Publications
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| rinderpest epidemic in wild ruminants in kenya 1993-97. | a severe epidemic of rinderpest, affecting mainly wild ruminants, occurred between 1993 and 1997 in east africa. buffalo (syncerus caffer), eland (taurotragus oryx) and lesser kudu (tragelaphus imberbis) were highly susceptible. the histopathological changes, notably individual epithelial cell necrosis with syncytia formation, were consistent with an infection with an epitheliotrophic virus. serology, the polymerase chain reaction, and virus isolation confirmed the diagnosis and provided epidemi ... | 1999 | 10579537 |
| cytochrome b phylogeny of the family bovidae: resolution within the alcelaphini, antilopini, neotragini, and tragelaphini. | the family bovidae is characterized by an incomplete fossil record for the period during which most bovid subfamilies emerged. this, coupled to extensive morphological convergence among species, has given rise to inconsistencies in taxonomic treatments, especially at the tribal and subfamilial levels. in an attempt to clarify some of these issues we analyzed the complete mtdna cytochrome b gene (1140 bp) from 38 species/subspecies representing at least nine tribes and six subfamilies. specific e ... | 1999 | 10222159 |
| study on the sequential tsetse-transmitted trypanosoma congolense, t. brucei brucei and t. vivax infections to african buffalo, eland, waterbuck, n'dama and boran cattle. | susceptibility of african buffalo, eland, waterbuck, n'dama and boran cattle to sequential glossina morsitans centralis-transmitted infections of trypanosoma congolense, t. brucei brucei and t. vivax was compared, and their possible role as reservoirs of these parasites for g. moristans centralis, g. pallidipes, g. austeni, g. brevipalpis and g. longipennis determined. the buffalo, eland, waterbuck and n'dama controlled t. congolense parasitaemias and were able to prevent anaemia. by contrast, o ... | 1999 | 9950344 |
| brain, abdominal and arterial blood temperatures of free-ranging eland in their natural habitat. | using implanted miniature data loggers we measured brain, arterial blood and abdominal temperatures at 5-min intervals in two free-ranging eland (tragelaphus oryx) in their natural habitat. the animals were subjected to a nychthemeral range of globe temperature which exceeded 40 degrees c. arterial blood exhibited a moderate amplitude (2.3 degrees c) nychthemeral rhythm, with a temperature peak at 1600-1800 hours, and a trough in the early morning at 0600-0800 hours. mean abdominal temperature w ... | 1999 | 10555565 |
| zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of the die kelders cave 1 layers 10 and 11 middle stone age larger mammal fauna. | middle stone age (msa) and middle paleolithic (mp) faunal assemblages have gained widespread attention due to their relevance to the debate over the modernity of hominid behavior during the msa/mp. a recent critique of the scavenging argument for msa/mp behavior drew on a summary presentation of the skeletal abundance and surface modification data from die kelders cave 1 layer 10 (marean, 1998). this paper provides a more complete presentation of those data, adds the smaller layer 11 sample, and ... | 2000 | 10627403 |
| typing of pestiviruses from eland in zimbabwe. | pestiviruses were isolated from three eland (taurotragus oryx) in zimbabwe. the viruses were characterised by typing with monoclonal antibodies and by partial genetic sequencing. all were similar to bovine viral diarrhea viruses commonly isolated from cattle. this suggests that bovine viral diarrhea virus can spread from cattle to eland. | 2000 | 10682761 |
| studies on the genus setaria viborg, 1795 in south africa. i. setaria africana (yeh, 1959). | setaria africana (yeh, 1959) is represented by two subspecies, setaria africana africana troncy, graber & thal, 1976 from giant eland (taurotragus derbianus) from the central african republic and cameroon and setaria africana farchai troncy, graber & thal, 1976 from bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus), also from the central african republic. material collected from nyala (tragelaphus angasii), bushbuck and kudu (tragelaphus strepsiceros) from several localities in the eastern region of south africa ... | 2000 | 11206389 |
| parasites of south african wildlife. xvi. helminths of some antelope species from the eastern and western cape provinces. | the numbers and species of helminths recovered from one black wildebeest, connochaetes gnou, three eland, taurotragus oryx, 18 mountain reedbuck, redunca fulvorufula, one red hartebeest, aicelaphus buselaphus and two springbok, antidorcas marsupialis, in the mountain zebra national park, eastern cape province; two black wildebeest, two grey rhebuck, pelea capreolus, two mountain reedbuck and four springbok in the karoo national park, western cape province; two bontebok, damaliscus pygargus dorca ... | 2000 | 10843320 |
| transmission of cowdria ruminantium by amblyomma gemma from infected african buffalo (syncerus caffer) and eland (taurotragus oryx) to sheep. | two african buffalo (syncerus caffer), an eland (taurotragus oryx) and a waterbuck (kobus defassa) were intravenously inoculated with cowdria ruminantium (kiswani). amblyomma gemma nymphs were fed on the animals at 3 weekly intervals. jugular blood was also collected at 3 weekly intervals and inoculated into sheep. nymphal ticks that fed on one buffalo on days 16 and 37 and on the other buffalo on day 58 after infection transmitted the disease as adults to sheep. nymphs that were applied to the ... | 2001 | 11556617 |
| intraocular pressure and tear production in captive eland and fallow deer. | applanation tonometry was used to estimate intraocular pressure (iop) and schirmer tear test (stt) i was used to estimate tear production in both eyes of 12 juvenile elands (taurotragus oryx) and one eye each of 15 asian fallow deer (dama mesopotamica). mean (+/- standard deviation) iop was 14.6 +/- 4.0 mm hg in the eland and 11.9 +/- 3.3 mm hg in the deer. mean tear production was 18.7 +/- 5.9 mm/min in the eland and 10.5 +/- 6.5 mm/min in the deer. the large variation in iop between two member ... | 2001 | 11310895 |
| design, synthesis and pharmacological characterization of a potent radioiodinated and photoactivatable peptidic oxytocin antagonist. | using a segment strategy, we have synthesized four iodinated photoactivatable cyclic peptidic ligands of oxytocin, bearing a beta-mercapto-betabeta-cyclopentamethylene propionic group (pmp) on their n-terminus. all the syntheses were rp-hplc monitored, and the compounds were hplc purified. they were characterized by 1h nmr, maldi-tof, or fab mass spectrometries. the affinities of pmp-tyr(me)-ile-thr-asn-cys-gly-orn-phe(3i,4n3)-nh2 (20), pmp-tyr-ile-thr-asn-cys-gly-orn-phe(3i,4n3)-nh2 (21), pmp-t ... | 2001 | 11520211 |
| adaptive heterothermy and selective brain cooling in arid-zone mammals. | adaptive heterothermy and selective brain cooling are regarded as important thermal adaptations of large arid-zone mammals. adaptive heterothermy, a process which reduces evaporation by storing body heat, ought to be enhanced by ambient heat load and by water deficit, but most mammals studied fail to show at least one of those attributes. selective brain cooling, the reduction of brain temperature below arterial blood temperature, is most evident in artiodactyls, which possess a carotid rete, an ... | 2002 | 11923074 |
| a questionnaire survey of the management and use of anthelmintics in cattle and antelope in mixed farming systems in zimbabwe. | a survey of the management of mixed farming of cattle and antelope and use of anthelmintics was conducted on eleven farms between august and december 1999 by a self-administered questionnaire. seventeen antelope species ranging from grey duikers (sylvicapra grimmia) to eland (taurotragus oryx) occurred on the farms. impala (aepyceros melampus) was the most abundant antelope on the farms. seventy-five per cent of the antelope species on the farms were grazers and mixed feeders and shared grazing ... | 2002 | 12240773 |
| redescriptions of haemonchus mitchelli and haemonchus okapiae (nematoda: trichostrongyloidea) and description of a unique synlophe for the haemonchinae. | in the course of a revision of haemonchus cobb, 1898 (nematoda), commonly referred to as large stomach worms, significant new morphological information was discovered that allows the recognition of 2 species believed for more than 50 yr to be synonymous. both species, haemonchus mitchelli le roux, 1929, from the eland taurotragus oryx and other african ruminants and h. okapiae van den berghe, 1937, from the okapi okapia johnstoni, have a synlophe of 42 ridges, but the synlophe of h. mitchelli is ... | 2002 | 12435136 |
| indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibody against rift valley fever virus in domestic and wild ruminant sera. | an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (i-elisa) for the detection of specific igg immunoglobulins against rift valley fever virus (rvfv) was validated in-house. a total of 3055 sera from sheep (n = 1159), goats (n = 636), cattle (n = 203), african buffalo (n = 928), and other wild ruminants (n = 129), including eland, kudu, and black wildebeest, was used. sera from domestic ruminants were collected in west (n = 10), south (n = 1654) and east africa (n = 334), and sera from wild ruminants ... | 2003 | 12825681 |
| influence of diet on the rumen protozoal fauna of indigenous african wild ruminants. | a study was carried out to determine if the protozoal fauna of indigenous african wild ruminants was different from that found in their domestic counterparts and if the animal's diet influenced the number and types of protozoa. samples of rumen contents were collected in 1997 and 2001 from various indigenous african wild ruminants in kenya. all three ruminant feeding types were sampled: browsers or concentrate selectors (giraffe and guenther's dik-dik); intermediate or adaptable mixed feeders (i ... | 2003 | 12836880 |
| phylogenetic analysis of the microbial populations in the wild herbivore gastrointestinal tract: insights into an unexplored niche. | at present, there is little information on the phylogenetic diversity of microbial species that inhabit the gastrointestinal tracts of wildlife. to increase understanding in this area, we initiated a characterization of the bacterial diversity in the digestive tracts of three wild african ruminant species namely eland (taurotragus oryx), thompson's gazelle (gazella rufifrons) and grant's gazelle (gazella granti), together with a domesticated ruminant species, zebu cattle (bos indicus), and a non ... | 2003 | 14641599 |
| antibodies to neospora caninum in wild animals from kenya, east africa. | the prevalence of antibodies to neospora caninum was examined in six wild artiodactyla species, and in five wild carnivora species from kenya. blood sera (104 wild ungulates from marula estates (mes), and 31 wild carnivores from masai-mara reserve and from other wildlife areas in northern and southern kenya), were screened using a neospora agglutination test (nat), with a twofold dilution (1:40-1:320 titres). presence of nat antibodies to n. caninun is reported here for the first time in zebra ( ... | 2003 | 14651874 |
| intraocular nematodiasis caused by parelaphostrongylus tenuis in an eland antelope (taurotragus oryx). | a 10-mo-old female eland (taurotragus oryx) at the wilds exhibited recalcitrant, progressive unilateral uveitis for a 5-wk period, despite constant medical treatment. unilateral enucleation was performed because of blindness and animal discomfort evidenced by continuous blepharospasm. histopathologic examination of the eye demonstrated intraocular larvae morphologically consistent with parelaphostrongylus tenuis, the first known case of intraocular p. tenuis migration. this animal subsequently w ... | 2003 | 12885139 |
| a 12-month survey of the gastro-intestinal helminths of antelopes, gazelles and giraffids kept at two zoos in belgium. | faecal egg count patterns and clinical signs associated with gastro-intestinal (gi) nematodes of 107 zoo ruminants were monitored at fortnightly intervals for 1 year. the ruminants in this study were kept under different husbandry conditions at two sites of the royal zoological society of antwerp, the antwerp zoo and the animal park planckendael. artiodactylids involved were arabian oryx (oryx leucoryx), scimitar-horned oryx (oryx dammah), bongos (tragelaphus euryceros isaaci), sitatungas (trage ... | 2004 | 15710531 |
| interactions among host diet, nutritional status and gastrointestinal parasite infection in wild bovids. | in this study, i explored the interactions among host diet, nutritional status and gastrointestinal parasitism in wild bovids by examining temporal patterns of nematode faecal egg shedding in species with different diet types during a drought and non-drought year. study species included three grass and roughage feeders (buffalo, hartebeest, waterbuck), four mixed or intermediate feeders (eland, grant's gazelle, impala, thomson's gazelle) and two concentrate selectors (dik-dik, klipspringer). six ... | 2004 | 15013743 |
| myostatin rapid sequence evolution in ruminants predates domestication. | myostatin (gdf-8) is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle development. this gene has previously been implicated in the double muscling phenotype in mice and cattle. a systematic analysis of myostatin sequence evolution in ruminants was performed in a phylogenetic context. the myostatin coding sequence was determined from duiker (sylvicapra grimmia caffra), eland (taurotragus derbianus), gaur (bos gaurus), ibex (capra ibex), impala (aepyceros melampus rednilis), pronghorn (antilocapra american ... | 2004 | 15522803 |
| acaricide efficiency of amitraz/cypermethrin and abamectin pour-on preparations in game. | the efficacy of an amitraz/cypermethrin pour-on preparation (1% w/v each) was tested against natural tick infestations of buffaloes, eland and blesbok in three separate trials. the eland were also treated with a 0.02% abamectin (w/v) acaricidal pour-on preparation. the amitraz/cypermethrin pour-on was effective against amblyomma hebraeum, rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi, rhipicephalus appendiculatus and hyalomma marginatum rufipes on the buffaloes. both acaricides were effective against r. appendi ... | 2005 | 16562734 |
| behavioral training and hydraulic chute restraint enables handling of eland antelope (taurotragus oryx) without general anesthesia. | difficulties and risks associated with restraining large nondomestic ungulates are limiting factors toward developing and applying assisted reproductive technologies, such as artificial insemination and embryo transfer. in this study on 10 female eland (taurotragus oryx), we evaluated the use of behavioral training and handling handling in a hydraulic chute to perform transvaginal ultrasound-guided oocyte retrieval and other clinical procedures. nine females were conditioned to associate specifi ... | 2005 | 17315451 |
| multielectron spectroscopy: the xenon 4d hole double auger decay. | a magnetic bottle spectrometer of the type recently developed by eland et al. [phys. rev. lett. 90, 053003 (2003).] has been implemented for use with synchrotron radiation, allowing multidimensional electron spectroscopy. its application to the xe 4d double auger decay reveals all the energy pathways involved. the dominant path is a cascade process with a rapid (6 fs) ejection of a first auger electron followed by the slower (>23 fs) emission of a second auger electron. weaker processes implying ... | 2005 | 16196855 |
| the effect of prolonged cold storage of eland (taurotragus oryx) cauda epididymides on the spermatozoa: possible implications for the conservation of biodiversity. | the objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of prolonged storage of cauda epididymides at 4 degrees c on spermatozoa, and to determine the practicality of utilising epididymal sperm, harvested from testes collected during routine culling of game animals, in assisted reproductive technologies. testes from eland (taurotragus oryx) were collected and epididymides removed and maintained at 4 degrees c. sperm motility, viability, morphology and membrane integrity were examined at 12 ... | 2005 | 15763104 |
| the wand in pulp therapy: an alternative to inferior alveolar nerve block. | the purpose of the study was to compare children's reactions to inferior alveolar nerve injection with traditional syringe and periodontal ligament injection with a computerized device (wand); and to assess the efficacy of the anesthesia and their reaction after treatment. | 2006 | 15997937 |
| pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of carfentanil and naltrexone in female common eland (taurotragus oryx). | the pharmacokinetic parameters of carfentanil and naltrexone were determined in the common eland (taurotragus oryx). six adult females were immobilized with xylazine (0.23 +/- 0.03 mg/kg i.m.) and carfentanil (0.0169 +/- 0.0005 mg/kg i.m.) for a 45-min period, during which time routine health care procedures were performed. heart and respiration rates and body temperatures were monitored throughout the immobilization period. a single intramuscular injection of naltrexone (1.66 +/- 0.08 mg/kg i.m ... | 2006 | 17319131 |
| physical organization of the 1.709 satellite iv dna family in bovini and tragelaphini tribes of the bovidae: sequence and chromosomal evolution. | repetitive dna in the mammalian genome is a valuable record and marker for evolution, providing information about the order and driving forces related to evolutionary events. the evolutionarily young 1.709 satellite iv dna family is present near the centromeres of many chromosomes in the bovidae. here, we isolated 1.709 satellite dna sequences from five bovidae species belonging to bovini: bos taurus (bta, cattle), bos indicus (bin, zebu), bubalus bubalis (bbu, water buffalo) and tragelaphini tr ... | 2006 | 16825766 |
| the genus hyalomma koch, 1844. i. reinstatement of hyalomma (euhyalomma) glabrum delpy, 1949 (acari, ixodidae) as a valid species with a redescription of the adults, the first description of its immature stages and notes on its biology. | for nearly 50 years the ixodid tick hyalomma marginatum turanicum, reputedly introduced into south africa on imported persian sheep, has been considered identical to the asian hyalomma (euhyalomma) marginatum turanicum pomerantzev, 1946. comparisons of this tick with the asian h. (e.) m. turanicum and other subspecies of hyalomma (euhyalomma) marginatum, however, reveal that it is an old taxon, namely hyalomma rufipes glabrum delpy, 1949. it is hereby reinstated as hyalomma (euhyalomma) glabrum, ... | 2006 | 16715874 |
| comparative tick counts on game, cattle and sheep on a working game ranch in kenya. | the main objective of the study was to determine the possible influence of host species on the maintenance of ticks in the field by determining the relative contribution of game animals compared to domestic animals. the study was carried out on a game ranch 32 km south-east of nairobi. tick counts were carried out on 30 zebu cattle (bos indicus) aged 1 to 3 years and 20 red maasai sheep (ovis aries) aged 6 months to 1 year grazing with game animals in a common area for a period of 2 years and th ... | 2006 | 17405627 |
| seroprevalences of antibodies to neospora caninum and toxoplasma gondii in zoo animals. | neospora caninum is an apicomplexan parasite that causes neuromuscular disease in dogs and abortions in cattle. little is known about the prevalence of antibodies to this parasite in zoo animals. sera from 556 animals, from 13 czech and slovak zoos were tested for antibodies to n. caninum and toxoplasma gondii by indirect fluorescent antibody test. antibodies to n. caninum were found in 31 of 556 zoo animals (5.6%), representing 18 of 114 species tested: eurasian wolf (canis lupus lupus), maned ... | 2006 | 16387445 |
| isolation, culture and characterisation of somatic cells derived from semen and milk of endangered sheep and eland antelope. | semen and milk are potential sources of somatic cells for genome banks. in the present study, we cultured and characterised cells from: (1) cooled sheep milk; (2) fresh, cooled and frozen-thawed semen from gulf coast native (gcn) sheep (ovis aries); and (3) fresh eland (taurotragus oryx) semen. cells attached to the culture surface from fresh (29%), cooled (43%) and slow-frozen (1 degrees c/min; 14%) ram semen, whereas no attachment occurred in the fast-frozen (10 degrees c/min) group. prolifera ... | 2007 | 17524303 |
| ticks (acari: ixodidae) collected from animals in three western, semi-arid nature reserves in south africa. | the objective of this study was to make an inventory of the ixodid tick species infesting wild animals in three western, semi-arid nature reserves in south africa. to this end 22 animals in the kgalagadi transfrontier park, 10 in the west coast national park and 16 in the karoo national park were examined. fourteen tick species were recovered, of which hyalomma truncatum, rhipicephalus exophthalmos and rhipicephalus glabroscutatum were each present in two reserves and the remainder only in one. ... | 2007 | 17708155 |
| ticks associated with the three largest wild ruminant species in southern africa. | the objective of this study was to assess the host status of the three largest southern african wild ruminants, namely giraffes, giraffa camelopardalis, african buffaloes, syncerus caffer, and eland, taurotragus oryx for ixodid ticks. to this end recently acquired unpublished data are added here to already published findings on the tick burdens of these animals, and the total numbers and species of ticks recorded on 12 giraffes, 18 buffaloes and 36 eland are summarized and discussed. twenty-eigh ... | 2007 | 17933365 |
| detection of anaplasma antibodies in wildlife and domestic species in wildlife-livestock interface areas of kenya by major surface protein 5 competitive inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. | the seroprevalence of anaplasma antibodies in wildlife (eland, blue wildebeest, kongoni, impala, thomson's gazelle, grant's gazelle, giraffe and plains zebra) and domestic animal (cattle, sheep and goat) populations was studied in wildlife/livestock interface areas of kenya. serum samples were analyzed by competitive inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ci-elisa), using a recombinant antigen (msp-5) from anaplasma marginale surface membrane. a monoclonal antibody, fc-16, was used as the ... | 2008 | 19040134 |
| phylogenomic study of spiral-horned antelope by cross-species chromosome painting. | chromosomal homologies have been established between cattle (bos taurus, 2n = 60) and eight species of spiral-horned antelope, tribe tragelaphini: nyala (tragelaphus angasii, 2n = 55male/56female), lesser kudu (t. imberbis, 2n = 38male,female), bongo (t. eurycerus, 2n = 33male/34female), bushbuck (t. scriptus, 2n = 33male/34female), greater kudu (t. strepsiceros, 2n = 31male/32female), sitatunga (t. spekei, 2n = 30male,female) derby eland (taurotragus derbianus 2n = 31male/32female) and common e ... | 2008 | 18704723 |
| prevalence of antibodies against rift valley fever virus in kenyan wildlife. | rift valley fever virus (rvfv) is an arbovirus associated with periodic outbreaks, mostly on the african continent, of febrile disease accompanied by abortion in livestock, and a severe, fatal haemorrhagic syndrome in humans. however, the maintenance of the virus during the inter-epidemic period (iep) when there is low or no disease activity detected in livestock or humans has not been determined. this study report prevalence of rvfv-neutralizing antibodies in sera (n=896) collected from 16 keny ... | 2008 | 17988425 |
| cloned embryos from semen. part 2: intergeneric nuclear transfer of semen-derived eland (taurotragus oryx) epithelial cells into bovine oocytes. | the production of cloned offspring by nuclear transfer (nt) of semen-derived somatic cells holds considerable potential for the incorporation of novel genes into endangered species populations. because oocytes from endangered species are scarce, domestic species oocytes are often used as cytoplasts for interspecies nt. in the present study, epithelial cells isolated from eland semen were used for intergeneric transfer (ignt) into enucleated bovine oocytes and compared with bovine nt embryos. cle ... | 2008 | 18241126 |
| evidence for persistent bovine viral diarrhea virus infection in a captive mountain goat (oreamnos americanus). | bovine viral diarrhea (bvd) viruses are pestiviruses that have been isolated from domestic and wild ruminants. there is serologic evidence of pestiviral infection in more than 40 species of free-range and captive mammals. vertical transmission can produce persistently infected animals that are immunotolerant to the infecting strain of bovine viral diarrhea virus (bvdv) and shed virus throughout their lives. seven species (white-tailed deer, mouse deer, eland, domestic cattle, alpaca, sheep, and ... | 2008 | 18987224 |
| eland, buffalo, and wild pigs: were middle stone age humans ineffective hunters? | patterns of faunal exploitation play a central role in debates concerning the behavioral modernity of middle stone age (msa) peoples. msa foragers have been portrayed as less effective hunters than their later stone age (lsa) successors on the basis of relative species abundances from ungulate assemblages in southern africa. specifically, msa hunters are said to focus on docile eland while avoiding more aggressive prey, particularly buffalo and wild pigs. to evaluate these arguments and compare ... | 2008 | 18372003 |
| cloned embryos from semen. part 1: in vitro proliferation of epithelial cells on embryonic fibroblasts after isolation from semen by gradient centrifugation. | although epithelial-like somatic cells have been previously isolated from semen, cell proliferation rates were low. culture of whole semen samples resulted in loss of potentially valuable spermatozoa. the aims of the present study were to: (1) isolate somatic cells from semen, while preserving sperm viability, and (2) optimize in vitro culture conditions for semen-derived epithelial cells. density gradient centrifugation of washed ejaculates of two rams (ovis aries) (n = 24) and one eland bull ( ... | 2008 | 18241128 |
| characterizing the mouse es cell transcriptome with illumina sequencing. | large datasets generated by illumina sequencing are ideally suited to transcriptome characterization. we generated 3,052,501 27-mer reads from f1 mouse embryonic stem (es) cell cdna. using the eland alignment tool, 74.5% of reads matched sequenced mouse resources, <1% were contaminants, and 3.7% failed quality control. of the reads, 21.6% did not match mouse sequences using eland, but most of them were successfully aligned with mouse mrnas using megablast. we conclude that most of the reads in t ... | 2008 | 18602984 |
| a computational study of metastable states of co2+. | extensive calculations of energies and lifetimes of vibronic and rovibronic states of the co(2+) dication are performed using the electronic energy potentials and spin-orbit couplings published recently by sedivcova et al. [j. chem. phys. 124, 214303 (2006)] and by eland et al. [j. phys. b 37, 3197 (2004)]. siegert quantization, bound-continuum configuration mixing, two-potential, and semiclassical methods are exploited in the calculations. lifetimes for predissociation and tunneling, varying ov ... | 2008 | 18715076 |
| [the role of external respiration and blood circulation in heat emission during exposure of taurotragus oryx canna antelopes to solar heat]. | experiments have been made on 4 elands at the age of 3--4 months, mean body weight 78 kg. at ambient temperature 31.5degrees combined with solar radiation, polypnoe was observed in the animals. under these conditions, only small changes in the body temperature were observed, although skin temperature became 4--6degrees higher than in the morning. heat production was 10% lower than that at 22.5degrees. the animals eliminated about 8% of metabolic heat through respiration in the morning and about ... | 2008 | 941593 |
| knee-clicks and visual traits indicate fighting ability in eland antelopes: multiple messages and back-up signals. | given the costs of signalling, why do males often advertise their fighting ability to rivals using several signals rather than just one? multiple signalling theories have developed largely in studies of sexual signals, and less is known about their applicability to intra-sexual communication. we here investigate the evolutionary basis for the intricate agonistic signalling system in eland antelopes, paying particular attention to the evolutionary phenomenon of loud knee-clicking. | 2008 | 18986518 |
| ecological parameters of lamproglena hoi (copepoda: lernaeidae) infection on the bushveld smallscale yellowfish, labeobarbus polylepis (boulenger, 1907). | this study describes the distribution and aspects of the ecology of lamproglena hoi. bushveld small-scale yellowfish, labeobarbus polylepis (boulenger, 1907) were collected during june 2006 from the phongolo and assegaai rivers, march 2005 and october 2006 from the elands river, and january 2007 and june 2008 from the komati river in mpumalanga, south africa and examined for the presence of parasites. lamproglena hoi specimens were collected from the gill filaments of the host. specimens were fi ... | 2009 | 20698442 |
| ultrasonographic-guided retrieval and in vitro maturation of eland (taurotragus oryx) and bongo (tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) antelope oocytes. | the limited availability of gametes is a major factor hindering the development and application of assisted reproductive technologies (art) in large non-domestic ungulates. this is partly due to the small number of captive animals and handling difficulties associated with procedures for gamete recovery. in the present study, results are reported of multi-year studies on ovarian stimulation and oocyte retrieval by ultrasonographic-guided transvaginal follicular aspiration and subsequent in vitro ... | 2009 | 18387759 |
| computation of rank and select functions on hierarchical binary string and its application to genome mapping problems for short-read dna sequences. | abstract we have developed efficient in-practice algorithms for computing rank and select functions on a binary string, based on a novel data structure, a hierarchical binary string with hierarchical accumulatives. it efficiently stores decomposed information on partial summations over various scales of subregions of a given binary string, so that the required space overhead ratio is only about 3.5% irrespective of the string length. values of rank and select functions are computed hierarchicall ... | 2009 | 19772398 |
| [genetic nephropathies in dogs: molecular genetic studies of norwegian eland dogs and english cocker spaniels]. | 2009 | 19322990 | |
| probematch: rapid alignment of oligonucleotides to genome allowing both gaps and mismatches. | summary: we have developed a tool, called probematch, for matching a large set of oligonucleotide sequences against a genome database using gapped alignments. unlike most of the existing tools such as eland which only perform ungapped alignments allowing at most two mismatches, probematch generates both ungapped and gapped alignments allowing up to three errors including insertion, deletion and mismatch. to speedup sequence alignment, probematch uses gapped q-grams and q-grams of various pattern ... | 2009 | 19351619 |
| serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-i and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 and -3 in eight hoofstock species. | the somatotropic axis, which includes growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor (igf)-i, and igf binding proteins (igfbp), is involved in the regulation of growth and metabolism. measures of the somatotropic axis can be predictive of nutritional status and growth rate that can be utilized to identify nutritional status of individual animals. before the somatotropic axis can be a predictive tool, concentrations of hormones of the somatotropic axis need to be established in healthy individuals. t ... | 2010 | 20853408 |
| the role of african buffalos (syncerus caffer) in the maintenance of foot-and-mouth disease in uganda. | to study the role of african buffalos (syncerus caffer) in the maintenance of foot-and-mouth disease in uganda, serum samples were collected from 207 african buffalos, 21 impalas (aepyceros melampus), 1 giraffe (giraffa camelopardalis), 1 common eland (taurotragus oryx), 7 hartebeests (alcelaphus buselaphus) and 5 waterbucks (kobus ellipsiprymnus) from four major national parks in uganda between 2005 and 2008. serum samples were screened to detect antibodies against foot-and-mouth disease virus ... | 2010 | 21143994 |
| the abundance of eland, buffalo, and wild pigs in middle and later stone age sites. | 2010 | 20875912 | |
| a comparative study of children's pain reactions and perceptions to amsa injection using cclad versus traditional injections. | pain control is an important part of dentistry, particularly in pediatric dentistry. recently, a computer-controlled local anesthetic delivery system (cclad) has been developed to reduce pain related to the local anesthetic injection. in conjunction with this technology, a new approach to the anterior and middle superior alveolar nerves (amsa) has been induced. studies evaluating the cclad in pediatric dentistry showed variable results regarding its use in pediatric dentistry. further evaluation ... | 2010 | 20578658 |
| changes in serum calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium levels in captive ruminants affected by diet manipulation. | a combination of low serum calcium (ca), high serum phosphorus (p), and low serum magnesium (mg) has been observed in individual captive ruminants, primarily affecting kudu (tragelaphus strepsiceros), eland (taurotragus oryx), nyala (tragelaphus angasii), bongo (tragelaphus eurycerus), and giraffe (giraffa camelopardalis). these mineral abnormalities have been associated with chronic laminitis, acute tetany, seizures, and death. underlying rumen disease secondary to feeding highly fermentable ca ... | 2010 | 20945636 |
| testicular microlithiasis and neoplastic lesions in wild eland (tragelaphus oryx): possible effects of exposure to environmental pollutants? | the purpose of the study was to compare wildlife in the proximity and away from the sources of known industrial pollution. macroscopic, focal, gritty areas that appeared white were observed in the testes of all 24 south african eland (tragelaphus oryx) culled in the rietvlei nature reserve (rnr; n=17) between 2001 and 2003 and suikerbosrand nature reserve (snr; n=7) in 2004. histopathological evaluation of testes showed multiple intratubular dystrophic calcifications, focal areas of sperm stasis ... | 2010 | 20303476 |
| auger decay of molecular double core-hole state. | we report on theoretical auger electron kinetic energy distribution originated from sequential two-step auger decays of molecular double core-hole (dch) state, using ch(4), nh(3), and h(2)co molecules as representative examples. for ch(4) and nh(3) molecules, the dch state has an empty 1s inner-shell orbital and its auger spectrum has two well-separated components. one is originated from the 1st auger transition from the dch state to the triply ionized states with one core hole and two valence h ... | 2011 | 22029313 |
| stampy: a statistical algorithm for sensitive and fast mapping of illumina sequence reads. | high-volume sequencing of dna and rna is now within reach of any research laboratory and is quickly becoming established as a key research tool. in many workflows, each of the short sequences ("reads") resulting from a sequencing run are first "mapped" (aligned) to a reference sequence to infer the read from which the genomic location derived, a challenging task because of the high data volumes and often large genomes. existing read mapping software excel in either speed (e.g., bwa, bowtie, elan ... | 2011 | 20980556 |
| pericardial myxoid liposarcoma in a common eland (taurotragus oryx). | a pericardial myxoid liposarcoma was diagnosed in a common eland (taurotragus oryx) based on gross, microscopical and immunohistochemical findings. the pericardial and epicardial tissues were soft and uniformly thickened. microscopically, the neoplastic mass consisted of stellate cells embedded in a myxoid matrix. these cells contained cytoplasmic vacuoles stained by oil red o. immunohistochemical analysis showed the neoplastic cells to express vimentin and s-100. | 2011 | 21306730 |
| theileria parva genetic diversity and haemoparasite prevalence in cattle and wildlife in and around lake mburo national park in uganda. | wildlife, especially cape buffalo (syncerus caffer), are thought to act as a reservoir for many of the important tick-borne pathogens of cattle. in this study, we have determined the prevalence of the most significant tick-borne haemoparasites in wildlife (buffalo, impala, eland and bushbuck) as well as in cattle grazing inside and neighbouring lake mburo national park (lmnp) in uganda. a high percentage of buffalo were carriers of theileria parva, theileria mutans, theileria velifera, theileria ... | 2011 | 20827491 |
| buffalo, bush meat, and the zoonotic threat of brucellosis in botswana. | brucellosis is a zoonotic disease of global importance infecting humans, domestic animals, and wildlife. little is known about the epidemiology and persistence of brucellosis in wildlife in southern africa, particularly in botswana. | 2012 | 22412932 |
| igfbp-4 tumor and serum levels are increased across all stages of epithelial ovarian cancer. | we sought to identify candidate serum biomarkers for the detection and surveillance of eoc. based on rna-seq transcriptome analysis of patient-derived tumors, highly expressed secreted proteins were identified using a bioinformatic approach. | 2012 | 22264331 |
| description of a new species of eimeria schneider, 1875 (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from the western derby eland taurotragus derbianus derbianus gray (artiodactyla: bovidae) in senegal. | examination of faecal samples from semi-captive western derby elands taurotragus derbianus derbianus gray, in the bandia and fathala reserves of senegal, revealed the presence of oöcysts of the genus eimeria schneider, 1875 that we considered to represent a new species, eimeria derbiani n. sp. the new species possesses nearly ellipsoidal oöcysts (length/width ratio 1.3) with a bi-layered wall and an average size of 27.6 × 21.5 μm. e. derbiani possesses a micropyle covered by a micropylar cap and ... | 2012 | 22581248 |
| traumatic myiasis in free-ranging eland, reported from kenya. | for centuries, immature stages of dipterans have infested humans and animals, resulting in a pathological condition referred to as myiasis. myiases are globally distributed but they remain neglected diseases in spite of the great medical and veterinary importance. moreover, there is a paucity of information on the clinical-pathology and/or epidemiology of the infestation, especially in african free ranging wildlife. | 2013 | 23566876 |
| self-report assessment of recurrent abdominal pain. | pain is the principal, and often the only symptom in cases of recurrent abdominal pain (rap). the purpose of this study was to analyze the clinical background behind the pain symptom and the pain's capacity for differentiation in the diagnostic assessment of a group of 86 children suffering from rap and observed at a pediatric gastroenterology service. the self-rating methods applied to the children included a verbal scale and a visual analogue scale (vas) for scoring the pain, and the eland met ... | 2013 | 11293145 |
| daily or thrice weekly handling of eland antelope (taurotragus oryx): effects on serum cortisol level. | we evaluated the cortisol response of adult female eland (n=8) that were handled in hydraulic chute daily or 3×/week. females were divided into two groups and each group (n=4) successively received two estrous cycle synchronization treatments: (1) two injections of prostaglandin (pg-pg) f2α at 11 day intervals and (2) oral administration of altrenogest for 7 days and an injection of pgf2α on day 7 (alt-pg). blood samples were collected 3×/week during the synchronization (synch) and expected lute ... | 2013 | 23290948 |
| evaluation of mandibular infiltration versus block anesthesia in pediatric dentistry. | the clinical effectiveness of mandibular block anesthesia was compared to that of buccal infiltration anesthesia. a total of eighty patients three to nine years old was selected with identical bilateral lesions. the anesthetic used was mepacaine hcl 2 percent. the treatments performed were restorations, pulpotomies, and extractions. child behavior and pain reaction were recorded and rated at certain intervals of treatment, using the frankl behavioral scale and the sem scale. the eland color scal ... | 2013 | 9328681 |
| the effectiveness of electronic dental anesthesia in children. | this study compared the effectiveness of traditional local anesthesia with a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation unit that controls pain via electronic dental anesthesia for restorative dental procedures in 6- to 12-year-old children. the sample included 27 children who had two antimere teeth that required restorations of similar size (preventive resin restorations). in each case, the cavity preparation extended into dentin. one of the teeth was treated with conventional local anesthesia ... | 2013 | 8378157 |
| lead exposure in young school children in south african subsistence fishing communities. | lead is an established toxic substance, with wide-ranging health effects, including neurodevelopmental decrements and behavioural problems, even at low levels in blood. anecdotal reports of lead melting to make fishing sinkers in south african subsistence fishing communities prompted the conduct of an epidemiological study in two south african fishing villages to investigate the extent of lead melting and the associated risks in children. | 2013 | 23838130 |
| [helminths in an askaniia-nova herd of eland and experiences in eradicating strongylata infestation]. | parasitological complex studies of the available eland stock (60 individuals) were first carried out. as a result 100 % infection rate of the herd and the age dynamics of strongylatoses were revealed. the autopsy of animals have shown that five species of six species of nematodes and one species of cestodes are common parasites of ruminants of the ukraine steppe zone and two species are specific parasites of eland. for sanitation of the herd an anthelminthic preparation produced in hungary was u ... | 2013 | 4011310 |
| investigating the contributing factors to postmortem ph changes in springbok, eland, red hartebeest and kudu edible offal. | the objective of the study was to assess ph measurements between offal organs of different species and the association between ph taken 4 h post-slaughter and different predictor variables in the liver and lungs. a linear regression analysis was conducted on selected variables to identify the main predictors and their interactions affecting the ph of meat 4 h post-slaughter. in an increasing order of magnitude during winter, the ph achieved at 16 h - 36 h post-slaughter in springbok heart, liver ... | 2013 | 23718196 |
| severe laminitis in multiple zoo species. | a 10-year record review from a zoological institution in the western usa identified four cases of severe laminitis resulting in rotation and protrusion of the third phalanx through the sole. laminitis is reported in a masai giraffe (giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), a sichuan takin (budorcas taxicolor tibetana), a greater malayan chevrotain (tragulus napu) and a giant eland (taurotragus derbianus). this is the first report of severe laminitis with pedal bone rotation and protrusion in multi ... | 2014 | 24730432 |
| comparison of meat quality between eland (taurotragus oryx) and cattle (bos taurus) raised under similar conditions. | physical, chemical and sensory characteristics of meat were compared between non-domestic eland (taurotragus oryx) bulls (n=6) and domestic fleckvieh (bos taurus) bulls (n=6) which were finished under controlled conditions of feeding and management. musculus longissimus lumborum from eland were darker and less yellow in colour, with a higher ph24 and lower contents of intramuscular fat and total collagen, compared to cattle. contents (mg/100 g muscle tissue) and proportions (g/100 g of fa determ ... | 2014 | 23954274 |
| the conflict between cheetahs and humans on namibian farmland elucidated by stable isotope diet analysis. | large areas of namibia are covered by farmland, which is also used by game and predator species. because it can cause conflicts with farmers when predators, such as cheetahs (acinonyx jubatus), hunt livestock, we assessed whether livestock constitutes a significant part of the cheetah diet by analysing the stable isotope composition of blood and tissue samples of cheetahs and their potential prey species. according to isotopic similarities, we defined three isotopic categories of potential prey: ... | 2014 | 25162403 |
| influence of aesthetic appreciation of wildlife species on attitudes towards their conservation in kenyan agropastoralist communities. | the influence of human aesthetic appreciation of animal species on public attitudes towards their conservation and related decision-making has been studied in industrialized countries but remains underexplored in developing countries. working in three agropastoralist communities around amboseli national park, southern kenya, we investigated the relative strength of human aesthetic appreciation on local attitudes towards the conservation of wildlife species. using semi-structured interviewing and ... | 2014 | 24551176 |
| larger antelopes are sensitive to heat stress throughout all seasons but smaller antelopes only during summer in an african semi-arid environment. | heat stress can limit the activity time budget of ungulates due to hyperthermia, which is relevant for african antelopes in ecosystems where temperature routinely increases above 40 °c. body size influences this thermal sensitivity as large bodied ungulates have a lower surface area to volume ratio than smaller ungulates, and therefore a reduced heat dissipation capacity. we tested whether the activity pattern during the day of three antelope species of different body size-eland, blue wildebeest ... | 2014 | 23417331 |
| dna sequence analyses reveal co-occurrence of novel haplotypes of fasciola gigantica with f. hepatica in south africa and zimbabwe. | the aim of this study was to identify and determine the genetic diversity of fasciola species in cattle from zimbabwe, the kwazulu-natal and mpumalanga provinces of south africa and selected wildlife hosts from zimbabwe. this was based on analysis of dna sequences of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (its1 and 2) and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 (co1) regions. the sample of 120 flukes was collected from livers of 57 cattle at 4 abattoirs in zimbabwe and 47 cattle at 6 abatt ... | 2015 | 26476916 |
| effects of age, sex, lactation and social dominance on faecal egg count patterns of gastrointestinal nematodes in farmed eland (taurotragus oryx). | the eland is a large african antelope that can be bred in a temperate climate, under similar conditions and production systems as cattle. however, knowledge of parasites in farmed elands outside the area of their native habitat is still limited, and information concerning factors that influence these parasites is lacking. therefore, faecal samples from an entire herd of elands, including calves and adult females and males, were examined monthly over a one year period. almost 84% of the animals w ... | 2015 | 26277201 |
| the arteries of brain base in species of the cervid family. | the aim of the article was to describe the pattern of main arteries at the encephalon base, their connections, and varieties. this study included 106 specimens of the head and cerebral arteries of the following eight species of the cervid family: reindeer, chital, eld's deer, wapiti, sika deer, fallow deer, pere david's deer or milu, and reeve's or chinese muntjac. the arteries of the animals under study were filled with acetone-dissolved stained vinyl superchloride or stained latex lbs3060. the ... | 2015 | 25399744 |
| application of spatial and closed capture-recapture models on known population of the western derby eland (taurotragus derbianus derbianus) in senegal. | camera trapping with capture-recapture analyses has provided estimates of the abundances of elusive species over the last two decades. closed capture-recapture models (cr) based on the recognition of individuals and incorporating natural heterogeneity in capture probabilities are considered robust tools; however, closure assumption is often questionable and the use of an mh jackknife estimator may fail in estimations of real abundance when the heterogeneity is high and data is sparse. a novel, s ... | 2015 | 26334997 |
| jo eland may be gone, but her legacy remains. | 2016 | 27863586 | |
| evolution of the ungulate dewlap: thermoregulation rather than sexual selection or predator deterrence? | dewlaps are iconic features of several ungulate species and, although a role in signalling has been postulated, their function remains largely unexplored. we recently failed to find any age-independent link between dewlap size and social status in the common eland (tragelaphus oryx), pointing to the possibility that sexual selection may not be the primary cause of dewlap evolution in ungulates. here i use a two-pronged approach to test hypotheses on the function of ungulate dewlaps: an interspec ... | 2016 | 27437025 |
| morphology of the lingual papillae of the eland (taurotragus oryx). | we examined the dorsal lingual surfaces of an adult eland (taurotragus oryx) by scanning electron microscopy. filiform, fungiform and vallate papillae were observed. the filiform papillae of the lingual apex consisted of a larger main papilla and smaller secondary papillae. the connective tissue core of the filiform papilla was u-shaped. the fungiform papillae were round in shape. the connective tissue core of the fungiform papilla was flower-bud shaped. the filiform papillae of the lingual body ... | 2016 | 28216542 |
| meiotic behaviour of evolutionary sex-autosome translocations in bovidae. | the recurrent occurrence of sex-autosome translocations during mammalian evolution suggests common mechanisms enabling a precise control of meiotic synapsis, recombination and inactivation of sex chromosomes. we used immunofluorescence and fish to study the meiotic behaviour of sex chromosomes in six species of bovidae with evolutionary sex-autosome translocations (tragelaphus strepsiceros, taurotragus oryx, tragelaphus imberbis, tragelaphus spekii, gazella leptoceros and nanger dama ruficollis) ... | 2016 | 27136937 |
| effect of species-specific differences in chromosome morphology on chromatin compaction and the frequency and distribution of rad51 and mlh1 foci in two bovid species: cattle (bos taurus) and the common eland (taurotragus oryx). | meiotic recombination between homologous chromosomes is crucial for their correct segregation into gametes and for generating diversity. we compared the frequency and distribution of mlh1 foci and rad51 foci, synaptonemal complex (sc) length and dna loop size in two related bovidae species that share chromosome arm homology but show an extreme difference in their diploid chromosome number: cattle (bos taurus, 2n = 60) and the common eland (taurotragus oryx, 2nmale = 31). compared to cattle, sign ... | 2016 | 26194101 |
| extreme wildlife declines and concurrent increase in livestock numbers in kenya: what are the causes? | there is growing evidence of escalating wildlife losses worldwide. extreme wildlife losses have recently been documented for large parts of africa, including western, central and eastern africa. here, we report extreme declines in wildlife and contemporaneous increase in livestock numbers in kenya rangelands between 1977 and 2016. our analysis uses systematic aerial monitoring survey data collected in rangelands that collectively cover 88% of kenya's land surface. our results show that wildlife ... | 2016 | 27676077 |
| challenges in identifying and determining the impacts of infection with pestiviruses on the herd health of free ranging cervid populations. | although most commonly associated with the infection of domestic livestock, the replication of pestiviruses, in particular the two species of bovine viral diarrhea virus (bvdv), occurs in a wide range of free ranging cervids including white-tailed deer, mule deer, fallow deer, elk, red deer, roe deer, eland and mousedeer. while virus isolation and serologic analyses indicate that pestiviruses are circulating in these populations, little is known regarding their impact. the lack of regular survei ... | 2016 | 27379051 |
| persistent bovine viral diarrhea virus infection in domestic and wild small ruminants and camelids including the mountain goat (oreamnos americanus). | bovine viral diarrhea virus (bvdv) is a pestivirus best known for causing a variety of disease syndromes in cattle, including gastrointestinal disease, reproductive insufficiency, immunosuppression, mucosal disease, and hemorrhagic syndrome. the virus can be spread by transiently infected individuals and by persistently infected animals that may be asymptomatic while shedding large amounts of virus throughout their lifetime. bvdv has been reported in over 40 domestic and free-ranging species, an ... | 2016 | 26779126 |
| ungulates rely less on visual cues, but more on adapting movement behaviour, when searching for forage. | finding suitable forage patches in a heterogeneous landscape, where patches change dynamically both spatially and temporally could be challenging to large herbivores, especially if they have no a priori knowledge of the location of the patches. we tested whether three large grazing herbivores with a variety of different traits improve their efficiency when foraging at a heterogeneous habitat patch scale by using visual cues to gain a priori knowledge about potential higher value foraging patches ... | 2017 | 28533947 |
| responses of urban crows to con- and hetero-specific alarm calls in predator and non-predator zoo enclosures. | urban animals and birds in particular are able to cope with diverse novel threats in a city environment such as avoiding novel, unfamiliar predators. predator avoidance often includes alarm signals that can be used also by hetero-specifics, which is mainly the case in mixed-species flocks. it can also occur when species do not form flocks but co-occur together. in this study we tested whether urban crows use alarm calls of conspecifics and hetero-specifics (jackdaws, corvus monedula) differently ... | 2017 | 27796660 |
| influence of cattle on browsing and grazing wildlife varies with rainfall and presence of megaherbivores. | in many savanna ecosystems worldwide, livestock share the landscape and its resources with wildlife. the nature of interactions between livestock and wildlife is a subject of considerable interest and speculation, yet little controlled experimental research has been carried out. since 1995, we have been manipulating the presence and absence of cattle and large mammalian herbivore wildlife in a kenyan savanna in order to better understand how different herbivore guilds influence habitat use by sp ... | 2017 | 27935669 |
| wildlife population dynamics in human-dominated landscapes under community-based conservation: the example of nakuru wildlife conservancy, kenya. | wildlife conservation is facing numerous and mounting challenges on private and communal lands in africa, including in kenya. we analyze the population dynamics of 44 common wildlife species in relation to rainfall variation in the nakuru wildlife conservancy (nwc), located in the nakuru-naivasha region of kenya, based on ground total counts carried out twice each year from march 1996 to may 2015. rainfall in the region was quasi-periodic with cycle periods dependent on the rainfall component an ... | 2017 | 28103269 |
| host-parasite list updating of ciliates and fermentation in the digestive tract of wild miscellaneous herbivores in south africa (rsa). | this article is dedicated to the author, burk dehority, who became very ill with cancer. fortunately he confirmed or corrected all identifications on ciliates in this article. this paper was 80% finished when he became ill. he unfortunately passed away in february 2016. | 2017 | 28609902 |
| seroprevalence of neospora caninum and toxoplasma gondii in exotic ruminants and camelids in the czech republic. | neospora caninum and toxoplasma gondii are the protozoan parasites with definitive hosts from order carnivora. due to vertical transmission, both parasites can cause abortions and neonatal mortality that lead to significant productive and economic losses in the domestic ruminants. the aim of this study was to describe n. caninum and t. gondii seroprevalence in the group of frequently farmed captive exotic ruminants (n = 184) including bovidae (barbary sheep, bezoar goat, common eland, american b ... | 2017 | 28497227 |
| the content of tocols in south african wheat; impact on nutritional benefits. | wheat is a major component within human consumption, and due to the large intake of wheat, it has an impact on human nutritional health. this study aimed at an increased understanding of how the content and composition of tocols may be governed for increased nutritional benefit of wheat consumption. therefore, ten south african wheat cultivars from three locations were fractionated into white and whole flour, the content and concentration of tocols were evaluated by high performance liquid chrom ... | 2017 | 29099067 |
| identification of moraxella lacunata from pulmonary abscesses in three zoo herbivores. | although moraxella lacunata causes conjunctivitis, keratitis, endocarditis, and otolaryngitis in humans, its infection is rare in animals. we report three cases of asymptomatic pulmonary abscesses caused by m. lacunata in zoo herbivores, including two elks (cervus canadensis) and a common eland (taurotragus oryx). in all cases, macroscopic findings included coalescence of lung lobes and severe pulmonary abscesses filled with cheese-like materials in cysts. microscopic findings included pneumonia ... | 2018 | 30369588 |
| changes in the physico-chemical attributes through processing of salami made from blesbok (damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), eland (taurotragus oryx), fallow deer (dama dama), springbok (antidorcas marsupialis) and black wildebeest (connochaetes gnou) in comparison to pork. | drying kinetics and changes in proximate composition, ph, salt content, water activity (aw) and lipid oxidation through processing of salami made using five different game meat species were evaluated and compared to pork. eight batches of salami from each species were made and sampled for analysis throughout processing. processing time was a significant factor on all measured attributes whilst species affected (p ≤ .05) ph and moisture but not drying kinetics. black wildebeest meat exhibited hig ... | 2018 | 30138886 |
| investigations into the host specificity of theileria taurotragi. | all theileria parasites have definitive natural hosts that act as carriers. incidental infections of uncommon hosts do occur raising questions regarding host specificity and its drivers. reported hosts for theileria taurotragi include bushbuck, cattle and eland. more recently t. taurotragi was detected in african buffalo, which may have implications for accurate diagnostics of t. parva. the current study therefore investigated the host specificity of t. taurotragi by developing a specific and se ... | 2018 | 29657008 |
| the bony horncore of the common eland (taurotragus oryx): composition and mechanical properties of a spiral fighting structure. | horns are permanent structures projecting from the head of bovids, consisting of a bony horncore covered with a layer of skin and then a sheath of keratinous material showing variability of growth intensity based on nutrition. from the point of view of the horn's mechanical properties, the keratin sheath has been widely studied, but only a few studies have considered the complete structure of the horn and fewer studies have focused on the bony horncore and its characteristics. the latter showed ... | 2018 | 29023690 |