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., 1994. Parasites of African rhinos: a documentation: pp. 168-175, tables 1-2
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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 manifests when these animals are stressed. Mortalities due to trypanosomosis have been reported in recently-captured young black rhinos in Tanzania after 9-25 days in captivity. The deaths of four out of five white rhinos introduced to the tsetse-infested Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe were attributed to trypanosomosis. As these rhinos originated from KwaZulu Natal and had been kept in a tsetse-free area in southern Zimbabwe, they had never been exposed to trypanosomes. Chronic trypanosome-related health problems, including abortions, arose in white rhinos introduced into Meru National Park in Kenya from KwaZulu Natal.
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