Publications

inanition in a derby eland due to foreign body abomasitis.	an adult derby eland bull, taurotragus derbianus (grey) kept in captivity showed wasting over a period of 3 months. it died from acute inhalation pneumonia while being transported in an immobilized state. post mortem examination revealed a chronic ulcerative abomasitis. histopathologically it was established that the abomasitis resulted from penetration of the mucosa by awns of plant material.	1984	6387117
[comparative study of the chemical composition of excrement from some large african herbivorous mammals].	in the course of an ecological and comparative study concerning the beetle and fly communities inhabiting the droppings of some large african grass-eating mammals, we analysed the chemical composition of fresh dung dropped in winter 1977-1978 and in spring 1978. the mammals concerned are : blesbok (damaliscus pygargus albifrons pallas), impala (aepyceros melampus licht.), bongo (boocerus euryceros ogilby), nyala (tragelaphus angasi angas), eland from cap (taurotragus oryx pallas), eland of lloyd ...	1980	7258040
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
healed mid-shaft fracture of an early roman bovine femur.	we evaluated a healed fracture that was observed in the shaft of a bovine femur from an early roman settlement context at the site of wange, belgium. using external observation and x-ray images, the specimen is described, paying particular attention to displacement of the bone ends, shortening of the bone, and callus formation. similar fractures seen in femora of a modern derby's antelope (taurotragus derbianus) and of a modern eastern lowland gorilla (gorilla gorilla graueri) are described, and ...	2015	29539477
minerals in the blood, hair, and faeces of the critically endangered western derby eland under human care in two wildlife reserves in senegal.	the widely used means of investigating animal mineral profiles are blood serum or plasma and internal organ tissues. the acquisition of these types of samples can be invasive and requires much effort. these factors become key obstacles in the case of rare and elusive species such as the western derby eland (taurotragus derbianus derbianus, wde), which is a critically endangered antelope with a current distribution limited to the niokolo koba national park, and two wildlife reserves in senegal. o ...	2020	31338803
blood mineral profile of the critically endangered western derby eland (taurotragus derbianus derbianus) in two conservation breeding reserves in senegal.	for many nondomestic species, nutritional requirements and the challenges faced in their current habitats are unknown. this is the case of small semi-captive population of the critically endangered western derby eland held in two wildlife reserves (the bandia and the fathala) in senegal. the aim of this study was to determine the mineral profile (ca, p, mg, cu, fe, zn, se, k, s) in blood serum and to identify potential mineral deficiencies. serum data (11 individuals) were compared to other trag ...	2020	32749008