Publications

observations on the histomorphology of sarcosporidian cysts of some east african game animals (artiodactyla).	the histomorphology of formalin-fixed micro and macrosarcosporidian cysts of grant's, thomson's gazelle, impala, wildebeest, bubal hartebeest, cape eland, red duiker, kirk's dik-dik, defassa waterbuck, bohor reedbuck, african buffalo, giraffe, warthog, and giant forest hog is described. the wall of microsarcosporidian cysts is smooth and without villi or with villi. the villi are solid or of honeycomb-like structure on tangential sections. in some animals, microsarcosporidian cysts of almost the ...	1975	807047
notes on placentation in the suina.	we examined the gross and microscopic anatomy of placental tissues and umbilical cords from six species representing the three living families of the suina. these species included, of the suidae, the wart hog (phacochoerus aethiopicus), the giant forest hog (hylochoerus meinertzhageni), the domestic pig (sus scrofa), and the banded pig of malaysia (sus scrofa vittatus); of the tayassuidae, the white-lipped peccary (tayassu pecari); of the hippopotamidae, the hippopotamus (hippopotamus amphibius) ...	1985	3991477
isolation of african swine fever virus from a giant forest hog.		1965	4283999
african swine fever virus infection of the bushpig (potamochoerus porcus) and its significance in the epidemiology of the disease.	warthog (phacochoerus aethiopicus), giant forest hog (hylochoerus meinertzhageni) and bushpig (potamochoerus porcus) are known to be susceptible to infection with african swine fever (asf) virus. little however, is known about the ecology of the disease in the bushpig. this study has shown that the bushpig remains viraemic for between 35 and 91 days following infection during which time it is able to infect the tick vector o. moubata. these ticks were able to transmit the disease to pigs. the vi ...	1998	9659687
the large-mammal fauna from the kibish formation.	the kibish faunal remains are useful for reconstructing the habitat of the earliest documented homo sapiens and for understanding the community within which early modern humans existed. a diverse assemblage of large mammals, including many species of bovids, suids, and equids, has been recovered from the kibish formation. there are no extinct large mammals represented in the fossil assemblage, and the overall taxonomic composition of the fossil fauna is similar to the modern-day wildlife communi ...	2008	18691734
regional level risk factors associated with the occurrence of african swine fever in west and east africa.	african swine fever (asf) causes severe socio-economic impacts due to high mortality and trade restrictions. many risk factors of asf have been identified at farm level. however, understanding the risk factors, especially wild suid hosts, determining asf transmission at regional level remains limited.	2017	28061875
gastrointestinal helminths from the common warthog, phacochoerus africanus (gmelin) (suidae), in kwazulu-natal province, south africa, with comments on helminths of suidae and tayassuidae worldwide.	thirty warthogs, phacochoerus africanus, were collected in the pongola game reserve, south africa and examined for helminths. gastrointestinal helminth assemblages comprised gastrodiscus aegyptiacus, the cestode genus moniezia and seven species of nematodes. a single warthog harboured a metacestode of taenia hydatigena in the mesenteries. no helminths were found in the heart, lungs or liver of the warthogs. probstmayria vivipara and murshidia spp. were the most prevalent as well as abundant helm ...	2019	31106726
the case of the grass-eating suids in the plio-pleistocene turkana basin: 3d dental topography in relation to diet in extant and fossil pigs.	two separate subfamilies of plio-pleistocene african pigs (suids) consecutively evolved hypsodont and horizodont molars with flat occlusal surfaces, commonly interpreted as an adaptive trait to a grazing diet, similar to that of the present warthogs (phacochoerus spp.). to investigate this in detail, we studied the 3d-dental topography of fossil specimens from the turkana basin, using geographic information systems-based methods. to establish baselines for interpretation of the turkana basin sui ...	2020	31998996