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Goosen, W.J.; Kerr, T.J.; Kleynhans, L.; Buss, P.; Cooper, D.; Warren, R.; Helden, P.D. van; Schroeder, Bjorn; Parsons, S.D.C.; Miller, M. 2020. The Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA in white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) and African elephants (Loxodonta africana). Scientific Reports (Nature) 10 (Article number: 14482): 1-9. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71568-9

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Goosen, W.J.; Kerr, T.J.; Kleynhans, L.; Buss, P.; Cooper, D.; Warren, R.M.; Helden, P.D. van; et al. 2020. The VetMAX™ M. tuberculosis complex PCR kit detects MTBC DNA in antemortem and postmortem samples from white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), African elephants (Loxodonta africana) and African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer). BMC Veterinary Research 16 (220): 1-6. doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02438-9

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Chileshe, J.; Goosen, W.J.; Buss, P.; Helden, P.D. van; Warren, R.; Parsons, S.D.C.; Miller, M. 2019. A commercial ELISA for detection of interferon gamma in white rhinoceros. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 31 (4): 531-536.

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Chileshe, J.; Roos, E.; Goosen, W.J.; Buss, P.; Hausler, G.; Manamela, T.; Helden, P.D. van; Warren, R.; Parsons, S.D.C.; Miller, M. 2019. An interferon-gamma release assay for the diagnosis of the Mycobacterium bovis infection in white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 217: 1-4. doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2019.109931

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Miller, M.; Buss, P.; Chileshe, J.; Goosen, W.J.; Roos, E.; Parsons, S.D.C.; Helden, P.D. van 2018. Novel assays for detection of mycobacterium bovis infection in free-ranging african rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis, Ceratotherium simum) and implications for conservation. Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV) 2018: 245-246.

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Miller, M.; Buss, P.; Helden, P.D. van; Parsons, S.D.C. 2017. Mycobacterium bovis in a free-ranging black rhinoceros, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2016. Emerging Infectious Diseases 23 (3): 557-558.

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Michel, A.L.; Lane, E.; Klerk-Lorist, L.M. de; Hofmeyr, M.; Heyden, E.M.D.L. van der; Botha, L.; Helden, P.D. van; Miller, M.; Buss, P. 2017. Experimental Mycobacterium bovis infection in three white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum): Susceptibility, clinical and anatomical pathology. PLoS ONE 12 (7): e0179943: 1-16. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179943

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Parsons, S.D.C.; Morar-Leather, D.; Buss, P.; Hofmeyr, J.; MacFadyen, R.; Rutten, V.P.M.G.; Miller, M.; Michel, A.L.; Helden, P.D. van 2017. The kinetics of the humoral and Interferon-Gamma immune responses to experimental Mycobacterium bovis infection in the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Frontiers in Immunology 8: 1831: 1-7. doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01831

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Miller, M.; Michel, A.L.; Helden, P.D. van; Buss, P. 2016. Tuberculosis in rhinoceros: an underrecognized threat?. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 2016: 1-8.

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Miller, M.; Buss, P.; Wanty, R.; Parsons, S.D.C.; Olea-Popelka, F.; Helden, P.D. van 2015. Baseline hematologic results for free-ranging White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 51 (4): 916-922.

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Espie, I.; Hlokwe, T.M.; Gey van Pittius, N.C.; Lane, E.; Tordiffe, A.S.W.; Michel, A.L.; Mueller, A.; Kotze, A.; Helden, P.D. van 2011. Diagnosis and implications of Mycobacterium bovis in a black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor) in South Africa. Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife, Berlin 2011: 14.

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Espie, I.; Hlokwe, T.M.; Pittius, N.C. Gey van; Lane, E.; Tordiffe, A.S.W.; Michel, A.L.; Mueller, A.; Kotze, A.; Helden, P.D. van 2009. Pulmonary Infection due to Mycobacterium bovis in a Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor) in South Africa. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45 (4): 1187-1193.

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