, cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) frequently suffer from several unusual chronic diseases that rarely occur in their free-ranging counterparts. In order to develop a better understanding of their metabolism and ...
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Ayers, A.M.; Allan, A.T.L.; Howlett, C.; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Williams, K.S.; Williams, S.T.; Hill, R.A. (Wiley, 2020-04)Recent analyses have shown that typically diurnal primates may periodically exhibit some levels of activity at night. Despite this, there have been few studies that have explored whether diurnal primates living in temperate ...
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Dalton, Desire L.; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Luther, Ilse; Duran, Assumpta; Van Wyk, Anna M.; Brettschneider, Helene; Oosthuizen, Almero; Modiba, Catherine; Kotze, Antoinette (Springer, 2014-06)Hybridization of wildlife species, even in the absence of introgression, is of concern due to wasted reproductive effort and a reduction in productivity. In this study we detail an accidental mating between a female nyala ...
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Hartman, Marthinus Jacobus; Kirberger, Robert M.; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Boy, Sonja Catharina; Schoeman, Johan P. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2015-02)This case presents a thorn-induced abdominal foreign body granuloma that was removed with single incision laparoscopic surgery and an extraction bag. An 11-yearold female cheetah presented for routine laparoscopic ovariectomy. ...
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Tordiffe, A.S.W. (Adrian Stephen Wolferstan) (Medpharm Publications, 2022)No abstract available.
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Bashaw, Meredith J.; Sicks, Florian; Palme, Rupert; Schwarzenberger, Franz; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Ganswindt, Andre (BioMed Central, 2016-10-18)BACKGROUND : Numbers of giraffes are declining rapidly in their native habitat. As giraffe research and conservation efforts increase, the demand for more complete measures of the impact of conservation interventions and ...
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Van Wyngaard, J.; Famuyide, Ibukun Michael; Invernizzi, Luke; Ndivhuwo, K.K.; Tordiffe, A.S.W. (Adrian Stephen Wolferstan); Maharaj, Vinesh J.; McGaw, Lyndy Joy (Elsevier, 2023-11)Pelargonium sidoides DC. (Geraniaceae) is an important indigenous medicinal plant in South Africa, historically employed by various ethnic groups to treat respiratory and gastrointestinal ailments. The proprietary herbal ...
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Brown, Kelsey Lee; Ganswindt, Andre; Steenkamp, Gerhard; Tordiffe, A.S.W. (Adrian Stephen Wolferstan) (MDPI, 2023-09)Unnatural diet composition and frequent feeding regimes may play an aetiological role in the multiple diseases prevalent in captive cheetahs. This study investigated the responses of captive-born (hand-reared) cheetahs ...
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Long, Channen; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Sauther, Michelle; Cuozzo, Frank P.; Millette, James; Ganswindt, Andre; Scheun, Juan (Oxford University Press, 2021-10)As global non-human primate populations show dramatic declines due to climate change, land transformation and other anthropogenic stressors, it has become imperative to study physiological responses to environmental change ...
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Luther, I.; Jakop, U.; Lueders, Imke; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Franz, C.; Schiller, J.; Kotze, A.; Muller, K. (Elsevier, 2017-02)Optimizing cryopreservation protocols for nondomestic felids contributes to the successful development of assisted reproduction techniques and genetic resource banking. In this study, we describe a simple cryopreservation ...
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Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Mienie, Lodewyk Jacobus (Springer, 2018-10)Cheetahs in captivity are frequently afflicted by chronic disease conditions that are rare in their free-ranging counterparts and in other felids. To date, clear pathophysiological mechanisms for some of these diseases ...
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Kirberger, Robert M.; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan (BioMed Central, 2017-11-06)BACKGROUND : Cheetahs in captivity have a high prevalence of chronic renal diseases. We ultrasonographically evaluated the renal volumes, a variety of renal dimensions, interarcuate artery resistive indices (RI) as well ...
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Scheun, Juan; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan; Wimberger, Kirsten; Ganswindt, Andre (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2020-02)The non-invasive monitoring of physiological stress can provide conservation and wildlife managers with an invaluable tool for assessing animal welfare and psychological health of captive and free-ranging populations. A ...
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Braud, Cindy; Mitchell, Emily P.; Van der Merwe, Vincent; Tordiffe, Adrian Stephen Wolferstan (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-07-31)The objective of this study was to gain better insight into factors associated with the capture-related mortality rate in cheetahs. A link to an online questionnaire was sent to zoo and wildlife veterinarians through the ...
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