| the feeding habits and ecology of the tsetse fly glossina morsitans submorsitans newstead in relation to nagana transmission in the gambia. | the source of blood meals from 174 fed glossina morsitans submorsitans newstead, captured in malaise traps in savanna woodland in the gambia, were identified by the precipitin test. warthog accounted for 90% of the meals and single bushbuck and ox feeds were identified. nagana is a major problem in the area, but contact between tsetse and livestock is reduced by restricted grazing. in this situation, warthog, with a ubiquitous distribution, appear to be major maintenance hosts for g. m. submorsi ... | 1979 | 35933 |
| serum immunoglobulin levels and electrophoretic patterns of serum proteins in trypanosome-infected bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus). | serum immunoglobulin levels and relative proportions of serum proteins were determined in bushbuck and zebu cattle inhabiting tsetse-infested areas of uganda and animals living in tsetse-free areas. serum igm pand igg levels were significantly increased in infected bushbuck and zebu cattle. serum from captive bushbuck showed low levels of immunoglobulins. serum protein concentrations in infected and non-infected cattle were similar but infected bushbuck had higher serum protein levels than uninf ... | 1975 | 50764 |
| the prevalence of antibody of antibody to contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (mycoplasma strain f38) in some wild herbivores and camels in kenya. | sera of 11 species of wild herbivores were tested for antibody to mycoplasma strain f38 which causes contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (ccpp) in kenya. antibodies were found in buffalo (syncerus caffer) (32%), impala (aepyceros melampus) (10%) and camels (camelus dromedarius) (49%) but not in bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus), eland (taurotragus oryx), grant's gazelle (gazella granti), kongoni (alcelaphus buselaphus cokei), oryx (oryx beisa), thomson's gazelle (gazella thomsonii), waterbuck (kobu ... | 1978 | 691121 |
| the role of wild ruminants in the epidemiology of bovine petechial fever. | after experimental inoculation of cytoecetes ondiri, the agent of bovine petechial fever (bpf), multiplication occurred in impala, bushbuck, thomson's gazelles and wildebeest, as shown by infectivity studies and clinical findings. similar attempts to infect one eland failed. as a sequel to this, blood and spleen samples were collected from four species of wild ruminants in an area where bptf was endemic. isolations of c. ondiri were made from three of five bushbuck, but not from any other specie ... | 1975 | 1054728 |
| spatial associations and social interactions in a "solitary" ungulate: the bushbuck tragelaphus scriptus (pallas). | the bushbuck population in a study area of 0.7 km2 in queen elizabeth national park, uganda, was observed between june 22 and july 30, 1971. the animals (4 male male, 10 female female, 4 immat.) were individually recognizable. observations consisted of census sightings and longitudinal observations; during the latter location, neighbours, social encounters and other behaviour of focal animals were recorded continuously. 71% of the census sightings were of single animals. hardly any aggressio ... | 1975 | 1172339 |
| the significance of human serum sensitivity in the context of t.b. rhodesiense sleeping sickness epidemiology and control. | earlier this century the postulate that trypanosoma brucei brucei and t.b. rhodesiense had a common identity and that human infectability was linked with resistance to normal human serum (nhs) in vitro, were both finally refuted in the classical tinde experiment. interest in serum sensitivity was reawakened with the advent of the biit in 1970 and the studies that followed demonstrated the presence of both human-serum-resistant (hsr) and sensitive (hss) variant antigen types, within the surface a ... | 1992 | 1644047 |
| human serum sensitivities of trypanozoon isolates from naturally infected hosts in the luangwa valley, zambia. | of 235 trypanozoon stocks isolated from naturally infected hosts in northeastern zambia and tested by the blood incubation infectivity test (biit), 176 came from man, 37 from wild-caught tsetse, 11 from wild animals and 11 from domestic livestock. of those from man, 2 gave unexpected, human-serum-sensitive (hss) reactions on first testing; all 15 stocks from tsetse in the northern area (kampumbu) were strongly serum-resistant (hsr) while 22 other infections, from tsetse in the southern area (kak ... | 1991 | 1800082 |
| [incidence of trypanosomiasis on wildlife of a game ranch in burkina faso]. | blood samples from 203 wild animals kept on a game ranch in burkina faso were examined by the "buffy coat" technique following microhaematocrite centrifugation in capillary tubes. anaemia was assessed according to the value of packed cell volume (pcv). a thin smear and thick blood film from each animal were prepared and examined for detection of babesia, anaplasma, theileria, microfilaria. the infection rate and parasitaemia were assessed in each animal species. for each animal species examined, ... | 1990 | 2132786 |
| outbreaks of rinderpest in wild and domestic animals in nigeria. | rinderpest, although eradicated from nigeria in 1974 after the jp15 campaign, was reintroduced into sokoto state in 1980 and again into borno state in 1983. the latter outbreak spread rapidly throughout nigeria and severely reduced the cattle population. an estimated one million cattle were lost. an outbreak occurred at the maiduguri zoo, in borno state, in january 1983 and killed 15 elands and six sitatungas. in march 1983, rinderpest appeared in yankari game reserve in adjoining bauchi state a ... | 1990 | 2343518 |
| parasites of domestic and wild animals in south africa. xxiv. arthropod parasites of bushbuck and common duiker in the weza state forest, natal. | one bushbuck, tragelaphus scriptus, and 1 common duiker, sylvicapra grimmia, were shot each month from may 1983 to may 1984 in the weza state forest, natal, i.e. a total of 13 animals of each species. the bushbuck were infested with 8 ixodid tick species, 2 louse species and a louse-fly species. the common duiker harboured 7 tick species and 2 louse species. ticks of the genus ixodes were the most numerous and prevalent on both antelope species, but no pattern of seasonal abundance was evident. ... | 1989 | 2726195 |
| the feeding habits of the tsetse, glossina pallidipes austen on the south kenya coast, in the context of its host range and trypanosome infection rates in other parts of east africa. | the results of blood-meal identifications for 651 glossina pallidipes from 5 subpopulations near the kenya coast south of mombasa, and one, 70 km inland, are presented. bushpigs and/or warthogs were important hosts for g. pallidipes at all sites. other major hosts included elephant, buffalo and bushbuck where they were present, and on a dairy ranch nearly 30% of feeds were taken from cattle. there was a general relationship between the numbers and diversity of wild herbivores and the abundance o ... | 1988 | 2907261 |
| tsetse ecology in a liberian rain-forest focus of gambian sleeping sickness. | investigations on tsetse ecology were undertaken in bong county of liberia during the dry season, october 1981 to february 1982, around villages where the human infection rate with trypanosoma brucei gambiense dutton was about 2%. most tsetse captured in biconical traps were glossina palpalis robineau-desvoidy and g. pallicera bigot, with relatively few g. fusca walker and g. nigrofusca newstead. swamps and water-gathering places were predominant habitats of all four species, but tsetse were als ... | 1987 | 2979539 |
| survival and reproductive performance of female glossina morsitans morsitans when maintained on the blood of different species of wild mammals. | a study was carried out to determine the effect on the reproductive performance of female glossina morsitans morsitans westwood when allowed to feed, in vitro, for 63 days on fresh defibrinated blood of buffalo, bushbuck, cattle, eland, oryx, warthog, waterbuck or wildebeest. there were marginal differences in the survival and reproductive performance between eight different groups of tsetse, 200 per group, when fed on the blood of these mammalian species. when allowed to feed for 14 consecutive ... | 1988 | 2980193 |
| arthropod parasites of common reedbuck, redunca arundinum, in natal. | twenty-five common reedbuck, redunca arundinum, from the himeville region, 21 from the eastern shores nature reserve, 4 from the charter's creek nature reserve and 2 from the st lucia game park, natal were examined for arthropod parasites. the reedbuck from himeville were infested with 4 ixodid tick species, those from the eastern shores with 7 species and those from charter's creek and st lucia with 6 species. rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi was the only tick common to the 4 localities. the lice ... | 1988 | 3353095 |
| parasites of south african wildlife. i. helminths of bushbuck, tragelaphus scriptus, and grey duiker, sylvicapra grimmia, from the weza state forest, natal. | thirteen bushbuck, tragelaphus scriptus, and 13 grey duikers, sylvicapra grimmia, were culled in the weza state forest, natal, from may 1983-may 1984. the maximum number of worms recovered from a single bushbuck was 393. of the total number of worms recovered from all the bushbuck, paracooperia devossi were the most numerous, followed by ostertagia harrisi, a cooperia sp. and haemonchus vegliai. p. devossi and o. harrisi were more numerous during winter and the cooperia sp. more numerous during ... | 1987 | 3627728 |
| the helminth parasites of various artiodactylids from some south african nature reserves. | the helminth species composition and helminth burdens of 4 grey duikers, 12 bushbuck, 2 nyala, 2 giraffe, a steenbok, an oribi, a waterbuck and a tsessebe from the kruger national park (knp); of a steenbok and a greater kudu from the farm riekerts laager, transvaal; of a single blue duiker from the tsitsikama forest national park, and of a blue wildebeest, a red hartebeest, a gemsbok and 2 springbok from the kalahari gemsbok national park (kgnp) were collected, counted and identified. new parasi ... | 1986 | 3725333 |
| some protozoan parasites of tragelaphine antelopes in south africa with special reference to a babesia sp. in a bushbuck and a trypanosoma theileri-like parasite in a nyala. | | 1972 | 4197847 |
| investigations of allerton-type herpes virus infection in east african game animals and cattle. | neutralization tests with a strain (ba) of allerton-type herpes virus, derived from a buffalo (syncerus caffer) were carried out on 924 sera from 17 species of e. african game animals and on cattle sera from tanzania (2001), kenya (792) and uganda (410).buffalo populations throughout e. africa showed a very high rate of infection, with all animals over 2 years of age serologically positive. antibody was present in some giraffe, waterbuck and hippopotamus sera and, less frequently, in impala, ela ... | 1971 | 4326248 |
| the complex epidemiology of rhodesian sleeping sickness in kenya and uganda. iii. the epidemiology in the endemic areas along the lake shore between the nile and the yala swamp. | the endemic rhodesian sleeping sickness belt along the shore of lake victoria between the nile and the yala swamp consists of two ecologically different areas: the busoga belt and the samia belt. the busoga belt is a country of forest and forest relics, full of game, with a high density of glossina fuscipes fuscipes but also inhabited by g. pallidipes, and with a people encroaching on the northern border who pass the forest on their way to the lake to catch and buy fish, but who seldom penetrate ... | 1974 | 4439469 |
| the role of game animals in the maintenance of endemic and enzootic trypanosomiases in the lambwe valley, south nyanza district, kenya. | rhodesian sleeping sickness and bovine trypanosomiasis were endemic in the lambwe valley of western kenya, where the vector of both diseases was a tsetse fly glossina pallidipes. since a large resident population of game animals also inhabited the valley, a programme was designed to assess the relationships between game animals, tsetse, and trypanosome populations and the results were collated with some aspects of local human ecology and the general epidemiological situation in the valley. of 13 ... | 1972 | 4544824 |
| the hosts and trypanosome infection rates of glossina pallidipes in the lambwe and roo valleys. | several thousand glossina pallidipes flies were dissected to determine trypanosome infection rates in the lambwe valley and to collect information on the hosts of this tsetse. a total of 1 450 (19.3%) flies had mature trypanosome infections but the rate varied between 9.6% and 30.9% in the lambwe valley. in the roo valley the rate was 19.7-28.6%. blood-meal squashes from tsetse collected in the roo valley and obaluanda areas and in the ruma, otuok, and rari thickets showed that the important hos ... | 1972 | 4544830 |
| the influence of game animals on the distribution and feeding habits of glossina pallidipes in the lambwe valley. | the role of game animals as important hosts of some species of tsetse, including glossina pallidipes, has been studied in detail in the lambwe valley area of kenya. a large population of g. pallidipes existed in association with a varied community of game animals in the study area, and the investigation was designed to determine which of the hosts available to g. pallidipes were actively selected and whether the preferred hosts influenced the distribution of the tsetse population. bushbuck (trag ... | 1972 | 4544832 |
| letter: strains of trypanosoma (trypanozoon) brucei sspp. isolated in ethiopa from glossina tachinoides and tragelaphus scriptus. | | 1973 | 4777402 |
| some helminths of bushbuck, waterbuck and sitatunga in busoga district, uganda. | | 1971 | 5150322 |
| basic haematological values in antelopes--ii. the hippotraginae and the tragelaphinae. | basic haematological values in 49 animals of five species of the subfamily hippotraginae, namely the roan antelope hippotragus equinus, sable antelope hippotragus niger, adax antelope addax nasomaculatus, gemsbok oryx oryx gazella gazella and scimitar horned oryx oryx damah and in 51 individuals of five species in the subfamily tragelaphinae, including the bushbuck tragelaphus scriptus, nyala tragelaphus angasi, greater kudu tragelaphus strepsiceros, cape eland tautotragus oryx and bongo bocercu ... | 1984 | 6149054 |
| the helminths of various antelope species from natal. | helminth parasites were collected from 2 bushbuck, tragelaphus scriptus, 2 red duiker, cephalophus natalensis, 1 oribi, ourebia ourebi, and 4 reedbuck, redunca arundinum, that died or were culled in various parts of natal. one trematode genus, 1 cestode genus and 12 nematode species were recovered. haemonchus contortus. ostertagia harrisi, trichostrongylus capricola, trichostrongylus vitrinus, cooperia rotundispiculum and setaria scalprum are new parasite records for the red duiker. trichostrong ... | 1984 | 6241958 |
| parocooperia devossin. sp. (nematoda: trichostrongylidae) from the bushbuck, tragelaphus scriptus (pallas, 1766). | a new species of paracooperia travassos, 1935 was found in the small intestines of 4 bushbuck, tragelaphus scriptus (pallas, 1766), and 3 greater kudu, tragelaphus strepsiceros (pallas, 1766), all culled in the kruger national park. the nematodes appear to be widespread in the park, since the bushbuck originated from skukuza in the central part of the park, 2 of the 3 kudu from near malelane in the south and the remaining kudu from pafuri in the extreme north. the worms are named paracooperia de ... | 1984 | 6462630 |
| schistosoma leiperi le roux, 1955 from a bushbuck in uganda. | | 1984 | 6512645 |
| the ixodid tick burdens of various large ruminant species in south african nature reserves. | the ixodid tick burdens of eland (taurotragus oryx), greater kudu (tragelaphus strepsiceros), nyala (tragelaphus angasi), bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus) and giraffe (giraffa camelopardalis) in the kruger national park, transvaal; of african buffalo (syncerus caffer) and nyala in the hluhluwe game reserve, natal; and of gemsbok (oryx gazella) in the mountain zebra national park, an eland in the thomas baines nature reserve and an eland and greater kudu in the andries vosloo kudu reserve, eastern ... | 1983 | 6646664 |
| studies on glossina pallidipes, g. fuscipes fuscipes and g. brevipalpis in terms of the epidemiology and epizootiology of trypanosomiases in south-eastern uganda. | glossina pallidipes, g. f. fuscipes and g. brevipalpis in stages i and ii of hunger were caught from bukunya and buyundo villages in south-east uganda during the period december 1969 to february 1971, and the origins of their blood meals identified. g. pallidipes fed mainly on bovids in the two villages; bushbuck was the most favoured host (44.9% of all blood feeds) though in buyundo buffalo provided a significant alternative (20.8%). g. f. fuscipes frequently fed on bovids (75.6%), particularly ... | 1980 | 7436606 |
| trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense: variation in human serum resistance after transmission between bushbuck and domestic ruminants by glossina morsitans morsitans. | | 1995 | 7572432 |
| blood meal sources of glossina pallidipes and g. longipennis (diptera: glossinidae) in nguruman, southwest kenya. | in total, 1,952 glossina pallidipes austen and 1,098 g. longipennis corti adults were collected in forest and savanna habitat in nguruman, southwestern kenya, by ng2g traps during the dry season of 1992. of these, 339 individuals (11.1%) had blood meals, of which 155 (45.7%) were identified by direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. the most frequent blood meal source was bushbuck, followed by ostrich, elephant, buffalo, and warthog. few meals were taken from cattle. the findings of frequent b ... | 1995 | 7616534 |
| the anatomy of the omasum of some zambian game species. | the gross anatomy of the omasum of 11 different zambian game species are described. these include roan antelope, sable antelope, wildebeest, kudu, kafue lechwe, puku, reedbuck, impala, bushbuck, oribi and duiker. lamellar area and papilla density and shape are reported. | 1993 | 8129169 |
| bovine petechial fever (ondiri disease). | bovine petechial fever is a rickettsial disease of cattle, which has been diagnosed, only in kenya, east africa. other countries in the region share some of the biotopes in which the disease occurs, and may well have the infection. the disease is characterised by widespread petechial and ecchymotic haemorrhages on the mucosal surfaces, and throughout the serosal and subserosal surfaces of the body organs and cavities. it may be fatal in up to 50% of untreated cases. the causal organism may be de ... | 1993 | 8451827 |
| natural host odours as possible attractants for glossina tachinoides and g. longipalpis (diptera: glossinidae). | as strictly haematophagous insects, tsetse flies feed on a wide variety of wild and domestic animals. although these are mainly mammals, some tsetse species also feed on reptiles. the present study investigated whether the odours of several potential natural tsetse hosts may be used as novel attractants to improve the catch of glossina tachinoides or g. longipalpis in biconical traps. the odour of a living monitor lizard (varanus niloticus) had no effect on the catch of g. tachinoides. hexane sk ... | 1997 | 9386790 |
| host preferences of tsetse (diptera: glossinidae) based on bloodmeal identifications. | an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was developed to identify the origin of vertebrate blood in the guts of 29 245 wild-caught flies of eleven glossina species from various ecological zones of africa. depending on the quality of the bloodmeal samples, 62.8% of the samples were identified and could be assigned to a host-group (e.g. ruminant), family (e.g. bovidae) or species (e.g. bos spp.). a total of 13 145 samples (44.9%) was identifiable up to the species level. with a few exceptions ... | 1998 | 9622371 |
| the prevalence of antibody to the viruses of bovine virus diarrhoea, bovine herpes virus 1, rift valley fever, ephemeral fever and bluetongue and to leptospira sp in free-ranging wildlife in zimbabwe. | the prevalence of antibody to the viruses of bovine virus diarrhoea (bvd), bovine herpes virus typel (bhv1), rift valley fever (rvf), bovine ephemeral fever (bef) and bluetongue (bt) and to leptospira sp. was determined in wildlife populations in zimbabwe. evidence of infection with bvd virus was found in 14 of the 16 species examined but was greatest in eland taurotragus oryx, nyala tragelaphus angasi and bushbuck tragelaphus scriptus. persistent infection with bvd virus was found in 1 of 303 a ... | 1998 | 9825798 |
| tuberculosis in kafue lechwe (kobus leche kafuensis) and in a bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus) on a game ranch in central province, zambia. | mycobacteriosis was diagnosed for the first time outside a national park in free-ranging wild animals on a game ranch in zambia. a kafue lechwe (kobus leche kafuensis) was found dead with tuberculous lesions on a ranch near lusaka. acid-fast bacilli were found in the affected organs. mycobacteria were isolated from these tissues. a bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus) was found dead on the same ranch with multiple superficial abscesses in the neck region, extensive granulomatous lesions in the lung, ... | 1998 | 9850514 |
| feeding patterns of three sympatric tsetse species (glossina spp.) (diptera: glossinidae) in the preforest zone of côte d'ivoire. | the feeding patterns of glossina longipalpis wiedemann 1830, g. medicorum austen 1911, g. palpalis gambiensis vanderplank 1949 and g. p. palpalis robineau-desvoidy 1830 are described from natural habitats in central côte d'ivoire where these tsetse species occurred sympatrically. blood-meal identification of tsetse flies revealed that in natural habitats wild ruminants were by far the most frequent source of food for each glossina species, but there were significant differences between the nutri ... | 2000 | 10708012 |
| new and earlier records of ticks (acari: ixodidae, argasidae) from guinea-bissau. | ticks were collected from pastures and domestic and wild vertebrates during the rainy seasons of 1994 and 1996 in guinea-bissau. we collected the following species: from pastures rhipicephalus lunulatus neumann, r. muhsamae morel & vassiliades, r. senegalensis koch, and r. sulcatus neumann; from reptiles amblyomma nuttalli dönitz and aponomma flavomaculatum (lucas); and from mammals amblyomma paulopunctatum neumann, amblyomma splendidum giebel, amblyomma variegatum (f.), hyalomma truncatum koch, ... | 2000 | 11126561 |
| 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 |
| patterns of gastrointestinal parasitic infections in the bushbuck tragelaphus scriptus from the queen elizabeth national park, uganda. | seasonal, host sex and age-related variations in helminth egg and coccidian oocyst counts were investigated in a naturally infected wild bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus) population in queen elizabeth national park, western uganda from april 2000 to february 2002. the prevalence and mean intensity quantified as the number of eggs and oocysts per gram of faeces were taken as a measure of parasite burdens. host sex and age-related differences in prevalence values were not found but the overall preva ... | 2006 | 16923262 |
| activity patterns of bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus) in queen elizabeth national park. | activity patterns and time budgets of bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus) were studied in a free-ranging population in queen elizabeth national park, uganda from august 2000 to january 2002. we investigated differences in activity patterns in relation to daytime, season, sun radiation, moonlight, age and sex. bushbuck were found to show peak activities around sunrise and at dawn. no difference in the mean activity rates was found between the dry and wet season. daytime activity was not predicted by ... | 2006 | 16962727 |
| molecular phylogeny of the filaria genus onchocerca with special emphasis on afrotropical human and bovine parasites. | filarial parasites of the genus onchocerca are found in a broad spectrum of ungulate hosts. one species, o. volvulus, is a human parasite that can cause severe disease (onchocerciasis or 'river blindness'). the phylogenetic relationships and the bionomics of many of the nearly 30 known species remain dubious. here, the phylogeny of 11 species representing most major lineages of the genus is investigated by analysing dna sequences from three mitochondrial genes (nd5, 12s and 16s rrna) and portion ... | 2007 | 17174932 |
| massive outbreak of anthrax in wildlife in the malilangwe wildlife reserve, zimbabwe. | a massive outbreak of anthrax in the wildlife of the malilangwe wildlife reserve in zimbabwe between august and november 2004 resulted in the death of almost all the reserve's estimated 500 kudu (tragelaphus strepsiceros). other species badly affected were nyala (tragelaphus angasi), bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus), waterbuck (kobus ellipsiprymnus) and roan antelope (hippotragus equinus), which suffered losses of approximately 68 per cent, 48 per cent, 44 per cent and 42 per cent of their popula ... | 2007 | 17259452 |
| 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 |
| functional cd1d and/or nkt cell invariant chain transcript in horse, pig, african elephant and guinea pig, but not in ruminants. | cd1d-restricted invariant natural killer t cells (nkt cells) have been well characterized in humans and mice, but it is unknown whether they are present in other species. here we describe the invariant tcr alpha chain and the full length cd1d transcript of pig and horse. molecular modeling predicts that porcine (po) invariant tcr alpha chain/pocd1d/alpha-galcer and equine (eq) invariant tcr alpha chain/eqcd1d/alpha-galcer form complexes that are highly homologous to the human complex. since a pr ... | 2009 | 19185921 |
| trypanosoma brucei infection in asymptomatic greater kudus (tragelaphus strepsiceros) on a game ranch in zambia. | trypomastogotes of trypanosoma brucei were detected from 4 asymptomatic kudus (tragelaphus strepsiceros) on a game ranch located approximately 45 km north east of lusaka, zambia. blood smears examined from 14 wildlife species comprising of the impala (aepyceros melampus), kafue lechwe (kobus leche kafuensis), sable antelope (hippotragus niger), tsessebe (damaliscus lunatus), warthog (phacochoerus aethiopicus), puku (kobus vardoni), zebra (equus burchelli), waterbuck (kobus ellipsiprymnus), bushb ... | 2010 | 20333288 |
| 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 |
| characterisation of the wildlife reservoir community for human and animal trypanosomiasis in the luangwa valley, zambia. | animal and human trypanosomiasis are constraints to both animal and human health in sub-saharan africa, but there is little recent evidence as to how these parasites circulate in wild hosts in natural ecosystems. the luangwa valley in zambia supports high densities of tsetse flies (glossina species) and is recognised as an historical sleeping sickness focus. the objective of this study was to characterise the nature of the reservoir community for trypanosomiasis in the absence of influence from ... | 2011 | 21713019 |
| parasites of south african wildlife. xix. the prevalence of helminths in some common antelopes, warthogs and a bushpig in the limpopo province, south africa. | little work has been conducted on the helminth parasites of artiodactylids in the northern and western parts of the limpopo province, which is considerably drier than the rest of the province. the aim of this study was to determine the kinds and numbers of helminth that occur in different wildlife hosts in the area as well as whether any zoonotic helminths were present. ten impalas (aepyceros melampus), eight kudus (tragelaphus strepsiceros), four blue wildebeest (connochaetes taurinus), two bla ... | 2011 | 23327219 |
| osteomorphological features of the appendicular skeleton of gazelles, genus gazella blainville 1816, bohor reedbuck, redunca redunca (pallas, 1767) and bushbuck, tragelaphus scriptus (pallas, 1766). | examined the osteomorphological features of the appendicular skeleton of grant's gazelle (gazella granti), bohor reedbuck (redunca redunca) and bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus). osseous remains of these medium sized antelopes are often encountered in african late quaternary archaeological sites, but their specific identification poses considerable problems to the archaeozoologist. a key has been developed to meet this recurrent problem and a number of diagnostic osteomorphological features, allow ... | 2009 | 2757242 |
| detection of parasites and parasitic infections of free-ranging wildlife on a game ranch in zambia: a challenge for disease control. | ex-situ conservancies are expanding alternatives to livestock production in zambia albeit the lack of information on circulating infectious parasites from wildlife. therefore, 12 wildlife species were examined on a game ranch were all species were found to be infected by rhipecephalus spp. haemoparasite infections were estimated at 7.37% (n = 95) with babesia spp. detected in bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus); anaplasma marginale in impala (aepyceros melampus) and puku (kobus vardonii) for the fir ... | 2012 | 22701163 |
| detection of babesia spp. in free-ranging pukus, kobus vardonii, on a game ranch in zambia. | babesia spp. were detected from 4 asymptomatic pukus captured on a game ranch in central zambia in october 2008. blood smears were examined in 4 species of aymptomatic free-ranging antelopes, namely the puku (kobus vordanii), reedbuck (redunca arundinum), bushbuck (tragelaphus sylvaticus), and kudu (tragelaphus strepsiceros), and showed the presence of babesia parasites only in the puku. in the puku, the prevalence of babesiosis was estimated at 33.3% (n = 12), while the overall prevalence in al ... | 2011 | 22355215 |
| where is the game? wild meat products authentication in south africa: a case study. | wild animals' meat is extensively consumed in south africa, being obtained either from ranching, farming or hunting. to test the authenticity of the commercial labels of meat products in the local market, we obtained dna sequence information from 146 samples (14 beef and 132 game labels) for barcoding cytochrome c oxidase subunit i and partial cytochrome b and mitochondrial fragments. the reliability of species assignments were evaluated using blast searches in genbank, maximum likelihood phylog ... | 2013 | 23452350 |
| 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 |
| antelope predation by nigerian forest baboons: ecological and behavioural correlates. | baboons are well studied in savannah but less so in more closed habitats. we investigated predation on mammals by olive baboons (papio anubis) at a geographical and climatic outlier, gashaka gumti national park (nigeria), the wettest and most forested site so far studied. despite abundant wildlife, meat eating was rare and selective. over 16 years, baboons killed 7 bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus) and 3 red-flanked duiker (cephalophus rufilatus), mostly still-lying 'parked' infants. taking observ ... | 2016 | 27287424 |
| [diplodinium archon n. sp., ophryoscolescide ciliate in the rumen of the antelope tragelaphus scriptus pallas]. | | 1966 | 4966443 |
| natural hosts of glossina tachinoides (diptera: glossinidae) in northern côte d'ivoire. | bloodmeal samples of g. tachinoides were taken at the comoé national parc in northern côte d'ivoire. the total of 1154 identified samples consisted mainly of ruminants (37%, whereof bushbuck represented 57%), hippopotamus (34%), and monitor lizard (19%). these proportions changed with the seasons. in the rainy season the portion of hippopotamus samples increased, whereas that of reptiles decreased. primate blood was identified only in samples taken in the dry season. | 1990 | 2166331 |
| the pathology of cordophilus sagittus (v. linstow, 1907) infestation in the kudu [tragelaphus strepsiceros (pallas, 1766)], bushbuck [tragelaphus scriptus (pallas, 1766)] and african buffalo [syncerus caffer (sparrman, 1779)] in south africa. | | 1967 | 6069322 |
| 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 |
| prevalence and renal pathology of pathogenic <i>leptospira</i> spp. in wildlife in abeokuta, ogun state, nigeria. | there is paucity of information on the prevalence of leptospirosis in wildlife in nigeria. this study investigated the prevalence and renal pathology of leptospirosis in wild animals in southwest nigeria. one hundred and five kidney samples were examined from 10 different wildlife species (antelope) greater cane rat (gcr), hare, african giant rat (agr), tree hyrax, civet cat, monitor lizard, python, bushbuck and partridge) using a combination of ellinghausen mccullough johnson harris (emjh) medi ... | 2017 | 28397515 |
| a preliminary survey of medium and large-sized mammals from lebu natural protected forest, southwest showa, ethiopia. | this study was conducted to determine the species composition and diversity of medium and large-sized mammals from lebu natural protected forest, ethiopia. surveys were conducted to record mammals through direct observation and indirect evidence from three habitat types, namely: natural forest, bushland, and riverine forest. a total of 15 mammalian species were recorded. the species recorded were papio anubis, chlorocebus aethiops, tragelaphus scriptus, canis aureus, crocuta crocuta, panthera pa ... | 2019 | 31832163 |
| arboviruses and blood meal sources in zoophilic mosquitoes at human-wildlife interfaces in kenya. | background: zoophilic mosquitoes play an important role in the transmission of arboviruses of medical importance at human-wildlife interfaces, yet arbovirus surveillance efforts have been focused mostly on anthropophilic mosquitoes. understanding the diversity of zoophilic mosquitoes and their associated feeding patterns and arboviruses can inform better vector control strategies. materials and methods: we morphologically identified mosquitoes collected from two game reserves in kenya, the maasa ... | 2020 | 32155389 |
| novel predators and anthropogenic disturbance influence spatio-temporal distribution of forest antelope species. | understanding the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on species' behaviour is crucial for conservation planning, considering the extent of habitat loss. we investigated the influence of anthropogenic disturbances including agriculture, urbanisation, protected areas, and the presence of novel predators, on the temporal and spatial behaviour of sympatric forest antelope (tragelaphus scriptus, philantomba monticola, sylvicapra grimmia, and cephalophus natalensis) in an anthropogenic matrix contai ... | 2019 | 30552995 |
| cascading impacts of large-carnivore extirpation in an african ecosystem. | populations of the world's largest carnivores are declining and now occupy mere fractions of their historical ranges. theory predicts that when apex predators disappear, large herbivores become less fearful, occupy new habitats, and modify those habitats by eating new food plants. yet experimental support for this prediction has been difficult to obtain in large-mammal systems. after the extirpation of leopards and african wild dogs from mozambique's gorongosa national park, forest-dwelling ante ... | 2019 | 30846612 |
| land use, redd+ and the status of wildlife populations in yaeda valley, northern tanzania. | redd+ projects primarily focus on reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries. these projects are regularly evaluated against their core objective of conserving carbon stocks, but their contribution to biodiversity conservation has rarely been assessed. to assess the conservation value of the area and the relative performance of a redd+ land use plan in yaeda valley, a semi-arid savannah ecosystem in northern tanzania, we implemented an annual wild ... | 2019 | 30947305 |
| 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 |
| health risk assessment for human exposure to trace metals via bushmeat in ghana. | consumption and trade in bushmeat are entrenched in sub-saharan africa amid growing land degradation and environmental pollution that raise safety concerns, yet sustainability of bushmeat extraction and zoonoses considerations have been the focus of bushmeat research. here, we evaluated the health risk of trace metals in the skeletal muscle, bone, liver, and skin of the black duiker (cephalophus niger), brush-tailed porcupine (atherurus africanus), bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus), cane rat (thry ... | 2020 | 31673953 |
| preliminary study on the tick population of benin wildlife at the moment of its invasion by the rhipicephalus microplus tick (canestrini, 1888). | rhipicephalus microplus (rm) is one of the most problematic livestock tick species in the world. its rapid propagation and resistance to acaricides make it control difficult in the sub-region and benin particularly. the aim of this work was to check its presence in wildlife and to confirm the possible role of reservoir wildlife may play in the propagation of the parasite. this will help to design more efficient control strategy. | 2018 | 30034180 |
| multi-locus phylogeny of the tribe tragelaphini (mammalia, bovidae) and species delimitation in bushbuck: evidence for chromosomal speciation mediated by interspecific hybridization. | the bushbuck is the most widespread bovid species in africa. previous mitochondrial studies have revealed a polyphyletic pattern suggesting the possible existence of two distinct species. to assess this issue, we have sequenced 16 nuclear genes and one mitochondrial fragment (cytochrome b gene + control region) for most species of the tribe tragelaphini, including seven bushbuck individuals belonging to the two divergent mtdna haplogroups, scriptus and sylvaticus. our phylogenetic analyses show ... | 2018 | 30121341 |
| the louse fly lipoptena paradoxa newstead, 1907 (diptera:hippoboscidae): description of its adult and puparium and biology in south africa. | lipoptena paradoxa newstead, 1907 is re-described using scanning electron microscopy and its puparium is described for the first time. the distribution of the fly is restricted to the eastern half of south africa, generally at altitudes below 600 m. its preferred hosts are all browsing antelope namely, bushbuck, nyalas, kudus and common duikers. the largest numbers of flies were present on kudus in the kruger national park from july or august to january and large numbers were recovered from thes ... | 1992 | 1297960 |
| rapid ecological specialization despite constant population sizes. | the bushbuck, tragelaphus scriptus, is a widespread and ecologically diverse ungulate species complex within the spiral-horned antelopes. this species was recently found to consist of two genetically divergent but monophyletic lineages, which are paraphyletic at mitochondrial (mt)dna owing to an ancient interspecific hybridization event. the scriptus lineage (t. s. scriptus) inhabits the north-western half of the african continent while sylvaticus (t. s. sylvaticus) is found in the south-eastern ... | 2019 | 31041147 |
| molecular biogeography: towards an integrated framework for conserving pan-african biodiversity. | biogeographic models partition ecologically similar species assemblages into discrete ecoregions. however, the history, relationship and interactions between these regions and their assemblages have rarely been explored. | 2007 | 17520013 |
| the persistence of cytoecetes ondiri in naturally infected bushbuck. | | 1981 | 7344183 |
| chromosome analysis in the kruger national park: the chromosomes of the bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus). | chromosome studies in the male and female bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus) are discribed. the male has a diploid chromosome number of one fewer than the female, and the y-to-autosome fusion. the configuration of a quadrivalent observed in meiotic preparations from the male confirmed the presence of a fusion between a y chromosome and an autosome. all other members of the tragelaphine tribe so far studied chromosomally show the presence of a y-to-autosome fusion. it is postulated that the fusion o ... | 1977 | 852309 |
| some pathological findings in wild bushbuck (tragelaphus scriptus). | | 1974 | 4816777 |
| isolation of trypanosoma rhodesiense from a bushbuck. | | 1960 | 13856997 |
| the isolation of trypanosoma rhodesiense from a bushbuck. | | 1958 | 13584899 |