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Reference Base  Mortalities associated with the capture, translocation, t... |
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Mortalities associated with the capture, translocation, trade and exhibition of black rhinoceroses, Diceros bicornis |
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McCulloch, B.; Achard, P.L. |
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1969 |
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International Zoo Yearbook |
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9 |
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184-191 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Diseases - Parasites
Black Rhino
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| Tanzania - Diceros bicornis.
In the second group (7 rhinoceroses: diminazine aceturate 6.0 g; pyrithidium bromide 3.0 g) there were three deaths in late captivity. 3470 died 50 days after capture. Post-mortem examination showed a massive load of gut nematodes, including Strongylus tremletti and ... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Translocation - Methods
Black Rhino
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| Tanzania. The holding pens were made of hardwood poles which were wired closely together with heavy gauge fencing wire and sunk in trenches 0.75 m deep. At the Grumeti, a line of contiguous pens was constructed. Each pen was approximately 5-5 m square. At the Lamai, separate and circular pens of... |
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Ecology - Population
African Rhino Species
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| The Black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis will not usually retreat before human encroachment and, as a result, it is killed by incoming settlers or by the Game Division in defence of human life and property. Even in the game controlled areas, where human rights are limited to settlement only, and in ... |
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| Horn is used as aphrodisiac |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Translocation - Methods
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| Rhinoceroses were captured in daylight. They were chased, usually one at a time, and noosed from one of two pursuing vehicles. Once caught, the rhinoceroses were cast, hobbled, loaded on to a lorry, taken to camp and then released in individual holding pens. At some stages of the work blood slide... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Translocation - Methods
Black Rhino
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| When travelling it was found that the lowering of buckets of water into the crate caused excitement and disturbance. On the other hand no reaction was caused by syphoning water into the crate and the animals quickly learned to suck water from the end of a hose-pipe. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
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| Capture in Tanzania. Grumeti, 1964. Eight rhinoceroses were caught between February and August. As a prophylactic treatment against trypanosomiasis, 1.5 to 3.0 gm of diminazine aceturate were administered subcutaneously to all of them.
Lamai, 1964. Seventeen rhinoceroses were captured between t... |
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| Tanzania - Diceros bicornis. The occurrence of ocular and digestive dis- turbance was a problem of prolonged captivity. To a large extent, the syndromes were thought to be due to vitamin A deficiency. One rhinoceros died after a little over a year on the island. Postmortem examination showed les... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Diseases - Bacterial
Black Rhino
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| Two deaths were attributed to babesiasis. It was unfortunate that no post-mortem examinations were carried out, and that blood smears only were available for examination. On these, large forms of Babesia were seen. The parasites appeared to be very similar to those described by Brocklesby (1967) ... |
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Diseases - Bacterial
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| It was noted that the Lamai rhinoceroses were essentially grass eaters, whereas those at the Grumeti browsed to a large extent on woodland bush. It is known that grazing, as distinct from browsing, encourages the propagation of intestinal parasites. Helminthiasis can be further aggravated by copr... |
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