Hofmeyr, M.

Kuiper, T.; Haussmann, S.; Whitfield, S.; Polakow, D.; Dreyer, C.; Ferreira, S.; Hofmeyr, M.; Shaw, J.; Bird, J.; Bourn, M.; (and many others) 2025. Dehorning reduces rhino poaching. Science 388 (6751): 1075-1081. doi.org/10.1126/science.ado7490

Knight, C.; Hofmeyr, M. 2025. Review: IUCN African rhino conservation 2025-2035, a contemporary strategic framework. Pachyderm 66: 237-238.

Macha, E.S.; Meyer, L.C.R.; Leiberich, M.; Hofmeyr, M.; Hooijberg, E.H. 2024. Promoting rhinoceros welfare during transit: veterinarians’ perspectives on transportation practices. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 95: 185-192. doi.org/10.36303/JSAVA.670

Pohlin, F.; Frei, C.; Meyer, L.C.R.; Roch, F.F.; Quijada, N.M.; Conrady, B.; Neubauer, V.; Hofmeyr, M.; Cooper, D.; Stalder, G.; Wetzels, S.U. 2023. Capture and transport of white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) cause shifts in their fecal microbiota composition towards dysbiosis. Conservation Physiology 11 (coad 089): 1-17. doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coad089

Kuiper, T.; Haussmann, S.; Altwegg, R.; Ferreira, S.; Shaw, J.; Polakow, D.; Hofmeyr, M. 2023. Evaluating the cost and effectiveness of rhino conservation interventions in the Greater Kruger. A Greater Kruger Environmental Protection Foundation Report. pp. 1-17.

Sickmueller, A.; Rusch, U.; Flamand, J.; Bertschinger, H.; Hooijberg, E.; Meyer, L.; Burger, K.; Hofmeyr, M.; Cooper, D.; Painer-Gigler, J.; Pohlin, F. 2022. Investigating consequences of translocation-stress in pregnant black (Diceros bicornis) and white (Ceratotherium simum) rhinoceroses. Zoos and Wildlife Health Conference (Emmen, The Netherlands). 47 (abstract).

Leiberich, M.; Pohlin, F.; Hooijberg, E.H.; Hofmeyr, M.; Cooper, D.; Reuben, M.; Meyer, L.C.R. 2022. The effects of feeding and transport length on the welfare of White rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum) during long-distance translocations: a preliminary study. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 93 (2) June 16 (on-line): 1-8, 1 table. doi.org/10.36303/JSAVA.480

Fabregas, M.C.; Fosgate, G.T.; Ganswindt, A.; Bertschinger, H.J.; Hofmeyr, M.; Meyer, L.C.R. 2020. Rehabilitation method affects behavior, welfare, and adaptation potential for subsequent release of orphaned white rhinoceros. Acta Ethologica 23: 105-114. doi.org/10.1007/s10211-020-00343-w

Pohlin, F.; Hofmeyr, M.; Hooijberg, E.H.; Blackhurst, D.; Reuben, M.; Cooper, C.; Meyer, L.C.R. 2019. Challenges to animal welfare associated with capture and long road transport in boma-adapted black (Diceros bicornis) and semi-captive white (Ceratotherium simum simum) rhinoceroses. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 2019: 1-6. doi.org/10.7589/2019-02-045

Le Roux, N.; Dreyer, C.; Viljoen, P.J.; Hofmeyr, M.; Ferreira, S. 2019. Seasonal space-use and resource limitation in free-ranging black rhino. Mammalian Biology 99: 81-87. doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2019.11.001

Miller, M.; Buss, P.; Parsons, S.D.C.; Roos, E.; Chileshe, J.; Goosen, W.J.; Schalkwyk, L.van; Klerk-Lorist, L.M.de; Hofmeyr, M.; Hausler, G.; Rossouw, L., Manamela, T., Mitchell, E.P., Warren, R., Helden, P.D. van; (and many others) 2018. Conservation of white rhinoceroses threatened by bovine tuberculosis, South Africa, 2016-2017. Emerging Infectious Diseases 24 (12): 2373-2375.

Boesch, J.M.; Gleed, R.D.; Buss, P.; Hofmeyr, M.; Tordiffe, A.S.W.; Zeiler, G.; Rutimeyer, L. 2018. Effects of a supplemental etorphine dose on pulmonary artery pressure and cardiac output in immobilized, boma-habituated white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum): a preliminary study. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 49 (4): 849-855.

Pohlin, F.; Hofmeyr, M.; Reuben, M.; Hooijberg, E.H.; Meyer, L.C.R. 2018. Effects of capture and transport on clinical chemistry analytes in white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) translocated for over 30 hours. Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV) 2018: 115-116.

Meyer, L.C.R.; Fuller, A.; Hofmeyr, M.; Buss, P.; Miller, M.; Haw, A. 2018. Use of butorphanol and diprenorphine to counter respiratory impairment in the immobilised white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 89(0), a1683: 1-8. doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v89i0.1683

De Lange, S.S.; Fuller, A.; Haw, A.; Hofmeyr, M.; Buss, P.; Miller, M.; Meyer, L.C.R. 2017. Tremors in white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) during etorphine-azaperone immobilisation. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 88: 1-11.

Michel, A.L.; Lane, E.; Klerk-Lorist, L.M.de; Hofmeyr, M.; Heijden, 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. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179943.

Ferreira, S.; Bissett, C.; Cowell, C.R.; Gaylard, A.; Greaver, C.; Hayes, J.; Hofmeyr, M.; Moolman-van der Vyver, L.; Zimmermann, D.E. 2017. The status of rhinoceroses in South African National Parks. Koedoe 59 (1): 1-11, a1392. doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v59i1.1392

Haw, A.; Hofmeyr, M.; Fuller, A.; Buss, P.; Miller, M.; Fleming, G.; Rutimeyer, L. 2015. Butorphanol with oxygen insufflation improves cardiorespiratory function in field-immobilised white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 86 (1): Art. #1276, 10 pages. doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v86i1.1276

Rutimeyer, L.; Bengis, R.; Fowlds, W.; Hofmeyr, M.; Marais, J.; Steenkamp, G.; Tordiffe, A.S.W.; Kock, M.D. 2015. Treatment of rhinoceros which have been poached using opioids and are found recumbent. Johannesburg. pp. 1-14.

Ferreira, S.; Hofmeyr, M.; Pienaar, D.J.; Cooper, D. 2014. Chemical horn infusions: a poaching deterrent or an unnecessary deception?. Pachyderm 55: 54-61.

Haw, A.; Hofmeyr, M.; Fuller, A.; Buss, P.; Miller, M.; Fleming, G.; Rutimeyer, L. 2014. Butorphanol with oxygen insufflation corrects etorphine-induced hypoxaemia in chemically immobilized white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). BMC Veterinary Research 10(253): 1-9. doi.org/10.1186/s12917-014-0253-0

Miller, M.; Buss, P.; Joubert, J.; Nomkhosi Mathebula, B.; Kruger, M.; Martin, L.; Hofmeyr, M.; Olea-Popelka, F. 2013. Use of butorphanol during immobilization of free-ranging White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 44 (1): 55-61, 1 table.

Burroughs, R.; Hofmeyr, M.; Morkel, P.; Kock, M.D.; Kock, R.; Meltzer, D.A.G. 2013. Chemical immobilization – individual species requirements – white rhinoceros. In: Chemical and Physical Restraint of Wild Animals. p. 223.

Mathebula, N.; Miller, M.; Buss, P.; Joubert, J.; Martin, L.; Kruger, M.; Hofmeyr, M.; Olea-Popelka, F. 2012. Biochemical values in free-ranging white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 43 (3): 530–538.

Miller, M.; Olea-Popelka, F.; Joubert, J.; Mathebula, N.; Zimmermann, D.E.; Hausler, G.; Dreyer, C.; Hofmeyr, M.; Buss, P. 2012. Serum iron and selected biochemical values in free-ranging black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) from South Africa. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 43 (3s): S55–S60.