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Parasites of African rhinos: a documentation |
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Penzhorn, B.L.; Krecek, R.C.; Horak, I.G.; Verster, A.J.M.; Walker, J.B.; Boomker, J.D.F.; Knapp, S.E.; Quandt, S.K.F. |
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1994 |
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pp. 168-175, tables 1-2 |
| 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
Diseases - Parasites
African Rhino Species
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| Review of parasites found to date on Diceros bicornis and Ceratotherium simum. In free-living wild animals a balance usually exists between hosts and parasites. Both have evolved together over the millenia. The presence of parasites under these conditions is usually incidental and of limited c... |
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Diseases
African Rhino Species
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| Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax have been reported from black rhinos. These tsetse fly-borne blood parasites cause Nagana in livestock. Wild animals born in tsetse-infested areas often serve as reservoir hosts of trypanosomes, but clinical trypanosomosis only ma... |
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Diseases - Bacterial
Black Rhino
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| Large Babesias, as yet unnamed, have been reported from black rhinos in Kenya and from white rhinos in KwaZulu Natal. Babesiosis was regarded as the cause of death of two black rhinos. |
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Parasites of African rhinos: a documentation
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