Meltzer, D.A.G., 1994. Diseases in free-ranging black and white rhinoceroses: pp. 176-179
 | In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. 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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The death of a black rhinoceros due to babesiosis has been reported. This was later questioned by Brocklesby who reported seeing Babesia parasites in blood smears from sick rhinoceroses but suggested that the presence of piroplasms did not necessarily indicate that they were pathogenic. Both a large and a small Babesia were described by Brocklessby in blood smears from black rhinoceroses.
A large Babesia was described in blood smears from two white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) captured in Zululand. Both animals were calves, a male and a female. There was no sign of disease.
A small piroplasm believed to be Babesia or Theileria was seen in blood smears of 32,1 % of rhinoceroses captured between July 1967 - March 1969 in Zululand. All of these animals showed no sign of disease.
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Diseases in free-ranging black and white rhinoceroses
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