Cossu, Carlo Andrea; Cassini, R.; Bhoora, Raksha Vasantrai; Menandro, M.L.; Oosthuizen, Marinda; Collins, Nicola E.; Wentzel, Jeanette Maria; Quan, Melvyn; Fagir, Dina M.; Van Heerden, Henriette(Elsevier, 2024-09)
INTRODUCTION :
Tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) constitute an emerging threat to public and animal health especially in the African continent, where land-use change, and wildlife loss are creating new opportunities for disease ...
Lyme borreliosis (LB), caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.), is the most common tick-borne disease (TBD) in the northern hemisphere. Beyond Borrelia, ticks can transmit other pathogens, such as Rickettsia, ...
Knobel, Darryn Leslie; Hanekom, Josef; Van den Bergh, Maria C.; Leisewitz, Andrew L.(Elsevier, 2024-09)
Gonadectomy in dogs is associated with changes in risks of a variety of non-infectious health conditions, but few studies have examined its effects on infectious disease outcomes. The objectives of our study were to estimate ...
Junker, Kerstin; Boomker, Joop; Horak, Ivan Gerard; Krasnov, Boris R.(Cambridge University Press, 2024)
Parasite community structure is governed by functional traits of hosts and parasites. Notably,
parasite populations and communities respond to host social and spatial behaviour. Many studies
demonstrating these effects ...
BACKGROUND :
Equine piroplasmosis is caused by two tick-borne protozoan parasites, Theileria equi and Babesia caballi,, which are clinically relevant in susceptible horses, donkeys, and mules. Moreover, equine piroplasmosis ...
Delsink, Audrey; Van Altena, J.J.; Grobler, D.; Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan; Kirkpatrick, J.; Slotow, Rob(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2006-09)
Populations of the African elephant, Loxodonta africana, are growing rapidly in southern Africa, to the extent that population control has become essential. The management option of translocation is no longer realistically ...
Recent loss of rhinoceros subspecies has renewed interest in using more advanced assisted reproductive technologies
(ART) in rhinoceroses and elephants. Currently, only semen collection, semen preservation and artificial ...
Mozambique and Italy share a history of academic cooperation spanning almost half a century. The topical collection
“Environment, biodiversity and health in university scientific cooperation in Mozambique” stems from the ...
Delsink, Audrey K.; Van Altena, J.J.; Schulman, M.L. (Martin); Bertschinger, Hendrik Jan(CSIRO Publishing, 2024-01)
Globally, African savanna elephants have been assessed as ‘endangered’. Consequently, additional threats and losses due to human–elephant conflict (HEC) could further exacerbate the species’ decline. In stark contrast, ...
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 ...
Tick-borne pathogens of the genus Anaplasma cause anaplasmosis in livestock and humans, impacting health and livelihoods, particularly in Africa. A comprehensive review on the epidemiology of Anaplasma species is important ...
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, ...
Ntivuguruzwa, Jean Bosco(University of Pretoria, 2021)
Bovine brucellosis (BB) and bovine tuberculosis (bTB) are endemic in Rwanda; however, little is known about the diseases. Before this study, there were only three serological studies on BB, two serological studies on human ...
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 ...
Logothetou, Vasileia; Ruiz, José Carlos Almansa; Steenkamp, Gerhardus(Wiley, 2024)
OBJECTIVE :
To describe a novel surgical technique for the ventral stabilization of the orbit after inferior orbitectomy by using a sling suture and report outcomes in three dogs.
ANIMALS :
A 7-year-old male neutered ...
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 ...
Fick, Line; Crafford, Lucille; Schoeman, Johan P.; Schellack, Natalie(University of Toronto Press, 2024)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a major global public health crisis due to inappropriate use in humans, animals, and crops. Studies to assess the knowledge and perceptions of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) ...
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 ...