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Diseases in free-ranging black and white rhinoceroses |
| Author(s): |
Meltzer, D.A.G. |
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1994 |
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pp. 176-179 |
| Reference From: | Penzhorn, B.L. et al. 1994 Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994, pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Three of four white rhinoceroses died within two months of being translocated from the Umfolozi Game Reserve to the Barakologadi Game Reserve, which is situated on the banks of the Klipvoor Dam (26?57'E, 25?5'S). Two of these animals were found after being dead for some time. A post mortem exam... |
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Diseases - Parasites
White Rhino
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| A large Babesia was described in blood smears from two white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) captured in Zululand. Both animals were calves, a male and a female. There was no sign of disease.
A small piroplasm believed to be Babesia or Theileria was seen in blood smears of 32,1 % of rhinoce... |
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Diseases
Black Rhino
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| Tuberculosis was first reported in southern Africa in a black rhinoceros. A later report gave details of the death of a black rhinoceros in Zululand with lung lesions apparently caused by a Mycobacterium . This animal, an old cow, was first noticed with an abscess on the mandible in 1967. In 19... |
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Black Rhino
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| The significance of findings such as the presence of antibodies to Leptospira interrogans in a large proportion of the black rhinoceroses captured and transiocated in Zimbabwe is not known. Tests on sera from these animals were performed as part of the investigations into deaths of captive black... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Diseases
Black Rhino
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| Granulomatous skin lesions were first described in free-ranging black rhinoceroses in the game reserves in Zululand. Sympatric white rhinoceroses do not appear to develop similar lesions. These lesions, seen commonly behind the shoulder, are more prominent during summer when they are pruritic. ... |
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Diseases
Black Rhino
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| Deaths from trypanosomiasis have been reported in black rhinoceroses (D. bicornis) in Tanzania and Kenya. In studies conducted on 39 black rhinoceroses that were captured and translocated 18 % were found to have a trypanosome parasitaemia. Most of the infected animals were sub-adults. All of t... |
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Diseases
White Rhino
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| Haigh reported treating a female white rhinoceros with constipation as a result of a severe horning of the hind quarters. The animal responded well to the removal of dry faeces from the rectum, a 12 liter enema and antibiotic therapy for the infected horn wounds. The antibiotics used were a com... |
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Black Rhino
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| Coronary artery aneurysm. Aneurysms in the coronary arteries were described in two black rhinoceros females that died during or shortly after being translocated in Zimbabwe. The primary lesion in both these animals was an arteritis and the presence of eosinophils in the lesion of one animal sug... |
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White Rhino
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| Intestinal volvulus. Intestinal volvulus was described in a white rhinoceros cow that was being kept in a 257 ha holding enclosure in the Kruger National Park. The animal died two weeks after being transported there from Zululand. |
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Black Rhino
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| Anthrax. The deaths of four black rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis) in the Lake Manyara National Park during an anthrax outbreak in 1984 have been reported. Two black rhinoceroses were reported to have died in the Etosha National Park in Namibia in the period 1984-1987. Four free-ranging black r... |
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Diseases in free-ranging black and white rhinoceroses
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